Visa scores from World Cup

15 July 2010 - 02:00
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GLOBAL payments technology firm Visa said yesterday that foreign Visa card spending reached $312million (R2,4billion) during the lead-up to and during the 2010 World Cup.

GLOBAL payments technology firm Visa said yesterday that foreign Visa card spending reached $312million (R2,4billion) during the lead-up to and during the 2010 World Cup.

According to its latest cardholder spending data, Visa said it represented an increase of 70percent from$184 million (R1,4 billion) during the same period in 2009. -I-Net Bridge