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        "msgid": "indonesians-rated-most-extravagant-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-12-23 00:00:00",
        "title": "Indonesians rated most extravagant",
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        "summary": "Indonesians rated most extravagant JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian holders of American Express cards rank first in Asia in terms the amount of money spent using the cards, an executive said yesterday. Roy Tan Hardy, director of marketing and sales at American Express Travel Related Services Indonesia, said Indonesians spend an average of more than US$10,000 per card per annum. \"That's an average. If you pinpoint individual cardholders, you will see a wide range of spending levels.",
        "content": "<p>Indonesians rated most extravagant<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian holders of American Express cards<br>\nrank first in Asia in terms the amount of money spent using the<br>\ncards, an executive said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Roy Tan Hardy, director of marketing and sales at American<br>\nExpress Travel Related Services Indonesia, said Indonesians spend<br>\nan average of more than US$10,000 per card per annum.<\/p>\n<p>\"That's an average. If you pinpoint individual cardholders,<br>\nyou will see a wide range of spending levels. Some spend more<br>\nthan US$200 million, others less than $10 million,\" Hardy said<br>\nafter singing an agreement with Bank Jaya for marketing the<br>\ncards.<\/p>\n<p>Hardy said the number of American Express cards issued in<br>\nIndonesia currently stands at 40,000, as compared with 36.3<br>\nmillion cards held worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\"We measure our business growth, not on the basis of the<br>\nnumber of new cards, but on the total amount of spending on each<br>\ncard. The greater the spending, the higher our growth is,\" Hardy<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Hardy said that only 1.3 million payment cards, ranging from<br>\ncredit cards to charge cards from various issuers, are in use in<br>\nIndonesia. At the same time, money spent using the cards<br>\nconstitutes between 3 and 4 four percent of total consumer<br>\nspending in the country. (rid)<\/p>",
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