405 Credit Card Holders Declared Bankrupt In 2009 | Ramblings of an e-trader

Monday, 9 August 2010

405 Credit Card Holders Declared Bankrupt In 2009

It was recently announced by the Deputy Finance Minster, Datuk Donald Lim, in Dewan Negara, that a total of 405 credit card holders were declared bankrupt in 2009. There are a total of 3.2 million credit card holders in the country. ONLY. I am surprised the figure is so low.

According to Donald Lim, this figure of 405 bankruptcies due to credit card misuse and mismanagement, sees a decline of 1,656 cases in 2006. On the average, the percentage of credit card holders declared bankrupt was 0.04% out of the told number of principal card holders during the past five years from 2005 to 2009.

Whether this figure is high or low, I do not know but I think that bankruptcies from credit card is certainly something that's avoidable, if only people observe careful management of their finances.

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