{
  "id": 9664389,
  "title": "Credit card spending falls 2.8% in August as new card additions slow",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/credit-card-spending-falls-2-8-in-august-as-new-card-additions-slow",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-24T18:06:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times - Top News",
    "slug": "the-economic-times-top-news",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/credit-card-spending-falls-2-8-in-august-as-new-card-additions-slow/articleshow/134472607.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In August, credit card spending decreased by 2.8% to ₹2.02 lakh crore from July's ₹2.08 lakh crore. While year-on-year spending saw an increase of 5.9% compared to August 2025, the trend indicates moderation. Additionally, banks added 1.19 million new credit cards, down 5.6% from July's figures. This brings the total credit card tally to 124.1 million at the month's end.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}