THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, November 29, 1994 TAG: 9411290353
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: D1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: (Staff)
LENGTH: Short : 21 lines
Holiday shoppers set a record pace, charging more on Visa cards the day after Thanksgiving than ever before, the company reported Monday.
Visa, the nation's leading consumer payment system, said that consumers in the United States used Visa credit and debit cards for one billion dollars in authorized transactions Friday - a new high for the day after Thanksgiving. The total was 25 percent higher than the $800 million in Visa charges made on the same day a year earlier. by CNB