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With over 50 million bankcards and a steady increase in the number of transactions, this year again the CB system has reached several historic milestones. From Monday, 27th June to Sunday, 3rd July - the first week of the summer sales - cardholders made massive use of their cards, with almost 174 million transactions by CB card, that is to say, nearly 10% more than in a normal week. A new record was even set on Saturday 1st October with 9.3 million authorisations, that is, around 34.5 million CB card transactions. On average, the number of authorisations exceeds 5 million a day. It comes as no surprise that Saturday is the most intensive day for consumer activity with two peaks: the first between 10.00 and 11.00 am, and the second between 3.00 and 6.00 pm. At this point, e-rsb can manage peaks of up to 400 authorisations a second with a response time of under 1 second.     FIGURES FOR THE QUARTER 50* 174* 9.3* In millions, the number of CB cards in circulation in June 2005. In millions, the record number of transactions by cb card set between 27th June and 3rd July 2005. In millions, the record number of authorisations on 1st October 2005. *Source: Cartes Bancaires Back to top of page

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