[Economy 365] The amount of



credit and debit cards used in the first half of this year decreased due to the impact of Corona 19.



According to the Financial Supervisory Service, the amount of card use in the first half was 424 trillion won, down 1.3 trillion won from last year.



Conversely, card loan usage in the first half of this year was 53 trillion won, an increase of 700 billion won from last year.



It was found that the net profit of credit card companies improved as expenses such as overseas payment fees decreased.



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survey found that this year's corporate Chuseok bonuses will hit a record low.



As a result of a survey of 1,140 companies on the job hunting and job search matching platform, 51.3% of the companies that offered Chuseok bonuses this year were 586,000 won, down 61,000 won from last year.



By company size, large companies were 920,000 won, mid-sized companies 680,000 won, and small and medium-sized companies 510,000 won.



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Commercial bank hiring started in earnest in the second half of the year.



Shinhan Bank announced that it is recruiting more than 250 newcomers in the second half of the year and manpower in specialized fields such as corporate finance and asset management.



Woori Bank recruits more than 160 new employees from three categories: general, digital, and information technology.



Starting from this recruitment, the'online AI competency test' will also be conducted for candidates who are preparing for the final interview.



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Over the past six months, 70 gas stations across the country have been shut down due to poor management.



According to Korea National Oil Corporation's Oil Price Information System Opinet, as of the 9th of this month, the number of gas stations nationwide was 13,384, down 70 from March 1, when the corona began to spread in earnest.



From January to July of this year, gas station sales such as gasoline and diesel fell 2.5% from last year.



In particular, the number of tourists decreased due to the prolonged rainy season and the number of tourist buses decreased, resulting in a 4.6% drop in diesel sales in July.