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Economy December 21, 2025 | 12:50 pm

Dominican middle class uses credit card to finance itself

Middle- and low-income Dominican households more frequently resort to credit cards as a way to obtain liquidity to cover daily expenses or face unforeseen events, while people with higher incomes tend to use them mainly as a means of payment, without the need to finance their consumption.

This is revealed by a report by the Superintendency... Read more

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