BIS Review 155/2009  1  In 2009, while the volume of other payment instruments (credit transfers, direct debits and cheques) declined by around 2%, the payment cards market continued to grow at broadly the same pace as in 2008. The growth rate for pre-paid cards also declined, from 50 to 25 per cent.
5  This is why the Bundesbank and the Leopoldina, the German National Academy of Sciences in Halle an der Saale, hosted a workshop in May of this year to set up an interdisciplinary dialogue between academics and practitioners (Buch and Riphahn Seite 7 von 11 Deutsche Bundesbank, Directorate General Communications Wilhelm-Epstein-Strasse 14, 60431 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Tel: +49 (0)69 9566 3511 or 3512, Fax: +49 (0)69 9566 3077 presse@bundesbank.de, www.bundesbank.de Reproduction permitted only if source is stated.