Credit card penetration trends per country?
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MarketResearch.com is selling a 2005 report on credit card information per country, but it costs $1,900. http://www.marketresearch.com/product/display.asp?productid=1204109&xs=r\n\nFor Asia, check if you can get a copy of their databook which has this info for Asian countries https://www.theasianbanker.com/A556C5/Download.nsf/CC8E7173B6CDA8C0482571EE001A1C00/$File/TOC_Databook0607.pdf
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Europe & Africa (& also Asia)
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The Wall Street Journal for yesterday, June 26, 2006, ran a good article on the latest developments in Internet banking on page D1. If you want to monitor banking developments in Europe, go to www.twiststandards.org. In the USA, go to www.fstc.org.
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No. Actually, it's not even standard in the US. There are 3 different credit agencies, and each of thier systems is a little different. So your score may differ from Experian to TransUnion, to Equifax.
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Depends on the country.
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Yahoo has a site which displays various credit card companys, their associated interest rates and other info.  check it out at:\nhttp://shopping.yahoo.com/b:Credit%20Cards:784705332\n\nI'm sure if you call a company and tell them your delima, they can express a card out to you, usually the card arrives anyways in a couple of weeks.\n\nAnother option, if you need the money, is that the credit card companies offer cash advances, with zero percent financing for the first year.  Take the cash advance and ensure you have the money that way.
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It's about average for average credit. Origination can go from 0% to 10%, depending on credit.
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It varies on different countries.
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This will depend what country you live in. Europe, USA? more details please.
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The best exchange rate for tender (paper currency) is given by bank's to their respective customers. If you are traveling to Europe the best way to transact is by using a credit card. The spot rate, the currency quote, will always be more favorable to Visa/American Express since they conduct far more business than any one traveler. If you use Visa its typically a 1% fee, while American Express is 2%. Even with the fee's, you save money on the transaction.
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As previously mentioned, there are some security concerns with credit cards from outside the US. \n\nAdditionally, unless a corporation has a legal presence inside that country (a foreign branch, for instance) there is little that can be done if the credit is not paid by the issuing bank or if problems arise with the transaction.\n\nThus, many companies simply choose to not accept foreign credit.
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Internet Services  and consumer/market trends
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Doesn't everyone have loads of credit cards these days?! I mean they are so easy to get hold of. Every week I get something in the post inviting me to sign up for some new low interest credit card! I think they're terrible because they are so difficult to control!! I had a MasterCard when I opened my student bank account in case of emergencies. i wanted a really low limit so I went for one with a £250 limit on. Now less than four years later despite never having asked for the limit to be increased it is now £2000! That ridiculous. How could any normal person ever pay that off? Especially with the 12.5% interest rates. They just increase your limit all the time to encourage you to get into more debt. Not only that but credit cards seriously over charge if you go over your limit - up to £25 even if you go over by a pound!
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Over 2 billion cards were sold last year in the UK, at the rate of over 5,000 cards per minute. \n\nthat's a lot of greeting cards.
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Look up any bank's website.  Do they have banks in your country?
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north america, europe, asia
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depends on which country