-- 根据澳大利亚储备银行周四公布的最新零售支付数据，3月份澳大利亚新增支付平台交易额增长近26%，达到2412亿澳元，而去年同期为1866亿澳元。 澳大利亚发行的银行卡消费总额增长11.6%，从2025年3月的910亿澳元增至1008亿澳元，其中信用卡和签账卡消费额为409亿澳元，借记卡消费额为599亿澳元。 与此同时，新增支付平台交易笔数增长11.2%，从去年的1.519亿笔增至1.671亿笔。 澳大利亚发行的银行卡消费总额增长6.6%，从去年的13.4亿笔增至14.1亿笔。
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