Almost all of the major credit-card advertisers significantly reduced TV spending, as the number of TV ads run by credit-card services as a group fell by nearly 24 per cent in September.
During the first three weeks of September, 13,704 ads were shown promoting credit-card companies, compared with 18,057 ads shown at the corresponding time in 2007.
Meanwhile, other financial service companies, including mortgage services and loan companies, also sharply cut back on ad spend during the period.