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Each third client of Areximbank-Gazprombank Group has banking card- survey

YEREVAN, July 19. /ARKA/. The survey among the Areximbank-Gazprombank Group clients showed every third of them in average has a banking card.

The results also show 44% of the clients have a banking card.
“Along with this, every eighth has over two plastic cards, and 7% of the bank clients –even three cards. In general, these clients are young people aged 25-30. The same clients use virtual money,” the source informs.

Most often the clients pay for utilities, internet, telephone and money transfers  via ATMs.
Every second surveyed client said he/she hardly every uses the card in shops, and 75% of the surveyed said they need the card just to withdraw cash from ATMs.
“It comes from the fact that many trading and service places in the republic  do not accept cards for payments,” the press service of the bank clarified.

In the first half of this year Areximbank-Gazprombank Group issued 100, 271 international cards increasing this number by 19.55% from the same period a year earlier.

Areximbank-Gazprombank Group (formerly Areximbank) was established in 1998 to handle financial flows between Armenia and Russia. It operates monetary transfers via MoneyGram, Contact, Migom, Bystraya Pochta, Blizko and Unistream, as well as transfers without opening a bank account via Gazprom-Express from Russia to Armenia. —0—

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