Cashless transfers totaling AMD 3 trillion operated by Armenian banks in July

YEREVAN, September 11. /ARKA/. Armenia’s commercial banks operated cashless transfers totaling AMD 3067.6 billion in July – 4.2% growth, compared with June, the Central Bank of Armenia reports in its monthly bulletin.

They have operated 1,555,331 non-cash transactions over July – 11.7% month-on-month growth.
Transfers on paper payment obligations totaled AMD 1877.6 billion in July, on electronic payment obligations AMD 1179.1 billion, transfers by checks AMD 1.79 billion and cashless transactions by plastic cards AMD 9.1 billion. No other debit transfers have been carried out.

Plastic card transactions totaling AMD 105.3 billion were carried out in July – 18.2% more than in June, and the number of deals was 1,894,746 (11%-percent growth).

The number of plastic cards issued by Armenia’s commercial banks was 1,504,155 in July – 1.4% month-on-month growth. —0—

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