Armenia’s card transactions rose to 92.1bln drams in February

YEREVAN, April 25. /ARKA/. Total volume of all card transactions in Armenia amounted to 92.1bln drams in February, which is 41.3% increase against the month before, monthly information handbook of the central bank of Armenia for February reports.

Number of card transactions in the period totaled 1,834,976 (28.7% increase).

Card transactions via the Internet exceeded 2 billion drams in Armenia as of the end of February, an increase of 6.9% compared to the month before; number of these card transactions rose by 7.9% to 115,187 in the period.

Card transactions through ATMs totaled 70.6bln drams as of the end of February (increase of about 44.5%); number of transactions was 1,517,250 (35.1% increase).

Card transactions via POS terminals and imprinters in the period totaled about 19.5bln drams (35% increase); total number of the transactions was 202,539 (3.2% increase). ($1=414.08drams).  –0–

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