YEREVAN, December 17. /ARKA/. About 187,000 transactions were made by using Armenian commercial banks’ plastic cards outside the country in October 2014 (about 1.6% month-on-month growth), the Central Bank of Armenia says in a fresh issue of its monthly bulletin.
Total amount of these transactions was about AMD 7.5 billion – a 5.7% month-on-month growth.
Non-cash transactions amounted to around AMD 5.6 billion – 4.2% more than in September 2014.
According to the report, AMD 1.9 billion was withdrawn abroad in October by using Armenian banks’ plastic cards – 5.4% less than in September (AMD2.04bln).
Twenty one commercial banks operating in Armenia’s territory provided and served plastic cards in late October 2014. Of them, 19 are participants of ArCa payment system. ($1 – AMD 490.34). –0–
