YEREVAN, April 17. /ARKA/. The transactions made outside of Armenia by using Armenian commercial banks’ plastic cards totaled AMD 4.4 billion in February 2015 showing a 44.28% month-on-month decline, according to the latest issue of the central bank’s monthly bulletin.
Their number was about 125,000 (27.6% decline).
The amount of cashless transactions made by using plastic cards in February totaled about 3.1 billion – 50.5% less than in January 2015.
The central bank says the cash withdrawn via plastic cards abroad totaled AMD 1.3 billion in February 2015 against AMD 1.6 billion in January 2015 – 19.8% decline.
Twenty one commercial banks in Armenia issue and serve plastic cards, and 19 of them participate in ArCa. ($1 – AMD 472.27). –0–
