Transactions totaling AMD 6.4 billion made abroad in June by using Armenian banks’ Plastic Cards

YEREVAN, August 20. /ARKA/. Some 140,400 transactions totaling AMD 6.4 billion were made outside Armenia in June 2015 by using all the types of plastic cards issued by Armenian banks – 2.9% month-on-month decline and 5.8% growth respectively, the Central Bank of Armenia reports in the latest issue of its monthly bulletin.

Non-cash transactions carried out by using the cards amounted to AMD 5 billion in June 2015 showing a 8.5% month-on month increase.

Cash withdrawals outside of Armenia totaled AMD 1.4 billion in June 2015 against AMD 1.5 billion in May 2015 – 2.8% decrease.

All the 21 commercial banks in Armenia’s territory provided and serviced plastic cards to clients as of late June, and 19 of them participate in ArCa payment system. ($1 – AMD 477.29). —-0—

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