November 26 (SeeNews) - Bank card transactions in Macedonia in October totalled 1,477.651, up by 8.5% from September and more than three times higher than a year earlier, central bank statistics showed on Monday.
In terms of value, card transactions in October rose by 13.23% from a month earlier and jumped five times on the year to 5.513 billion denars ($132.5 million/ 89.3 million euro), according to the country's central bank, NBRM.
Details follow:
|
|
October'07 |
September'07 |
August'07 |
October'06 |
| TOTAL CARDS |
660,931 |
651,797 |
646,070 |
270,041 |
| -DEBIT |
329,923 |
327,551 |
319,722 |
132,375 |
| -CREDIT |
154,070 |
156,947 |
153,828 |
87,270 |
| -OTHER |
167,829 |
157,602 |
162,846 |
41,191 |
| TRANSACTIONS |
1,477.651 |
1,361.519 |
1,312.136 |
433,199 |
| DOMESTIC VALUE (mln denars) |
5,513 |
4,869 |
4,328.7 |
1,288.6 |
| TOTAL VALUE (mln denars) |
6,028.5 |
6,206.5 |
5,648.96 |
1,935.1 |
| POS TERMINALS |
12,127 |
11,976 |
11,418 |
4,550 |
| ATMs |
494 |
504 |
500 |
244 |
The American Express, CaSys, Diners, Diners Club, MasterCard, Private, ProCredit, Sileks Kartica, STBB kartica, TTK Kartica and Visa card brands are accepted in Macedonia.
(1 euro = 61.7598 Macedonian denars)