On an annual basis, the value of bank card transactions fell by 32.4% in August, while the number of transactions dropped by 11.5% to 2,143,840.
The number of credit cards in use in Macedonia totalled 1.224 million in August, 0.6% up from the previous month and 22.2% higher than a year earlier.
Details follow:
Aug'09 | July'09 | Aug'08 | |
- TOTAL CARDS | 1,223,649 | 1,216,370 | 1,001,628 |
-- DEBIT | 532,968 | 529,113 | 502,327 |
-- CREDIT | 190,629 | 191,912 | 210,212 |
-- COMBINED | 419,382 | 415,106 | 289,089 |
-TRANSACTIONS | 2,143,840 | 2,290,871 | 2,423,040 |
Value of Transactions (mln denars) | 7,319 | 8,187 | 10,823 |
POS TERMINALS | 23,036 | 22,807 | 20,270 |
ATMs | 818 | 811 | 678 |
American Express, DinersClub, MasterCard, and VISA are among the card brands accepted in Macedonia.
(1 euro = 61.4475 Macedonian denars)