On an annual basis, the value of bank card transactions increased by 9.1% in November, while the number of transactions went up by 10.9% to 2,260,211.
The number of credit cards in use in Macedonia amounted to some 1.267 million in November, 2.1% up from the previous month and 23.3% higher than a year earlier.
Details follow:
Nov'09 | Oct'09 | Nov'08 | |
- TOTAL CARDS | 1,267,176 | 1,241,718 | 1,027,845 |
-DEBIT | 549,704 | 541,646 | 475,235 |
-CASH FUNCTION | 79,604 | 79,939 | 0 |
-CREDIT | 189,424 | 190,293 | 197,158 |
-COMBINED | 448,444 | 429,840 | 355,452 |
-TRANSACTIONS | 2,260,211 | 2,307,843 | 2,037,236 |
Value of Transaction (mln denars) | 7,730 | 7,971 | 7,086 |
POS TERMINALS | 24,445 | 23,949 | 20,838 |
ATMs | 827 | 823 | 734 |
American Express, DinersClub, MasterCard, and VISA are among the card brands accepted in Macedonia.
(1 euro =61.4582 Macedonian denars)