December 22 (SeeNews) - The value of bank card transactions in Macedonia fell by 3.0% month-on-month to 7.730 billion denars ($180 million/126 million euro) in November, while the number of transactions dropped by a monthly 2.1%, central bank statistics showed.
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)