December 21 (SeeNews) - The value of bank card transactions in Macedonia in November grew by 0.2% month-on-month to 8.619 billion denars ($188 million/143 million euro), central bank statistics showed.
The number of bank card transactions rose by a monthly 2.7% and by an annual 17.6%, to 2,658,879 in November, the central bank said.
On an annual basis, the value of bank card transactions rose by 11.5% in November.
The credit cards in use in Macedonia in November numbered some 1.417 million, up by 0.8% on the month and 11.8% higher than a year earlier.
Details follow:
|
Nov'10 |
Oct'10 |
Nov'09 |
- TOTAL CARDS |
1,416,981 |
1,405,202 |
1,267,176 |
-DEBIT |
1,041,160 |
1,030,660 |
549,704 |
-CREDIT |
303,867 |
301,737 |
189,424 |
-CASH FUNCTION |
71,954 |
72,805 |
79,604 |
-COMBINED |
0 |
0 |
448,444 |
-TRANSACTIONS |
2,658,879 |
2,588,139 |
2,260,211 |
Value of Transaction (mln denars) |
8,619 |
8,603 |
7,730 |
POS TERMINALS |
24,632 |
24,484 |
24,445 |
ATMs |
868 |
866 |
827 |
American Express, DinersClub, MasterCard, and VISA are among the card brands accepted in Macedonia.
(1 euro=60.4546 Macedonian denars)