On an annual basis, the value of bank card transactions increased by 146% in September and their number rose by 118% to 2,714,365, according to the country’s central bank, NBRM.
The total number of credit cards in September was 1,019,736, up 1.8% from the previous month and 56.4% higher than a year ago.
Details follow:
September'08 | August'08 | September'07 | |
- TOTAL CARDS | 1,019,736 | 1,001,628 | 651,797 |
-DEBIT | 510,208 | 502,327 | 327,551 |
-CREDIT | 211,776 | 210,212 | 156,947 |
-COMBINED | 297,752 | 289,089 | 157,947 |
-TRANSACTIONS | 2,714,365 | 2,423,040 | 1,246,642 |
Value of Transaction (bln denars) | 11,987 | 10.823 | 4,869 |
POS TERMINALS | 20,882 | 20,270 | 11,976 |
ATMs | 693 | 678 | 504 |
The American Express, CASYS, Diners, Dinners, MasterCard Visa, Mastercard, EURO Standard, Kasis, Private, ProCredit, Sileks Kartica, STBB kartica, Private, TTK kartica and VISA card brands are accepted in Macedonia.
(1 euro = 61.0908 Macedonian denars)