November 20 (SeeNews) - The value of bank card transactions in Macedonia grew by 3.1% month-on-month to 7.971 billion denars ($194 million/130 million euro) in October, while the number of transactions increased by a monthly 1.7%, central bank statistics showed.
On an annual basis, the value of bank card transactions increased by 8.8% in October, while the number of transactions went up by 11.1% to 2,307,843.
The number of credit cards in use in Macedonia amounted to some 1.242 million in October, 0.8% up from the previous month and 24.4% higher than a year earlier.
Details follow:
|
Oct'09 |
Sept'09 |
Oct'08 |
- TOTAL CARDS |
1,241,718 |
1,232,329 |
998,099 |
-DEBIT |
541,646 |
536,098 |
461,807 |
-CASH FUNCTION |
79,939 |
80,493 |
0 |
-CREDIT |
190,293 |
190,637 |
196,557 |
-COMBINED |
429,840 |
425,101 |
339,735 |
-TRANSACTIONS |
2,307,843 |
2,268,244 |
2,077,844 |
Value of Transaction (mln denars) |
7,971 |
7,734 |
7,327 |
POS TERMINALS |
23,949 |
23,275 |
20,443 |
ATMs |
823 |
821 |
717 |
American Express, DinersClub, MasterCard, and VISA are among the card brands accepted in Macedonia.
(1 euro =61.2165 Macedonian denars)