On an annual basis, the value of bank card transactions fell by 35.5% in September, while the number of transactions dropped by 16.4% to 2,268,244.
The number of credit cards in use in Macedonia totalled 1.232 million in September, 0.7% up from the previous month and 20.8% higher than a year earlier.
Details follow:
Sept'09 | Aug'09 | Sept'08 | |
TOTAL CARDS | 1,232,329 | 1,223,649 | 1,019,736 |
-DEBIT | 536,098 | 532,968 | 510,208 |
-CASH FUNCTION | 80,493 | 80,670 | 0 |
-CREDIT | 190,637 | 190,629 | 211,776 |
-COMBINED | 425,101 | 419,382 | 297,752 |
TRANSACTIONS | 2,268,244 | 2,143,840 | 2,714,365 |
Value of Transaction (mln denars) | 7,734 | 7,319 | 11,987 |
POS TERMINALS | 23,275 | 23,036 | 20,882 |
ATMs | 821 | 818 | 693 |
American Express, DinersClub, MasterCard, and VISA are among the card brands accepted in Macedonia.
(1 euro = 61.8666 Macedonian denars)