October 19 (SeeNews) - The value of bank card transactions in Macedonia grew by 5.7% month-on-month to 7.734 billion denars ($187 million/125 million euro) in September, while the number of transactions increased by a monthly 5.8%, central bank statistics showed.
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)