QUANTITY OF ACTIVE PLASTIC CARDS IN ARMENIA GROW BY ALMOST 30%

ArmInfo
2009-08-18 20:17:00

ArmInfo. By 1 August 2009, the number of active plastic cards in
Armenia grew by 28,4% to 403119 as compared with the same period of
2008, in July 2009 a total of 17002 cards were issued, this index
being by 2655 more than in June. The given cards were emitted by
Armenian Card payment system member banks.

The share of local ArCa cards was the biggest – 62% (248.6 thsd).Visa
cards made up 26% (103.6 thsd), MasterCard – 12% (50.9 thsd). At the
average, in July operations were carried with 233.4 thsd cards (58%
of the total number of active cards).

Armenian Card CJSC told ArmInfo that as of 1 August 2009, the number of
trade/service points in the given system (bancomats exclusive) amounted
to 2004. There were 2260 POS-terminals in the given trade/service
points. ArCa cards were served by 2235 POS-terminals, Visa – by 1530
POS-terminals, and MasterCard – by 1789 POS-terminals. In July the
number of trade/service points grew by 29 as compared with June,
POS-terminals – by 33. As of 1 August 2009, there were 509 bancomats
in Armenia.