ARMECONOMBANK RESTORES LEADERSHIP ON PLASTIC CARD MARKET
ArmInfo
09.03.2010
ArmInfo. Armeconombank has restored its leadership on the plastic
card market, reports the press service of the bank.
As of Mar 1 2010 the bank had issued 82,646 cards – 17.8% of the
total number of cards issued by the ArCa member banks and 24.6% of
local cards. Some 96,649 transactions worth 3,645,199,833 AMD were
carried out by means of Armeconombank’s bancomats and POS-terminals
in Feb 2010.
In the last two years the leader on the plastic card market has been
ACBA-Credit Agricole Bank. Armeconombank issues ArCas and MasterCards
and is planning to join Visa International by the end of this year.
Feb 1 2010 there were 456,594 cards issued by the ArCA member banks –
30% more than Feb 1 2009.