Belarus’ banks decrease issue of payment cards 0.6% in Jan-Jun 2020 to 15.436m
<p> MINSK, Aug 26- PrimePress. Belarusian banks decreased the number of issued payment cards by 0.6% in January-June 2020 to 15.436 million as of July 1, 2020, the National Bank of Belarus (NBB) reports. </p> <p> </p> <p> BelKart reduced the issue of cards in Jan-Jun 2020 by 17.6% to 2.853 million; BelKart/Maestro – up 8.4% to 1.843 million; VISA – up 2.4% to 5.241 million; MasterCard – up 4.9% to 5.497 million; Union Pay – up 16% to 2,900 as of Jul 2020. </p> <p> </p> <p> The number of trade (service) organizations equipped with payment terminals increased in Jan-Jun 2020 by 1.8% to 130,254; the number of payment terminals in trade (service) organizations increased by 1% to 174,876. </p> <p> </p> <p> The number of payment terminals at cash points decreased in Jan-Jun 2020 by 2.1% to 5,321; ATMs – up 1% to 4,337; self-service terminals – down 1.2% to 3,044. </p> <p> </p> <p> The number of transactions with bank payment cards decreased in Jan-Jun 2020 by 45.7% to 990.816 million; the total amount of such operations decreased by 43.7% to Br41 billion ($15.8 billion at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus). The share of non-cash transactions was at 90.9% in Jan-Jun 2020, amount – 59.9%. End </p>
2020-08-26
Primepress
MINSK, Aug 26- PrimePress. Belarusian banks decreased the number of issued payment cards by 0.6% in January-June 2020 to 15.436 million as of July 1, 2020, the National Bank of Belarus (NBB) reports.
BelKart reduced the issue of cards in Jan-Jun 2020 by 17.6% to 2.853 million; BelKart/Maestro – up 8.4% to 1.843 million; VISA – up 2.4% to 5.241 million; MasterCard – up 4.9% to 5.497 million; Union Pay – up 16% to 2,900 as of Jul 2020.
The number of trade (service) organizations equipped with payment terminals increased in Jan-Jun 2020 by 1.8% to 130,254; the number of payment terminals in trade (service) organizations increased by 1% to 174,876.
The number of payment terminals at cash points decreased in Jan-Jun 2020 by 2.1% to 5,321; ATMs – up 1% to 4,337; self-service terminals – down 1.2% to 3,044.
The number of transactions with bank payment cards decreased in Jan-Jun 2020 by 45.7% to 990.816 million; the total amount of such operations decreased by 43.7% to Br41 billion ($15.8 billion at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus). The share of non-cash transactions was at 90.9% in Jan-Jun 2020, amount – 59.9%. End