Number of bank payment cards issued in Belarus down 0.9% in Q1 2021 to 15.351m
<p> </p> <p> MINSK, May 18 - PrimePress. The number of bank payment cards issued in Belarus decreased by 0.9% in Q1 2021 to 15.351 million as of Apr 1, 2021, the National Bank of Belarus (NBB) reports on its website. </p> <p> </p> <p> The number of BelKart cards was down 14.1% to 2.007 million in Q1 2021; BelKart/Maestro – up 0.01% to 1.902 million; VISA – up 2.8% to 5.731 million; MasterCard – up 0.7% to 5.709 million; Union Pay – up 3.1% to 3,300 as of Apr 1, 2021. </p> <p> </p> <p> The number of trade (service) outlets equipped with payment terminals decreased by 4.3% to 119,584 in Q1 2021; the number of payment terminals in trade (service) outlets – by 5.1% to 160,265. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> The number of payment terminals at cash points decreased by 1.8% to 4,997 in Q1 2021; the number of ATMs – by 1% to 4,345; self-service terminals – by 4.1% to 2,712. </p> <p> </p> <p> The number of transactions with bank cards in Belarus increased by 6.3% to 528.755 million in Q1 2021; the amount of transactions – by 11.3% to Br22.83 billion ($9.1 billion at the rate of National Bank of Belarus). </p> <p> </p> <p> The share of non-cash transactions made up 92.5% by number and 64.4% in value in Q1 2021. End </p>
2021-05-19
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Number of bank payment cards issued in Belarus down 0.9% in Q1 2021 to 15.351m
MINSK, May 18 - PrimePress. The number of bank payment cards issued in Belarus decreased by 0.9% in Q1 2021 to 15.351 million as of Apr 1, 2021, the National Bank of Belarus (NBB) reports on its website.
The number of BelKart cards was down 14.1% to 2.007 million in Q1 2021; BelKart/Maestro – up 0.01% to 1.902 million; VISA – up 2.8% to 5.731 million; MasterCard – up 0.7% to 5.709 million; Union Pay – up 3.1% to 3,300 as of Apr 1, 2021.
The number of trade (service) outlets equipped with payment terminals decreased by 4.3% to 119,584 in Q1 2021; the number of payment terminals in trade (service) outlets – by 5.1% to 160,265.
The number of payment terminals at cash points decreased by 1.8% to 4,997 in Q1 2021; the number of ATMs – by 1% to 4,345; self-service terminals – by 4.1% to 2,712.
The number of transactions with bank cards in Belarus increased by 6.3% to 528.755 million in Q1 2021; the amount of transactions – by 11.3% to Br22.83 billion ($9.1 billion at the rate of National Bank of Belarus).
The share of non-cash transactions made up 92.5% by number and 64.4% in value in Q1 2021. End