BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 25
By Nazrin Israfilova – Trend:
The number of payment cards in Azerbaijan in 10M2021 increased by 1.54 million, or 16.9 percent compared to the same period last year, and reached 10.673 million against 9.126 million a year earlier, Trend reports citing the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA).
According to the CBA, the largest number of the issued cards fell on debit cards (9.31 million), including social - 3.46 million, salary - about 2.62 million, other card products - 3.22 million.
Also, the number of debit cards increased by 1.25 million over the year, or 15.5 percent. The number of credit cards in Azerbaijan increased over the year by 28.3 percent - from 1.06 to 1.36 million.
At the same time, the number of ATMs operating in this period in Azerbaijan amounted to 2,870, of which 1,521 are in Baku, 1,349 - in other cities and districts of the country.
It is noted that the number of ATMs in 10M2021 increased by 26, or 0.9 percent compared to the same period in 2020.
The number of POS terminals in the country has reached 61,061, of which 40,057 are installed in Baku, 21,004 - in other cities and districts of Azerbaijan. Their number on an annual basis increased by 1,666, or 2.8 percent.
