BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 4
By Maryana Akhmedova – Trend:
The number of plastic cards in circulation in Georgia from January through November 2021, amounted to 74.4 million cards, which is 0.6 percent more than over the same period of 2020 (73.9 million cards), Trend reports via the National Bank of Georgia (NBG).
Of the total number of cards in circulation over the reporting period of 2021, 68.4 million cards were debit cards, and 6 million were credit cards.
According to the NBG, the number of plastic cards in Georgia in November 2021, amounted to 6.82 million cards, which is a decrease of 0.8 percent, compared to the same period of 2020 (6.88 million).
The volume of EC/MC debit cards from January through November 2021, amounted to 42 million, while the number of VISA debit cards totaled 22.4 million.
As for credit cards, the number of EC/MC credit cards over the reporting period of 2021 reached 1.3 million, while VISA credit cards totaled about 2 million.
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