The volume of transactions carried out in the III quarter of 2021 with bank cards issued in Moldova, in comparison with the same period in 2020, increased by 31.6% - up to 25 billion 922.2 million lei.
As follows from the data of the National Bank, at the same time, citizens still use cards mainly for withdrawing cash, although the trend of dynamic growth in the volume of non-cash payments continues, and the share of such transactions in the total volume is constantly growing. As InfoMarket agency was informed in the NBM, in particular, the volume of cash withdrawn from bank cards issued in Moldova in July-September 2021, in comparison with the same period of the previous year, increased by 24.8% - up to 17 billion 664. 7 million lei, and the volume of non-cash payments increased by 49.1% - up to 8 billion 257.5 million lei. Herewith, the volume of non-cash payments in the banks' own network (on-us) increased by 43.7% - from 1 billion 908.6 million to 2 billion 742.2 million lei; in the network of other banks of the Republic of Moldova - increased by 46.1% - from 2 billion 275.3 million to 3 billion 324.6 million lei; abroad - increased by 61.7% - from 1 billion 354.6 million to 2 billion 190.7 million lei. According to the NBM, the volume of non-cash payments with the physical presence of the card in the III quarter of 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, increased by 52.3% - from 3 billion 363.8 million to 5 billion 123.8 million lei; without the physical presence of the card, through e-commerce platforms - increased by 43.1% - from 1 billion 173.4 million to 1 billion 679.2 million lei; without the physical presence of the card, through automated remote service systems - increased by 56.7% - from 848.7 million to 1 billion 329.6 million lei. Meanwhile, the volume of cash withdrawals in their own network of banks (on-us) increased by 25% - from 13 billion 536.9 million to 16 billion 924.9 million lei; in the network of other banks of the Republic of Moldova - increased by 22.2% - from 454.8 million to 555.8 million lei, and abroad - increased by 13.2% - from 162.5 million to 184 million lei. According to the NBM, in the third quarter of 2021, in comparison with the same period of the previous year, the volume of transactions carried out in Moldova using cards issued abroad increased by 56% - up to 3 billion 625.7 million lei. Thus, the volume of cash withdrawn from such cards increased by 42.4% - from 1 billion 448.7 million to 2 billion 063.2 million lei, and the volume of non-cash payments - increased by 78.6% - from 874.9 million up to 1 billion 562.5 million lei. // 28.12.2021 — InfoMarket
