Volume of transactions carried out over 9 months of 2023 with bank cards issued in Moldova, compared to the same period in 2022, increased by 20.5% - to 108.93 billion lei.
As follows from the data of the National Bank of Moldova, at the same time, citizens still use cards mainly to withdraw 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. In particular, the volume of cash withdrawn from bank cards issued in Moldova in January-September 2023, compared to the same period of the previous year, increased by 12.6% - to 65 billion 114.9 million lei, and the volume of non-cash payments on them increased by 34.4% - to 43 billion 823.3 million lei. Herewith, the volume of non-cash payments in the banks’ own network (on-us) increased by 40.1% - from 12 billion 168.3 million to 17 billion 053.3 million lei; in the network of other banks of the Republic of Moldova - increased by 32.8% - from 12 billion 530.1 million to 16 billion 642.1 million lei; abroad - increased by 28.2% - from 7 billion 897.1 million to 10 billion 127.6 million lei. According to the NBM, the volume of non-cash payments with the physical presence of the card for 9 months in 2023, in comparison with the same period in 2022, increased by 38.2% - from 19 billion 348.2 million to 26 billion 731.5 million lei; without the physical presence of the card, through electronic commerce platforms (e-commerce) - increased by 21.3% - from 5 billion 831.3 million to 7 billion 071 million lei; without the physical presence of the card, through automated remote service systems - increased by 27.4% - from 6 billion 765.8 million to 8 billion 621.4 million lei. Meanwhile, the volume of cash withdrawals in the banks’ own network (on-us) increased by 12.5% - from 55 billion 318.6 million to 62 billion 239.3 million lei; in the network of other banks in the Republic of Moldova - increased by 21.8% - from 1 billion 827.1 million to 2 billion 224.8 million lei, and abroad - decreased by 2% - from 663.9 million to 650.7 million lei. According to the NBM, for 9 months in 2023, in comparison with the same period of the previous year, the volume of transactions carried out in Moldova using cards issued abroad increased by 5.3% - up to 14 billion 747.8 million lei. At the same time, the volume of cash withdrawn from such cards decreased by 11.8% - from 7 billion 592 million to 6 billion 692.6 million lei, and the volume of non-cash payments increased by 25.6% - from 6 billion 411.9 million up to 8 billion 055.1 million lei. // 12.01.2024 — InfoMarket.
