The volume of transactions carried out in the first quarter of 2025 with bank cards issued in Moldova, compared to the same period of 2024, increased by 19.4% - to 46.84 billion lei
According to the data of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM), citizens continue to use cards mainly for cash withdrawals, although the trend of dynamic growth in the volume of non-cash payments continues, and their share in the total volume of transactions is constantly growing. In particular, the volume of cash withdrawn from bank cards issued in Moldova in January-March 2025, compared to the same period of the previous year, increased by 8.2% - to 23 billion 293.5 million lei, and the volume of non-cash payments on them increased by 33% - to 23 billion 550.8 million lei. At the same time, the volume of non-cash payments in the banks' own network (on-us) increased by 44.3% - from 7 billion 696.5 million to 11 billion 104 million lei; in the network of other banks in the Republic of Moldova - increased by 16.8% - from 6 billion 270.8 million to 7 billion 325.7 million lei; abroad - increased by 36.8% - from 3 billion 742.3 million to 5 billion 121.1 million lei. According to the NBM, the volume of non-cash payments with the physical presence of the card in the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024, increased by 26% - from 10 billion 370.6 million to 13 billion 070 million lei; without the physical presence of the card, on e-commerce platforms - increased by 41.7% - from 2 billion 858.6 million to 4 billion 050.8 million lei; without the physical presence of the card, through automated remote service systems - increased by 41.3% - from 4 billion 219.7 million to 5 billion 962.5 million lei. At the same time, the volume of cash withdrawals in the banks' own network (on-us) increased by 8.5% - from 20 billion 579.6 million to 22 billion 333.9 million lei; in the network of other banks in the Republic of Moldova - increased by 5.4% - from 709.8 million to 747.9 million lei, and abroad - decreased by 12.3% - from 241.2 million to 211.5 million lei. According to the NBM, in the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period of the previous year, the volume of transactions carried out in Moldova using cards issued abroad increased by 15.7% - to 5 billion 013.9 million lei. At the same time, the volume of cash withdrawn from such cards increased by 1.8% - from 1 billion 788.5 million to 1 billion 820.5 million lei, and the volume of non-cash payments increased by 25.5% - from 2 billion 544.8 million to 3 billion 193.4 million lei. // 19.05.2025 - InfoMarket.
