OREANDA-NEWS. May 15, 2009. In January-March 2009, 64,99 thousand of bank cards or 15,7% less than at the same period of the last year (77,1 thousand) were issued in Moldova.

According to the National Bank of Moldova, as of April 1, 2009, 743.72 thousand cards, or 7.5% more than at the same period of the last year (691.87 thousand) were in circulation in Moldova.

In I quarter of 2009, number of transactions with the bank cards issued in Moldova amounted to 3 billion 514.05 million, increasing by 11% as compared with the same period of 2008.

During the period emissions of the bank cards of the national and international payment systems were carried out by 12 banks of Moldova. Cards of MoldCardSystem were issued by 1 bank, UNICARD system- by 1 bank, Visa International – by 7 banks and MasterCard Worldwide – by 12 banks, respectively.