| Scope and classifications: |
The tables "Payment Cards circulation in Armenia", "Payment Cards transactions", "Transactions made with E-money" and "Payment Cards Market Infrastructure in Armenia" provide information on the number of payment cards issued by commercial banks of the RA, the volume and number of transactions made with them, the volume and number of transactions made with e-money, and the payment infrastructure of the RA.
The data in these tables are summarized by payment card systems (ArCa, Visa, MasterCard, while other cards are grouped in a separate row, which includes cards issued by both Armenian and foreign banks).
Transactions made with payment cards include transactions carried out with payment cards issued by commercial banks of the RA both within the RA and abroad, as well as transactions carried out with payment cards issued by foreign banks within the RA. |