OREANDA-NEWS. February 08, 2010. The volume of transactions carried out in Moldova in 2009 with bankcards issued in the country was 12 billion 735.77 million leis (about US 1 billion).

According to the National Bank of Moldova’s data, it increased by 961.66 million leis (8.2%) in comparison with the year of 2008.

The volume of transactions effected in the same period of time abroad with bankcards issued in Moldova went down by 5.1 percent – from 742,9 million leis (US 58.2 million) to 704.8 million leis (US 5.2 million), while the volume of transactions effected in Moldova with bankcards released abroad went down by 13.9 percent – from 1 billion 347.9 million (US 105.6 million) to 1 billion 160.6 million leis (US 90.9 million).