OREANDA-NEWS. June 04, 2010. For Jan-May 2010 turnover of Azerbaijani large-value payment system (AZIPS) and Azerbaijan’s low-value settlements and clearing system (XOHKS) amounted to over USD 39.157 bn against USD 97.31 bn in 2009 and USD 95.867 bn in 2008.

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) informs that this May overall number of members of the above-listed domestic payment systems made 101 organizations against 100 in April, 99 for Aug-Dec 2009 and Jan-Feb 2010. Member ranks numbered its previous maximum quantity (100 members) in August and September 2008.

The number of member organizations in AZIPS remained 48 against 47 ones for Jan-Jul 2009 and 46 ones in 2008.

This May XOHKS observed rise in the number of member organizations up to 53 versus 52 ones this April, 51 for March 2009 – March 2010, 52 in September and 53 in August 2008.

This May overall turnover of AZIPS and XOHKS totaled 921,000 payments for AZN 7.19 bn against 923,000 payments for AZN 6.705 bn in April, 915,000 ones for AZN 6.877 bn (earlier this year’s best index on volume a month) in March and 929,000 ones for AZN 11.434 bn (record over all history of the country’s payment system) in December 2009.

For Jan-May 2010 turnover made 4,203 payments for AZN 31.467 bn.

Over 2009, turnover made AZN 78.13 bn on 6.695 million payments.

In 2008, overall turnover of AZIPS and XOHKS reached 2.398 million payments for AZN 76.79 bn.

Manat exchange rate by early June 2010 was AZN 0.8036 to the US dollar.