In January-February 2023, in
total GEL 553 million was
spent in Georgia with foreign bank
cards that is almost 3% less compared to
the same period of the previous year- the National Bank of Georgia
(NBG) reports. In 2022, a total of GEL 570
million was spent in the country with the cards of foreign banks.
Apart
from that
,
in January-February 2023, transactions worth
GEL 265.5
million were
carried out in
ATMs with foreign cards, GEL
261.8
million - in POS terminals and virtual
POS terminals – GEL 24.4
million, GEL 1.3 million
worth
transactions
were carried out in the provider
POS terminals.
It’s
worth mentioing that in two months of this year, transactions
worth almost
GEL 10 billion were carried out with card
devices in Georgia. According to the National Bank, the number of
payment credit cards in circulation in Georgia amounted to 570,087 in
February 2023, the number of debit cards in
circulation atood at
7,380,023.