Number of plastic cards up as capital relocated to Armenia Wednesday, August 10 2022
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![]() ArmInfo. As of July 1, 2022, over 2.8mln plastic cards were effective in Armenia, including co-badging cards ArCa-MIR and Russian MIR cards, with a slower increase - from 8.3% to 7.7% - which is lower than the 9.1% increase in the corresponding period of 2020 and must lower than the 22.2% increase in 2019. In the first half of 2022, 95,600 more cards were issued, with 67,400 cards issued in the 2nd quarter. The cause is the relocation of the capital to Armenia by a larg number of Russian residents. |