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The number of active cards in Romania increased in Q1 of the year with 2.9%

The number of active cards in Romania reached in Q1 of the year 12.81 million with 2.9% more than in the same period of last year, according to the data published on the National Bank of Romania (BNR).

In Q1 of 2017 the number of active cards was 12.45 million with 4,9% more than in the first three months of 2016.

The total number of cards increased with 1.2% in the first three months up to 1.63 million against Q1 of last year.

Out of the total number, 82.8% represents debit cards. Their number increased with 1.5% in Q1 up to 13.77 million.

The number of ATMs(11,058) and POS (193,198) was almost unchanged in the first three months of this year against the Q1 of last year.

According to the data on the market, Mastercard has a market  share of almost 53% and Visa about 47%.

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