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Bank of Russia: non-cash payments are gaining momentum
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In January-June 2019, individuals used their cards 19.2 billion times for a total amount exceeding 40 trillion rubles.
The number of active (used for at least one transaction in the reporting period) cards in issue increased by over 8% compared to the same period last year, to amount to almost 183 million at the end of June.
The payment infrastructure sufficiency for the population grows year by year, with 21,000 card acceptance devices per 1 million people being available as of July 1, 2019.