YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. By examining the indices characterizing the payment and settlement sector, the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) concluded that there was a growth of operations carried out through the payment systems and with payment instruments in 2007. According to the CBA press service, the total amount of cashless payments made 9 trillion 263 bln drams or about 27 bln 78.5 mln USD in 2007 in Armenia (their number made 3,583,223), with the amount of payments through the CBA payment systems making 8 trillion 787 bln drams, while their number - 1,401,461. The amount of cashless payments made through the CBA payment systems in 2007 increased by 82.5% or 3 trillion 972 bln drams, while their number - by 33% or 348,122 payments as compared with 2006. The average daily amount of money transfers carried out through the CBA payment systems made about 34 bln drams, while their number made 5,474. The average daily amount of money transfers grew by 15.5 bln drams, their number - by 1,360 as compared with 2006.

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