  44% of Areximbank-Gazprombank Group’s clients own bank cards July 19, 2012 - 18:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Public opinion poll Areximbank-Gazprombank Group CJSC conducted revealed that 44 % of the bank’s clients already own a bank card. Each 8th respondent proved to possess more than two “plastic cards”, with 7% of the clients owning even three cards. Utility, Internet and telephone payments as well as money transfers are mostly made by ATMs. 75% of the respondents named withdrawing cash from ATMs as the main reason behind possessing cards. “This is conditioned by the inaccessibility of payment cards in many trade and service centers of the republic,” the bank’s press service reported. As of the first half year, the number of the international payment cards issued by Areximbank-Gazprombank Group CJSC totaled 100 271, growing by 19,55% compared with the same period of 2011.   Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion.   Partner news |  Latest news Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event  The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event.Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party.Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh.France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |
