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Romanian Online Bank Card Payments Up 38% In 2010, To EUR127.8M
06.01.2011, 13:26 | Finance-Banks | 702 views
Online payments using bank cards increased by 38% in 2010, to EUR127.8 million and the number of transactions rose by 82%, to 2.26 million, according to data released by Romanian credit card transaction processor Romcard. In 2009, electronic commerce payments saw an increase of 75%, to EUR92.8 million. Last year, the number of online transactions operated through the ePayment system administered by GeCAD ePayment International hit 2.08 million with online payments reaching a value of EUR121 million, GeCAD ePayment said in a press release. Read more on Mediafax.ro
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