The National Bank of Moldova published statistics - Cards issued by payment service providers of Moldova in 2023
The number of bank cards in circulation at the end of the 2023 - 3 292 564.
(a) by card payment system type (brand)
- "Visa International" - 1 476 963 (45%)
- "MasterCard" - 1 813 337 (55%)
- "American Express" - 2 264 (0,06%)
(b) according to the origin of the means
- debit card - 3 259 549 (99%)
- credit card - 33 015 (1%)
(c) on the "conditions of issue" feature
- card, issued based on salary projects - 1 140 075 (34,6%)
- card, issued on the basis of social projects - 517 658 (15,7%)
- card, issued under general conditions - 1 352 223 (41,1%)
- non-personalized card* - 282 608 (8,6%)
- prepaid card - 0
(c-1) according to the degree of use
- active card ** - 1 959 212 (60%)
including:
- card, issued based on salary projectsy - 791 293 (24.0% of the total number, or 40.4% of the number of active cards)
- card, issued on the basis of social projects - 410 027 (12.5% of the total number, or 20.9% of the number of active cards)
- card, issued under general conditions - 625 968 (19.0% of the total number, or 32.0% of the number of active cards)
- non-personalized card* - 131 924 (4.0% of the total number, or 6.7% of the number of active cards)
- inactive card - 1 333 352 (40%)
(d) on the type of technical solution
- proximity card (contactless) - 3 237 726 (98,3%)
- hybrid card - 15 849 (0,5%)
- magnetic stripe card - 3 (0%)
- virtual card - 38 986 (1,2%)
(e) holder type
- personal card - 3 138 090 (95,3%)
- business card - 154 474 (4,7%)
* non-personalized card - payment card that is attached to a payment account and on which the information about the customer is not printed/embossed.
** active card - payment card through which at least one financial operation was performed during a quarter.