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.
