Card transactions value and volume up

The value of payment card transactions  in Poland amounted to PLN 116.09 billion in the second quarter of 2014, according to data published on Tuesday by the National Bank of Poland. It was 10.7 percent higher than in Q1 this year. The number of issued payment cards grew by 1.2 percent in the same period, to 35.2 million. The total number of card transactions in Q2 2014 amounted to 643.2 million, 10.6 percent more than in Q1. The value of credit card transactions rose by 10.2 percent quarter-on-quarter and reached PLN 9.3 billion in Q2. The number of credit cards inched down by 0.1 percent to 5,100. At the end of June 2014 Poland had 18,907 ATMs, which is 89 more than at the end of March, the NBP also said.