10:40 - 29.07.2026

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July 29, Fineko/abc.az. By the end of June 2026, the number of payment cards in circulation in the systems of banks and Azerpocht LLC increased by 10.4% against Jan-Jun 2025 and reached 22.798 million cards.

According to Central Bank’s statistics, the number of debit cards grew by 12%, while the number of credit cards dropped by 3.5%.

Since the beginning of the year, the volume of non-cash transactions within the country has increased by 14.5% versus Jan-Jun 2025. In June 2026 alone, the volume of non-cash payments within the country made using payment cards reached 9.902 billion manats.

The largest share in the structure of non-cash payments accounted for e-commerce. Thus, out of the total amount, 8.575 billion manats accounted for e-commerce transactions. In addition, 1.325 million manats were paid in cashless payments through POS-terminals and 2.5 million manats through self-service terminals and ATMs.

As of the beginning of 2026, cashless domestic transactions with payment cards made up 69.8% of all domestic card transactions.

At the same time, the payment infrastructure of banks and Azerpocht LLC continued to expand. Compared to the end of June of 2025, the number of ATMs increased by 4.4% and the number of POS-terminals by 16.9%.