Increase in Active Debit Cards in Iran

The number of active bank debit cards, used for at least one transaction, increased by 1.3 million from Sep.23 to Nov.21. 
On Nov.21, the number of bank cards reached 101.9 million, up from 100.63 million at the end of summer, indicating 1.3% increase, IBENA reported, citing Shaparak, the main electronic payment settlement network. 
The report shows that the banking system has issued more than 350 million bank cards, less than a third of which is active. 
According to Shaparak, more than 97.5 million of the cards were debit cards during the period, representing 95.7% of all active cards.