Digital Payment Dominates

More than 2.73 billion transactions worth 3,886.38 trillion rials ($18.5 billion) were processed by the national retail payment network ‘Shaparak’ during the calendar month to June 20.
Shaparak website showed 4.8% hike in the volume and 2.29% fall in value of transactions compared to the earlier month. 
It said transactions jumped 24.35% and 62.56% in volume and value, respectively, compared to the same month last year. 
Adjusting for inflation, the real value of rose 32.73% compared to the same period last year.