E-Payments Grow

The nationwide e-payment settlement network, Shaparak, processed more than 33.16 billion payments worth 54,571 trillion rials ($228.8 billion) in the last fiscal year that ended in March.
The number was up 24.15% in volume and 67.73% higher in value compared with the year before, according to the annual report published by Shaparak company.  
A comparison of the total number of electronic payments in recent years shows that the growth was not unusual because  electronic payment is strongly encourage in the country.