Active Bank Cards Rise to 121m

Data released by Shaparak, the company in charge of supervising the domestic payment network, show more than 121.9 million bank cards were used at least once during the first sixth months of the current fiscal year (started in March).
The number was up 2.69% on the month before when it was 118.8 million. Debit cards topped the list accounting for 95.28% (116.23 million) of the total active cards.
More than 22.1% of the debit cards were issued by Bank Melli followed by Bank Sepah with 12% and Bank Mellat and Bank Saderat Iran each at 11%.