Internet payments have captured a third of the market

In Russia, the Internet already accounts for every third ruble when paying for purchases using plastic cards, Vedomosti reports . This is much more than in America (judging by the turnover of online processing systems).

The volume of payments for goods and services using cards last year grew by more than one and a half times - by 51.1% to 882.7 billion rubles, the Central Bank report says in 2008. The increase is due to the fact that by 45.6 % to 458,300 increased the number of devices that accept cards for payment.

However, Russians continue to use cards not quite for their intended purpose: 88.9% of the amounts going through plastic cards fall on cash withdrawals from ATMs, whereas only 9.7% are used for settlements. This “uncivilization” of citizens explains their imaginary “advancement” when compared with Americans in terms of the share of Internet payments.
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Last year, the popularity of payments using the Internet and a mobile phone grew the most: the number of transactions increased by 70.6% to 20 million, and the turnover grew by 65% ​​and amounted to 474 billion rubles.

According to iKS-Consulting, in 2008, via the Internet, using plastic cards, air tickets were paid in the amount of 10.6 billion rubles. and train tickets for 1.5 billion rubles. - 3.8 times more than in 2007

A total of 119.2 million cards were issued in Russia, but less than half are actually used.