The National Bank of Ukraine reported that non-cash payments remain a priority in the calculations of Ukrainians, and their share and volumes are systematically increasing. In particular, the number of transactions using payment cards in the first quarter of 2025 amounted to 2,191.3 million (for the same period last year - 1,950.9 million transactions), UNN writes referring to the NBU.
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The NBU reported that in Ukraine and abroad, the number of transactions using payment cards in the first quarter of 2025 amounted to 2,191.3 million transactions, and their amount was UAH 1,646.5 billion. For comparison, in the first quarter of 2024, 1,950.9 million such transactions were carried out for a total amount of UAH 1,489.7 billion).
It is noted that 2,086.4 million transactions were non-cash for a total amount of UAH 1,073.5 billion. This is 13.5% and 11.7% more, respectively, compared to the first quarter of 2024.
In total, 95.2% of card transactions are non-cash. The share of non-cash transactions in terms of amount was 65.2% of the total amount of transactions with payment cards.
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In Ukraine, the volume of cash transactions with bank cards is increasing. At the end of the first quarter of this year, the average amount of cash withdrawal transactions increased by 18% year-on-year. Now Ukrainians withdraw an average of 4,735 hryvnias at a time.