2019: Georgians spent 2.4 billion GEL abroad
In 2018, Georgian citizens spent 1.757 billion GEL ($0.61 bln/€0.55 bln) abroad by bank cards reports data from NBG. Photo: BPN.
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Georgian citizens spent 2.35 billion GEL ($0.82 bln/€0.74) abroad by bank cards in 2019 which is 34 per cent more compared to last year, reports the National Bank of Georgia (NBG).
In 2018, Georgian citizens spent 1.757 billion GEL ($0.61 bln/€0.55 bln) abroad by bank cards reports data from the NBG.
Data from the NBG show that Georgian citizens spent 230.7 million GEL ($79.9 mln/€72.4 mln) abroad by bank cards in December 2019, which is 44.5 per cent more compared to the same period of last year.
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Georgia is taking actions to strengthen confidence in relationships between payment service providers and the customers and ensure the financial transactions are quick, safe and reliable for them.
Georgia is one of the top six countries in the region where people have and use a Visa card, and the country eagerly accepts new technologies, says world leader in electronic payments Visa International.
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