National Bank of Georgia recommends contactless payments due to coronavirus

The National Bank of Georgia recommends that consumers use contactless pay methods instead of paying by cash to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.

The bank urges citizens of the country to fulfil the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health related to using cash and to wash their hands after touching banknotes and coins.

It also urges people to use distant banking services instead of going to the banks. 

The National Bank of Georgia urges companies to sanitise payment terminals.

The National Bank of Georgia says that money which will enter the bank will be taken out of circulation for 14 days. 

The bank will sell collector banknotes and coins by using the website www.moneymuseum.nbg.gov.ge.

Also, the bank announced that its Money Museum located in Kvareli, eastern Georgia will be closed from tomorrow until April 1.