An increasing number of consumers in the Republic of Moldova make purchases online. The significant rise in cashless payments made by the citizens of the Republic of Moldova, especially the cashless payments through electronic trading platforms in 2020, is a proof of this, IPN reports, quoting the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure.
In 2020, the cashless payments made with cards issued in the Republic of Moldova within 70.3 million transactions came to 21.8 billion lei. Of all the cashless payments, approximately 11 million payments were made without the physical presence of the card, through electronic trading platforms, these representing 15.7%. Of these, 2.7 million operations were performed through e-trading platforms in the Republic of Moldova, while 8.3 million through e-trading platforms abroad.
The number of electronic trading platforms in Moldova last year rose by 28.7% on 2019 to 525 platforms at the end of 2020, as opposed to 408 platforms in 2019.
