During the quarter, the number of POS terminals of "Kapital Bank" has increased by almost a third
Commercial Bank OJSC "Kapital Bank" unveiled a number of payment cards by April 1 of this year. The bulk (2 million 27 thousand 309) released before January 1, 2011, has since received an additional turnover of 201 thousand 55 means of payment.
As noted in the data on the bank's website (http://kapitalbank.az/?/ru), a percentage (30.6%) more than just increased the number of POS terminals. Given the fact that most of them are located in Baku, in comparison with the beginning of the year the number increased to 205, reaching 671 units.
Has also increased the number of ATMs - if by January 1, there were 421, April 1, they became 469 (+2.8%).
The number of branches has not changed - only 100 across the country.
This financial structure, in Soviet times, the former Republican representative of the Savings Bank, called "Kapital Bank" from 26 January 2005. Almost all of the shares (99.8%) belong to the Pasha Holding, the remaining 0.2% - to individuals.
Here is the table shown on the above website
1 January 2011 1 January 2012 1 January 2013
ATMs 388 421 469
POS terminals 418 466 671
Payment cards 2 027 309 2 131 242 2 228 364
Branches and offices 99 100 100
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