SUKHUM / AQW'A -- Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy Christina Ozgan spoke about the implementation of the Investment Program for Assisting the Socio-Economic Development of the Republic of Abkhazia at an expanded government meeting chaired by President Aslan Bzhania. 

SUKHUM / AQW'A -- "The national payment-system, continuing its work aimed at expanding the geography of accepting national payment cards APRA ‘World’, as well as in the course of cooperation with JSC ‘National Payment-Card System’, has carried out a pilot industrial operation of cross-system operations in the Republic of Turkey" – as reported on the website of the Bank of Abkhazia.

As part of the pilot-operation of cross-system actions, authorisations, clearing and settlements were successfully conducted for transactions carried out in the terminal network of the two largest banks in Turkey - İş Bank and Ziraat Bank.

The acquiring network ‘Is Bank’ numbers about 6,500 ATMs and 400,000 points for accepting bank-cards. The terminal network ‘Ziraat Bank’ has 7,200 ATMs and about 500,000 points that accept bank-cards.

Today, APRA "World" cards are accepted on the territory of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Turkey.

SUKHUM / AQW'A -- In June 2019, the Abkhazian payment-system APRA began servicing bank-cards of the Russian payment-system Mir; since October, it has been possible to use the APRA card to make payments in Russia, as well as at any point where Mir cards are served.

SUKHUM -- “Holders of Russian cards made transactions to the tune of one billion 887 million roubles ($24m) in Abkhazia from August to September,” Beslan Baratelia, Chairman of the National Bank of Abkhazia, said.

Compared to the same period in 2019, the number of transactions increased by 20.1%.

SUKHUM -- The Ministry of Taxes and Duties of Abkhazia is obliged to submit a report on the work done to collect tax-arrears to the Cabinet of Ministers and transfer the materials to the Judicial Enforcement Service of the Ministry of Justice.