The volume of transactions made through the payment infrastructure of the national payment system APRA for 2022 increased by 19.0%, or 4.9 billion rubles, compared to the same period last year. Bank card holders in Abkhazia carried out transactions totaling 30.2 billion rubles. In the structure of completed transactions, APRA cards accounted for 45.0%, MPS cards - 33.0%, Mir payment system cards - 22.0%.
The numismatic edition "Golden Chervonets" No. 2 (55) 2021 published an article dedicated to the opening of the Museum of the Bank of Abkhazia. The article describes in detail the tasks of the museum in collecting, storing, studying and exhibiting banknotes that have been circulating on the territory of Abkhazia for 2500 years. A description of individual exhibits of the collection is given, both from the departments of antiquity and the Middle Ages, and the modern collection of commemorative coins - apsars.
The volume of transactions in the NPS of the Republic of Abkhazia for the 1st half of 2022 amounted to 12,396.5 million rubles, which is 17.6% higher than the volume of transactions for the same period in 2021.
The banking system of the Republic of Abkhazia completed the first half of 2022 with a positive financial result in the amount of RUB 68.6 million (financial result for the 1st half of 2021 was negative in the amount of -32.0 million rubles).
It should be noted that 4 out of 11 credit institutions completed the first half of 2022 with a positive financial result for a total of RUB 96.8 million. Despite the unprofitable activity of other credit institutions (-28.1 million rubles), the total financial result of the banking sector for the 1st half of 2022 amounted to +68.6 million rubles.
In the first half of 2022, 4,362.6 million rubles were transferred from the Republic of Abkhazia to the countries of near and far abroad through money transfer systems (“Contact”, “Zolotaya Korona”, “Unistream”), which is 31% more than the same period in 2021.
Chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Abkhazia Beslan Baratelia presented the annual report of the National Bank of the Republic of Abkhazia for 2021 at the session of the People's Assembly - the Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia.
By order of the Bank of Abkhazia dated June 22, 2022 No. No. 61-OD, the banking license of the Settlement Non-Banking Credit Organization "AgraA Group" (limited liability company) No. 025 dated October 15, 2019 was canceled.