Yerevan/Mediamax/. International Visa payment system discusses
with Armenian banks the chance of issuing licenses for servicing
internet payments, made by foreign card holders.
Mediamax
reports that Visa Business Development Manager in Armenia, Georgia and
Moldova Irina Kamkhadze said this in Yerevan today.
According to
her, Armenian banks take interest in development of e-commerce and Visa
discussed with them the details of undergoing the certification
necessary for it.
“Licenses for servicing internet payments are
provided on individual basis, and all 10 Armenian Visa member banks have
the chance to get them”, Irina Kamkhadze said, adding that technologic
readiness of the banks is first of all necessary for that.
Representative
of the payment system informed that e-commerce, along with the increase
in the number of trade outlets with the option of cashless trade, is a
priority business development direction for Visa in Armenia.
“Visa
has great potential in Armenia. If the growth in the number of cash
machines in Armenia made 3% last year, the growth of trade outlets,
where Visa cards are accepted, made 46%. This fact evidences dynamic
growth of cashless trade in the country”, Irina Kamkhadze said.