Azerbaijan, Baku, July 10 / Trend N. Ismayilov /
The volume of payments through the national inter-bank system of large payments (AZIPS) for June reduced by 12 percent, or 0.8 billion manat - up to 5.89 billion manat, the Central Bank of Azerbaijan said. In May, the volume of payments through the system amounted to 6.69 billion manat.
In June the volume of transactions through the payment clearing system for small charges (XONKS) increased by 4.4 percent up to $ 527 million manat. In May, the figure was 505 million manat.
The maximal amount of payments via XONKS system fell to June from early 2010.
About 31,000 payments, or 3,3 percent more compared to May were carried out via AZIPS system for the reported period.
About 889,000 payments or 0,2 percent less than for a comparable period were carried out through XONKS.
The number of users of AZIPS payment system was 49 and XONKS payment system - 53 in December last year.
On July 10, the official exchange rate is 0.8036 manat to $1.