By the end of the year, Netopia estimates it will process approximately 4.5 million payments.
Thus, the volume of transactions will grow by 73% this year, while the total value will increase by 30%, to EUR175 million.
According to Netopia data, nearly 30% of the total payments were made through mobile devices in January-September.
At the same time, 70% of the payments were made by Romanians aged 25 – 44. Men make approximately 60% of the online payments.
Bucharest ranks first by the number of online card payments, with 42% of the transactions in the first nine months of 2016, followed by Cluj-Napoca, with 9%, and Brasov, with 5%.
The average value of a digital transaction stood at RON230 in January-September, similar with 2015 value, while the company also processed a transaction of RON91,000.