Santo Domingo – Debit card entry has started from the sharp decline due to measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, which included the cessation of non-essential activities between mid-March and mid-May, as well as border closures and curfews. .
At the end of June, debit card transactions exceeded RD 8.13 billion RD ($135.5 million), a record similar to February, before the pandemic disappeared, when RD8.0 billion was consumed.
Data from the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic means that fewer transactions are taking place, around 5.1 million in June to 6.15 million in February, but for more money.
The catchment line, which has returned to pre-forecast levels, is the credit card, whose financed purchases totaled RD 16.73 billion last June, 25% less than in February, when invoices were made with plastic for some 22.2 billion pesos.
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