Figure of the day: How many online purchases did Russians make on New Year's?

11.6 million

Russians made online purchases in the New Year

Sberbank shared information about the activity

So, according to the deputy chairman of the bank's board Kirill Tsarev, in the period from December 31 to January 1, the number of purchases via the Internet increased by 45%.

"With regard to transactions of payments by bank cards- acquiring, then this year, from December 31 to 9 am January 1, our clients made 94 million transactions in the amount of 70 billion rubles. This is 24% more in terms of the number of transactions and 20% in terms of spending than in the same period last year, ”Tsarev said, noting that the number of online purchases reached 11.6 million.

Among other things, the representative of Sberbank said thatthe number of purchases outside of Russia decreased almost four times compared to last year. Thus, almost all of Sber's clients celebrated the holiday in Russia.