
It will also strive to increase the number of bank account holders to 35-40 percent of the population.
The targets were set in a Prime Minister-approved project to accelerate non-cash payment services.
To meet the targets, the banking system will diversify card payment services, with a primary focus on developing pay points. It aims to install 250,000 card payment machines to increase the number of transactions to 200 million a year by 2015.
It will continue to pay State workers through bank accounts and encourage them to use credit cards in transactions.