Palestine Monetary Authority

PALESTINE MONETARY AUTHORITY

Circular No. (33/2017)
To all banks operating in Palestine Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Subject: Request for Data

For the purpose of developing the objectives of the National Strategy for Financial Inclusion and preparing for the 2017 International Banking Conference, please find attached a list of financial and statistical data regarding the facilities and banking services provided to women. We request all banks to complete the required data for the last three years as they stand at the end of each year, by a deadline of ten working days from the date of this circular. Please note that this data is considered periodic data that banks are required to provide on a quarterly basis starting from the first quarter of the current year.

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Market Discipline Department Palestine Monetary Authority

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www.pma.ps

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Ramallah - Palestine P.O. Box 452 | Tel: +970 2 2415250 | Fax: +970 2 2409922 | Telex: +970 2 2409922 Gaza - Palestine P.O. Box 4026 | Tel: +970 8 2825292 | Fax: +970 8 2844487 | Telex: +970 8 2844487 Email: info@pma.ps

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Table One: Facilities Distributed by Geographic Region (Females Only)

Item	2014	2015	2016
	Count	Value (USD)	Count	Value (USD)	Count	Value (USD)
Domestic
International
Ramallah and Al-Bireh
Jerusalem
Jericho and the Jordan Valley
Bethlehem
Hebron
Nablus
Tulkarm
Jenin
Qalqilya
Tubas
Salfit
North Gaza
Gaza
Deir al-Balah
Khan Younis
Rafah

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Table Two: Banking Services and Products Targeted at Females

Year	Type of Service or Product	Number of Beneficiaries
2014
2015
2016

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Table Three: Number of Branches by Service Type

Item	2014	2015	2016
Number of Branches with ATM Cards
Number of Branches Using Online Purchase or Prepaid Payment Cards
Number of Subscribers to Internet Banking Service
Number of Awareness Campaigns Targeted at Women

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Table Four: Accounts

Accounts	2014	2015	2016
	Count	Value	Count	Value	Count	Value
Savings
Current
Deposit