Payment card functions and accepting devices (in units) | Cards issued by resident PSPs | Total number of cards (irrespective of the number of functions on the card) | | 23 098 184 | 23 086 308 | 25 247 783 | 41 063 794 | 47 266 630 |
Terminals provided by resident PSPs | ATMs | | 11 580 | 10 360 | 9 738 | 8 812 | 6 853 |
POS Terminals | | 190 249 | 214 702 | 217 730 | 233 755 | 273 972 |
Payment transactions involving non-MFI's (numbers in millions; values in millions euro) | Credit transfers | Number of transactions | | 1 306 | 1 480 | 1 595 | 1 703 | 1 755 |
Value of transactions | | 5 982 608 | 5 982 039 | 7 045 144 | 8 218 615 | 7 816 577 |
Initiated in paper-based form | Number of transactions | | 31 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 12 |
Value of transactions | | 246 508 | 215 750 | 176 757 | 175 171 | 147 169 |
Initiated electronically | Number of transactions | | 1 278 | 1 453 | 1 573 | 1 685 | 1 743 |
Value of transactions | | 5 727 842 | 5 765 542 | 6 868 411 | 8 043 445 | 7 669 409 |
Direct debits | Number of transactions | | 446 | 468 | 500 | 527 | 546 |
Value of transactions | | 104 518 | 112 736 | 132 238 | 140 573 | 134 995 |
Card payments with cards issued by resident PSP (except cards with an e-money function only) | Number of transactions | | 1 694 | 1 803 | 2 091 | 2 324 | 2 459 |
Value of transactions | | 91 800 | 93 349 | 96 956 | 104 657 | 107 643 |
E-money payment transactions with e-money issued by resident PSPs | Number of transactions | | 11 | 18 | 50 | 45 | 57 |
Value of transactions | | 635 | 853 | 2 039 | 2 281 | 3 440 |
Cheques | Number of transactions | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Value of transactions | | 12 275 | 8 921 | 7 251 | 5 219 | 2 739 |