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Total card payments in the Benelux region 2010-2016

Total card payments with cards issued by resident PSPs in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands from 2010 to 2016 (in millions)

The data displays the total card payments with cards issued by resident PSPs in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands from 2010 to 2016 (in millions). In 2016, the Netherlands used the most card payments with approx. 3.9 billion payments, compared to 1.7 billion in Belgium and 126 million in Luxembourg.

Like in other European countries, credit and debit cards are a popular form of digital payment methods for either physical purchases in brick-and-mortar-stores or for online purchases. In 2016, Luxembourg had approx.

2010 1066.89 65.01 2305.59
2011 1154.32 71.36 2444.44
2012 1226.9 82.7 2642.9
2013 1332.3 89.4 2886.2
2014 1508 101.6 3168
2015 1556.9 110.8 3573.6
2016 1702.2 126 3946.4