We carry more card transactions, but increasingly lower amounts – Virtual Poland

We do more and more card transactions, however, the value of a single transaction consistently falling – according to a report prepared by the Polish National Bank.

In the fourth quarter of last year, the value of a single transaction made using payment cards amounted to approx. 164 zł, which was less than in the previous quarter, when it stood at 175 zł.

According to the NBP, the credit card was used to carry out an average of 20.5 transactions, both cash and non-cash like.

According to the National Bank of Poland have reported in the fourth quarter of 2014. Cards were performed using 553 million non-cash transactions for a total amount of 44.4 billion zł. Compared to the previous quarter, representing a growth of 11.8 per cent. in the case of the number of transactions and 7.6 percent. growth in terms of amount.

NBP reports that credit card was used to make cashless payments on average approx. 15.3 times.

As noted by the NBP, the market acceptance of payment cards there positive changes. And so, the number of active credit card accepting increased during the quarter by 8.9 thousand. to the level of 163 thousand.

There was also an increase in the number of points of sale, which are adapted to accept credit cards. At the end of December 2014, there were 305 thousand. that is, compared to September 2014. More about 15.5 thousand.