{"id":1518,"date":"2020-12-24T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=1518"},"modified":"2026-08-06T22:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:48:29","slug":"covid-19-christmas-bulletin-update-24-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/covid-19-christmas-bulletin-update-24-december\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 and Christmas bulletin: update 24 December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Update through 24 December 2020: debit card transactions down 35%, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideal.nl\/\">iDEAL <span class=\"icon inline-block ml-1 w-[0.875em]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#000000\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\"><path d=\"M228,104a12,12,0,0,1-24,0V69l-59.51,59.51a12,12,0,0,1-17-17L187,52H152a12,12,0,0,1,0-24h64a12,12,0,0,1,12,12Zm-44,24a12,12,0,0,0-12,12v64H52V84h64a12,12,0,0,0,0-24H48A20,20,0,0,0,28,80V208a20,20,0,0,0,20,20H176a20,20,0,0,0,20-20V140A12,12,0,0,0,184,128Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a> payments up 60%.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/bezorger-corona.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Parcel deliverer with a face mask and gloves hands over a large cardboard package to a woman with a face mask at the front door.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/bezorger-corona.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/bezorger-corona-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The closure of most shops, the hospitality sector and all cultural institutions is clearly reflected in the number and value of debit card payments. During the seven shopping days through Wednesday 24 December, both volume and value were 35% lower than in the same period a year earlier. Supermarkets and food shops saw barely any more customers paying by debit card at the checkout than the previous year, even though debit card payment volume had grown by an average of around 10% a year in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/archief\/coronabulletin\/\"><em>Read the full COVID-19 and Christmas bulletin (in Dutch)\u2026<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through 24 December 2020, debit card transactions were down 35% while iDEAL payments were up 60% compared with the previous year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"btv_subject_tax":[16,17],"class_list":["post-1518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","btv_subject_tax-card-payments","btv_subject_tax-online-payments"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin  - 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