{"id":1532,"date":"2020-12-21T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T14:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2026-08-06T22:47:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:47:47","slug":"covid-19-christmas-bulletin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/covid-19-christmas-bulletin\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 and Christmas bulletin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The closure of most shops, the entire hospitality sector and all cultural institutions is clearly reflected in the number and value of debit card payments at points of sale.<\/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\">Since Tuesday 15 December, debit card payment volume has been more than 35% lower than in the same period last year, while the value has been 40% lower. Even supermarkets saw 5% fewer customers paying by debit card at the checkout than a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/archief\/coronabulletin\/\">full COVID-19 and Christmas bulletin (in Dutch)\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retail closures during the COVID-19 crisis drove debit card payment volume down by more than 35% and payment value down by 40%.<\/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],"class_list":["post-1532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","btv_subject_tax-card-payments"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin  - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pinbetalingen tijdens corona: Impact op winkels - Dutch Payments Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ontdek de impact van de coronamaatregelen op pinbetalingen. 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