{"id":1577,"date":"2020-09-09T21:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T19:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=1577"},"modified":"2026-08-06T23:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:05:30","slug":"coronavirus-bulletin-debit-card-ideal-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/coronavirus-bulletin-debit-card-ideal-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus bulletin update: strong growth in debit card and iDEAL payments in August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The number of transactions made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pin.nl\/actueel\/kerncijfers\/\">by debit card at the checkout <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> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideal.nl\/actueel\/kerncijfers\/ideal-betalingen\/\">online with 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> was considerably higher in August than in the same month a year earlier. Debit card payments rose by 16% and iDEAL payments by 38.3%.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2031\" height=\"1353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/betalen-contactloos.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hand holds a debit card against a POS terminal for a contactless payment in a bright, professional retail or office environment.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/betalen-contactloos.jpg 2031w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/betalen-contactloos-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/betalen-contactloos-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/betalen-contactloos-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/betalen-contactloos-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2031px) 100vw, 2031px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The average year-on-year increase in the <a href=\"https:\/\/factsheet.betaalvereniging.nl\/\">monthly number of payments <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> is around 10% for debit card payments and around 28% for iDEAL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Up to 2019, August was generally a quiet month for domestic payments at the checkout and online because of the holidays. One explanation for the relatively high number of payments in August during the COVID-19 year 2020 is that many more people in the Netherlands spent their summer holiday in the country or even stayed at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/sca-implementation-online-card-payments-approaching\/\"><em>Read the full update\u2026<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Debit card payments rose by 16% and iDEAL payments by 38.3% in August 2020 compared with the same month a year earlier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1578,"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-1577","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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