{"id":1867,"date":"2018-11-21T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2026-08-07T00:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T22:19:24","slug":"ideal-reaches-two-billion-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/ideal-reaches-two-billion-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"iDEAL reaches two billion payments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The two billionth iDEAL payment was made this month. While the first billion iDEAL payments took more than ten years, the second billion was reached in less than three years.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/BNL033-website-foto-8-ideal-mobiel-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Woman chooses iDEAL as a payment method on her smartphone during an online purchase in a bright, homely environment.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/BNL033-website-foto-8-ideal-mobiel-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/BNL033-website-foto-8-ideal-mobiel-300x80.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/BNL033-website-foto-8-ideal-mobiel-1024x273.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/BNL033-website-foto-8-ideal-mobiel-768x205.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/BNL033-website-foto-8-ideal-mobiel-1536x410.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/BNL033-website-foto-8-ideal-mobiel-2048x546.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"together-for-the-food-bank\">\u2018Together for the Food Bank\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To mark this milestone, Currence iDEAL, the brand and product owner of iDEAL, will donate several thousand food parcels to regional food banks and the national umbrella organisation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voedselbankennederland.nl\/\">Voedselbanken Nederland (in Dutch) <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> over the coming period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideal.nl\/actueel\/nieuws\/ideal-noteert-2-miljardste-betaling-en-doneert-voedselpakketten-aan-voedselbanken-nederland\/\"><em>Read the full Currence iDEAL press release (in Dutch)\u2026<\/em> <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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iDEAL reached its two billionth payment less than three years after the first billion, marking the milestone with donations to Dutch food banks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"btv_subject_tax":[17],"class_list":["post-1867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","btv_subject_tax-online-payments"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin  - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2 miljardste iDEAL-betaling mijlpaal in Nederland - Dutch Payments Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Currence viert de 2 miljardste iDEAL-betaling met duizenden donaties aan voedselbanken. 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