{"id":2099,"date":"2016-12-01T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=2099"},"modified":"2026-08-07T01:44:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:44:54","slug":"more-debit-card-ideal-payments-before-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/more-debit-card-ideal-payments-before-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"40% more debit card payments and 50% more iDEAL payments before Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_538402975kerst.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Woman in hat and scarf looks at Christmas decorations on the busy market stall, with bags and gold-colored garland in her arm.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_538402975kerst.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_538402975kerst-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_538402975kerst-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, the run-up to Christmas saw 40% more debit card payments and 50% more iDEAL payments than last year. It should be noted that this year\u2019s shopping period included two additional days. Daily records were broken again: 17.7 million debit card payments were made on Friday 23 December. Last year\u2019s record of 16.3 million payments was set on Wednesday 23 December. The record for the number of debit card payments per second was broken on Saturday 24 December. Between 2 pm and 2.30 pm, 536 debit card payments per second were recorded. 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