{"id":2144,"date":"2016-10-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=2144"},"modified":"2026-08-07T01:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:54:35","slug":"ideal-largest-online-payment-method-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/ideal-largest-online-payment-method-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"iDEAL remains largest online payment method in 2016"},"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=\"1101\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/eCommerce-Payment-Monitor.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Infographic with profile of online buyers per payment method, broken down by gender, age and education, with striking differences per means. The table shows the percentage of men\/women for the average Netherlands, iDEAL, credit card, direct debit, transfer, PayPal and AfterPay.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/eCommerce-Payment-Monitor.png 1101w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/eCommerce-Payment-Monitor-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/eCommerce-Payment-Monitor-1024x440.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/eCommerce-Payment-Monitor-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/eCommerce-Payment-Monitor-850x365.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1101px) 100vw, 1101px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-het-betaallandschap-is-in-het-eerste-halfjaar-van-2016-niet-veel-veranderd-ten-opzichte-van-vorig-jaar\">The payments landscape changed little in the first half of 2016 compared with the previous year<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As in the first half of 2015, people in the Netherlands most frequently pay for online purchases with iDEAL. Its share remains stable at 56%. <a class=\"internal-link-juicer-keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/glossary\/acceptgiro\/\">Acceptgiro<\/a> continues to lose ground, while AfterPay\u2019s share is growing faster than average. These findings come from the eCommerce Payment Monitor, a study of payment methods in the Netherlands conducted by GfK in partnership with iDEAL and Thuiswinkel.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thuiswinkel.org\/nieuws\/3208\/ideal-behoudt-positie-als-grootste-online-betaalmiddel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full Thuiswinkel.org press release (in Dutch)\u2026<span class=\"sr-only\">(opens in new window)<\/span> <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 remained the largest online payment method in the first half of 2016, accounting for a stable 56% of online purchases in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2146,"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-2144","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>iDEAL remains largest online payment method in 2016 - Dutch Payments Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"iDEAL blijft het grootste online betaalmiddel in 2016 met een aandeel van 56%. 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