{"id":2183,"date":"2016-04-18T00:33:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=2183"},"modified":"2026-08-07T02:18:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:18:41","slug":"ideal-credit-cards-paypal-replace-traditional-online-payment-methods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/ideal-credit-cards-paypal-replace-traditional-online-payment-methods\/","title":{"rendered":"iDEAL, credit cards and PayPal increasingly replace traditional online payment methods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">As in 2014, iDEAL was the most widely used payment method for online shopping, increasing its share to 56%.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/15048-1112-0001.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"iDEAL logo on anniversary sign with text \u201c10 years\u201d, with balloons against a festive blue background.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/15048-1112-0001.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/15048-1112-0001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/15048-1112-0001-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The use of credit cards and PayPal also increased. Growth in the use of these payment methods came at the expense of more traditional methods, such as payment authorisations and <a class=\"internal-link-juicer-keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/glossary\/acceptgiro\/\">Acceptgiro<\/a>. This was shown by figures from the eCommerce Payment Monitor, a study of payment methods in the Netherlands conducted by GfK in collaboration with iDEAL and Thuiswinkel.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thuiswinkel.org\/nieuws\/3076\/ideal-creditcards-en-paypal-vervangen-traditionele-betaalwijzen-bij-online-aankopen-steeds-meer\"><em>Read the full Thuiswinkel.org press release<\/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> (in Dutch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/EPM2015-619x365-1.png\" alt=\"Chart from the 2015 eCommerce Payment Monitor comparing the shares of payment methods used for online purchases.\" class=\"wp-image-2185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/EPM2015-619x365-1.png 619w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/EPM2015-619x365-1-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iDEAL increased its share of Dutch online payments to 56%, while credit cards and PayPal also gained ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23,36],"btv_subject_tax":[17],"class_list":["post-2183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-publication","category-thuiswinkel-markt-monitor","btv_subject_tax-online-payments"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin  - 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