{"id":2289,"date":"2014-12-24T21:36:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T20:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=2289"},"modified":"2026-08-07T02:58:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:58:55","slug":"record-christmas-rush-card-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/record-christmas-rush-card-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Christmas rush for card payments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday 23 December, two days before Christmas, the Netherlands recorded its busiest ever day for card payments at the point of sale. Approximately 14,560,000 debit and credit card transactions were made. 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