{"id":2335,"date":"2014-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=2335"},"modified":"2026-08-07T03:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T01:11:44","slug":"more-debit-card-than-cash-payments-four-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/more-debit-card-than-cash-payments-four-years\/","title":{"rendered":"More debit card than cash payments within four years"},"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=\"950\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/GROEPSFOTO_B_BETALINGSVERKEER_INTERNET.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Group photo of Jeroen Dijsselbloem, then Minister of Finance, together with representatives of Dutch banks and points-of-sale. They jointly hold a document with logos of participating organizations, as a symbol of cooperation in the payments.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/GROEPSFOTO_B_BETALINGSVERKEER_INTERNET.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/GROEPSFOTO_B_BETALINGSVERKEER_INTERNET-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/GROEPSFOTO_B_BETALINGSVERKEER_INTERNET-768x563.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Banks and retail organisations today extended their cooperation on point-of-sale payments for another five years. In the presence of Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, they signed an agreement that includes the ambition for debit card payments to outnumber cash payments within four years. The signatories will also work to make the debit card payment chain even more robust. The Dutch Payments Association will play an important role in this project and in communications encouraging debit card and contactless payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvb.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dutch Banking Association website (in Dutch)<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>Banks and retail organisations aim for debit card payments to outnumber cash payments within four years under a renewed five-year cooperation agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"btv_subject_tax":[16,8],"class_list":["post-2335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","btv_subject_tax-card-payments","btv_subject_tax-cash-payments"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin  - 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