{"id":2915,"date":"2013-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=2915"},"modified":"2026-08-07T03:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T01:56:35","slug":"record-number-debit-card-payments-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/record-number-debit-card-payments-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Record number of debit card payments in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dutch consumers made more payments than ever with Maestro and V PAY debit cards in 2012, reaching a new record of 2.474 billion transactions. This was 8.3% more than in 2011.<br>The strongest growth was recorded in the \u20ac0 to \u20ac10 segment. The number of debit card payments in this category rose by more than 110 million, or 16.5%, to over 778 million, representing almost a third, or 31.5%, of all debit card transactions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The growing proportion of small debit card payments reduced the average transaction amount by 5.6% to \u20ac34.08 in 2012. Public information campaigns such as \u201cSmall amount? Debit cards welcome!\u201d and individual initiatives by businesses encouraging consumers to use debit cards instead of cash contributed substantially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Efforts have been made in recent years to encourage debit-card-only checkouts in supermarkets. This has contributed to the increasing use of debit cards in supermarkets. Ren\u00e9 Roorda, Director of the Dutch Food Retail Association, says: \u201cTo increase checkout speed and security in shops, it is important for customers to pay by debit card as much as possible instead of using notes and coins. That is why we are making our preference for debit cards increasingly clear at the checkout. Debit-card-only checkouts communicate this most clearly. More than 1,400 supermarkets throughout the Netherlands now have such checkouts. It is good to see that these initiatives bore fruit in 2012.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dutch Payments Association promotes electronic and account-to-account payments in the Netherlands. Its members are banks, payment institutions and electronic money institutions. Consumers and businesses are actively involved in the Association\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts\" class=\"align\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">A list of articles<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"space-y-4 @container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"items-stretch grid-cols-1 gap-8  lg:grid-cols-3 lg:text-zoom-lg:grid-cols-2 hidden @4xl:grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"group relative flex h-full bg-ocean-50 flex-col hover:bg-ocean-100 focus-within:bg-ocean-100 transition-colors\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden aspect-video image:absolute image:w-full image:h-full image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full group-hover:image:scale-105 group-focus-within:image:scale-105 image:transition-transform\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col p-6 grow @4xl:p-10 gap-4 @5xl:gap-8 @5xl:justify-between w-full\">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 @4xl:gap-4\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"order-2 font-normal break-words text-md @md:text-lg @4xl:text-xl group-hover:underline group-focus-within:underline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/cash-accepted-points-of-sale\/\" class=\"absolute-link underline-fade-in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCash accepted at 96% of points of sale\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"order-1 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2\" aria-label=\"Posted in category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tNews\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tCash payments\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Published on:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-bold\" datetime=\"2026-08-06\">6 August 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"group relative flex h-full bg-ocean-50 flex-col hover:bg-ocean-100 focus-within:bg-ocean-100 transition-colors\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden aspect-video image:absolute image:w-full image:h-full image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full group-hover:image:scale-105 group-focus-within:image:scale-105 image:transition-transform\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Digital-euro-received-2160115957-1000x666-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Digital-euro-received-2160115957-1000x666-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Digital-euro-received-2160115957-1000x666-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Digital-euro-received-2160115957-1000x666-3-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col p-6 grow @4xl:p-10 gap-4 @5xl:gap-8 @5xl:justify-between w-full\">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 @4xl:gap-4\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"order-2 font-normal break-words text-md @md:text-lg @4xl:text-xl group-hover:underline group-focus-within:underline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/eu-trilogue-digital-euro-begins\/\" class=\"absolute-link underline-fade-in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEU trilogue on the digital euro begins\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"order-1 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2\" aria-label=\"Posted in category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tNews\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tEuropean legislation\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Published on:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-bold\" datetime=\"2026-08-05\">5 August 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"group relative flex h-full bg-ocean-50 flex-col hover:bg-ocean-100 focus-within:bg-ocean-100 transition-colors\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden aspect-video image:absolute image:w-full image:h-full image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full group-hover:image:scale-105 group-focus-within:image:scale-105 image:transition-transform\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/nieuwe-eurobiljetten-1024x275.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/nieuwe-eurobiljetten-1024x275.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/nieuwe-eurobiljetten-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/nieuwe-eurobiljetten-768x206.png 768w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/nieuwe-eurobiljetten-1536x412.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/nieuwe-eurobiljetten.png 1538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col p-6 grow @4xl:p-10 gap-4 @5xl:gap-8 @5xl:justify-between w-full\">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 @4xl:gap-4\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"order-2 font-normal break-words text-md @md:text-lg @4xl:text-xl group-hover:underline group-focus-within:underline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/vote-on-the-design-of-new-euro-banknotes\/\" class=\"absolute-link underline-fade-in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVote on the Design of New Euro Banknotes\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"order-1 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2\" aria-label=\"Posted in category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tNews\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tCash payments\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Published on:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-bold\" datetime=\"2026-08-04\">4 August 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-stretch grid-cols-1 gap-4 grid @4xl:hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"group relative flex h-full bg-ocean-50 flex-row hover:bg-ocean-100 focus-within:bg-ocean-100 transition-colors\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 m-4 mr-0 @lg:m-6 @lg:max-w-[164px] @lg:mr-0 w-1\/4 overflow-hidden group-hover:image:scale-105 group-focus-within:image:scale-105 image:transition-transform \">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col p-4 @lg:p-6 grow \">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 @6xl:gap-4\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"order-2 font-normal max-w-full break-words text-md @md:text-lg group-hover:underline group-focus-within:underline \">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/cash-accepted-points-of-sale\/\" class=\"absolute-link underline-fade-in\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCash accepted at 96% of points of sale\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"order-1 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2\" aria-label=\"Posted in category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tNews\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tCash payments\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Published on:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-bold\" datetime=\"2026-08-06\">6 August 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"group relative flex h-full bg-ocean-50 flex-row hover:bg-ocean-100 focus-within:bg-ocean-100 transition-colors\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 m-4 mr-0 @lg:m-6 @lg:max-w-[164px] @lg:mr-0 w-1\/4 overflow-hidden group-hover:image:scale-105 group-focus-within:image:scale-105 image:transition-transform \">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Digital-euro-received-2160115957-1000x666-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Digital-euro-received-2160115957-1000x666-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Digital-euro-received-2160115957-1000x666-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Digital-euro-received-2160115957-1000x666-3-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col p-4 @lg:p-6 grow \">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 @6xl:gap-4\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"order-2 font-normal max-w-full break-words text-md @md:text-lg group-hover:underline group-focus-within:underline \">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/eu-trilogue-digital-euro-begins\/\" class=\"absolute-link underline-fade-in\">\n\t\t\t\t\tEU trilogue on the digital euro begins\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"order-1 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2\" aria-label=\"Posted in category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tNews\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tEuropean legislation\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Published on:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-bold\" datetime=\"2026-08-05\">5 August 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"group relative flex h-full bg-ocean-50 flex-row hover:bg-ocean-100 focus-within:bg-ocean-100 transition-colors\">\n\t\t\t<div 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