T4: Number of payment cards and terminals
(thousands; end of year)
«Belgium»
 Year
« ‹ 2017 › »
 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
PART A: Total number of cards
Total number of cards 120,04122,77022,95423,09823,086
Breakdown of 'total number of cards' by function
Cards with a cash function20,04121,39721,87522,59322,538
Cards with a debit function15,68416,22317,02216,90116,397
Cards with a delayed debit function4,3572,8643,2253,3313,440
Cards with a credit function 2nav2,1022,3332,2762,359
Cards with an e-money function13,46110,6814,8244,8634,680
Partial breakdown of 'total number of cards' by technology
Of which: contactlessnapnavnavnavnav
Of which: magstripenavnavnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total number of cards' by issuer
Of which: by a non-banknavnavnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total number of cards' by ability
 to initiate device-not-present payments
Of which: able to initiate device-not-present paymentsnapnavnavnavnav
PART B: Total number of terminals
Total number of POS terminals140183185190215
Partial breakdown of 'total number of POS terminals'
 by terminal type
Of which: EFTPOS terminals140183185190215
Partial breakdown of 'EFTPOS terminals' by technology
Of which: contactlessnavnavnavnavnav
Total number of ATMs1513161210
Partial breakdown of 'total number of ATMs' by function
Cash withdrawal98888
Cash depositnavnavnavnavnav
Credit transfer108886
Partial breakdown of 'total number of ATMs' by technology
Of which: contactlessnavnavnavnavnav
 1 We only receive detailed information on physical ('plastic') cards from our reporting agents. Therefore virtual cards are not included in the overview. 2  2014: From 2014, a destinction was made between delayed debit cards and credit cards in the data collection.