T4: Number of payment cards and terminals
(thousands; end of year)
«Belgium»
 Year
« ‹ 2018 › »
 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
PART A: Total number of cards
Total number of cards 122,77022,95423,09823,08625,248
Breakdown of 'total number of cards' by function
Cards with a cash function21,39721,87522,59322,53823,905
Cards with a debit function16,22317,02216,90116,39717,953
Cards with a delayed debit function2,8643,2253,3313,4403,626
Cards with a credit function 22,1022,3332,2762,3592,260
Cards with an e-money function10,6814,8244,8634,6801,543
Partial breakdown of 'total number of cards' by technology
Of which: contactlessnavnavnavnavnav
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 paymentsnavnavnavnavnav
PART B: Total number of terminals
Total number of POS terminals183185190215218
Partial breakdown of 'total number of POS terminals'
 by terminal type
Of which: EFTPOS terminals183185190215218
Partial breakdown of 'EFTPOS terminals' by technology
Of which: contactlessnavnavnavnavnav
Total number of ATMs1316121010
Partial breakdown of 'total number of ATMs' by function
Cash withdrawal88888
Cash depositnavnavnavnavnav
Credit transfer88866
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.