T4: Number of payment cards and terminals
(thousands; end of year)
«China»
 Year
« ‹ 2018 › »
 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
PART A: Total number of cards
Total number of cards4,935,7195,442,3136,124,6386,692,5927,596,737
Breakdown of 'total number of cards' by function
Cards with a cash function4,935,7195,442,3136,124,6386,692,5927,596,737
Cards with a debit function4,535,9115,049,1825,704,2216,159,1226,913,208
Cards with a delayed debit functionnapnapnapnapnap
Cards with a credit function455,095432,207465,035587,585685,892
Cards with an e-money functionnapnapnapnapnap
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 terminals15,93522,82124,53531,18934,148
Partial breakdown of 'total number of POS terminals'
 by terminal type
Of which: EFTPOS terminalsnapnapnapnapnap
Partial breakdown of 'EFTPOS terminals' by technology
Of which: contactlessnavnavnavnavnav
Total number of ATMs6158679249611,111
Partial breakdown of 'total number of ATMs' by function
Cash withdrawal 1615867924961nav
Cash depositnavnavnavnavnav
Credit transfer615867924961nav
Partial breakdown of 'total number of ATMs' by technology
Of which: contactlessnavnavnavnavnav
 1  2018: 2018, the statistics of ATM quantity has been adjusted. Not only the traditional self-service devices such as self-service deposit machines, self-service cash machines, deposit and withdrawal machines, self-service payment terminals, but also terminal equipment such as self-service terminals, visual counters (VTM) and smart counters are included in the statistics of banking deposit-taking financial institutions. The number of ATMs for the corresponding function is not separately counted.