T4: Number of payment cards and terminals
(thousands; end of year)
«China»
 Year
« ‹ 2021 › »
 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
PART A: Total number of cards
Total number of cards6,692,5927,596,7378,418,6388,954,4289,246,778
Breakdown of 'total number of cards' by function
Cards with a cash function6,692,5927,596,7378,418,6388,954,4289,246,778
Cards with a debit function6,159,1226,913,2087,674,7268,178,5538,448,587
Cards with a delayed debit functionnapnapnapnapnap
Cards with a credit function587,585685,892746,096777,862800,014
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 terminals31,18934,14835,01738,33038,936
Partial breakdown of 'total number of POS terminals'
 by terminal type
Of which: EFTPOS terminalsnapnapnapnapnap
Partial breakdown of 'EFTPOS terminals' by technology
Of which: contactlessnavnavnavnapnap
Total number of ATMs9611,1111,0981,014948
Partial breakdown of 'total number of ATMs' by function
Cash withdrawal 1961navnavnavnav
Cash depositnavnavnavnavnav
Credit transfer961navnavnavnav
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.