T4: Number of payment cards and terminals
(thousands; end of year)
Year
«  2016  »
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
PART A: Total number of cards
Total number of cards 169,13969,74967,99470,25274,853
Breakdown of 'total number of cards' by function
Cards with a cash function69,13969,74966,31668,55372,961
Cards with a debit function 227,46826,48524,41725,10025,763
Cards with a delayed debit function 341,33243,26443,57745,15349,090
Cards with a credit functionnavnavnavnavnav
Cards with an e-money function717nav000
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 payments69,13969,74967,99470,25274,853
PART B: Total number of terminals
Total number of POS terminals1,3161,1251,2241,3811,497
Partial breakdown of 'total number of POS terminals'
 by terminal type
Of which: EFTPOS terminals1,3161,1251,2241,3811,497
Partial breakdown of 'EFTPOS terminals' by technology
Of which: contactlessnavnavnavnavnav
Total number of ATMs5652505050
Partial breakdown of 'total number of ATMs' by function
Cash withdrawal5652505050
Cash depositnavnavnavnavnav
Credit transfernavnavnavnav42
Partial breakdown of 'total number of ATMs' by technology
Of which: contactlessnavnavnavnavnav
 1 Total number of cards irrespective of the number of functions on the card. 2 Prepaid cards are included. Until Q1 2018 data on payment card by function (i.e credit and debit function) is estimated based on information provided by the Spanish card payment schemes. Since then the data is reported by the PSPs adhered to the Spanish card payment schemes, according to the EU Regulation 2015/751 3 Credit cards are included. It is not possible to differentiate between delayed debit and credit cards. However, it is known that the bulk of the payments are made with delayed debit cards.