T4: Number of payment cards and terminals
(thousands; end of year)
«Belgium»
 Year
« ‹ 2021 › »
 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
PART A: Total number of cards
Total number of cards 123,08625,24841,93449,00151,159
Breakdown of 'total number of cards' by function
Cards with a cash function22,53823,90535,18741,26642,641
Cards with a debit function16,39717,95333,90340,44646,129
Cards with a delayed debit function3,4403,6263,8274,0003,973
Cards with a credit function 22,3592,2602,2652,1452,121
Cards with an e-money function4,6801,5432,1112,6721,368
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 terminals215218234274300
Partial breakdown of 'total number of POS terminals'
 by terminal type
Of which: EFTPOS terminals215218234250269
Partial breakdown of 'EFTPOS terminals' by technology
Of which: contactlessnavnavnavnavnav
Total number of ATMs1010976
Partial breakdown of 'total number of ATMs' by function
Cash withdrawal88765
Cash depositnavnavnavnavnav
Credit transfer66534
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.