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T4: Number of payment cards and terminals

(thousands; end of year)

«Germany»	Year
« ‹ 2021 › »	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
PART A: Total number of cards
Total number of cards ¹	156,985	159,378	164,760	174,075	174,208
Breakdown of 'total number of cards' by function
Cards with a cash function	151,014	153,977	159,106	161,710	159,855
Cards with a debit function	109,312	111,551	115,665	118,392	121,332
Cards with a delayed debit function	29,772	30,221	31,552	34,735	32,652
Cards with a credit function	5,280	5,677	5,731	5,839	5,787
Cards with an e-money function	78,628	77,207	77,449	67,444	51,580
Partial breakdown of 'total number of cards' by technology
Of which: contactless	nav	nav	nav	nav	nav
Of which: magstripe	nav	nav	nav	nav	nav
Partial breakdown of 'total number of cards' by issuer
Of which: by a non-bank	2,855	3,018	3,158	7,525	7,801
Partial breakdown of 'total number of cards' by ability to initiate device-not-present payments
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PART B: Total number of terminals
Total number of POS terminals ²	1,207	1,179	1,147	1,176	1,243
Partial breakdown of 'total number of POS terminals' by terminal type
Of which: EFTPOS terminals ³	816	840	871	904	973
Partial breakdown of 'EFTPOS terminals' by technology
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Total number of ATMs ⁴	85	86	85	84	81
Partial breakdown of 'total number of ATMs' by function
Cash withdrawal ⁵	58	59	58	57	55
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Credit transfer ⁶	28	28	27	26	25
Partial breakdown of 'total number of ATMs' by technology
Of which: contactless	nav	nav	nav	nav	nav

¹ Includes only plastic cards. ² Encompasses only terminals with reference to the German scheme "Girocard". To avoid double-counting, the number of terminals includes the most widespread scheme only, since terminals usually accept different card brands. Only active terminals (terminals with at least one transaction in the reference period). Before 2014 terminals located outside the country, operated by domestic banks are included. Data source for terminals in Germany: Deutsche Kreditwirtschaft (DK). ³ Before 2014 terminals located outside the country, operated by domestic banks are included. ⁴ The total number of ATMs may, in some instances, be bigger than the sum of the number of ATMs with a cash withdrawal function and of ATMs with a credit transfer function, because it also encompasses the number of ATMs with a cash deposit function. Only ATMs operated by domestic payment service providers, located in- and outside the country are included. ⁵ Only ATMs with a cash withdrawal funtion operated by domestic payment service providers, located in- and outside the country are included. ⁶ Only ATMs with a credit transfer function operated by domestic payment service providers, located in- and outside the country are included.