In 2017

Aggregate of cash withdrawals and purchases through automatic payment terminals registered a 6.6% increase when compared to 2016

Data provided by the Interbank Services Society (SIBS) for 2017 show that the aggregate of cash withdrawals and purchases through automatic payment terminals (APT) increased by 6.6% compared with the previous year (below the 6.8% increase registered in Portugal). While the cash withdrawals grew by 0.6%, the purchases through ATP rose by 11.7%. In turn, the amount spent on payments had a 7.9% increase.

International cards were used to withdraw 68.1 million Euros (8.2% decrease), while the amount of withdrawals using national cards totalled 608.0 million Euros, a 1.6% growth when compared with 2016.

At the country level, national withdrawals rose by 2.0% and the international withdrawals increased by 0.7%. The average growth in withdrawals was 1.9%.

Concerning purchases through automatic payment terminals, the growth rate for 2017 was higher in the Autonomous Region of Madeira (+11.7%) than in Portugal (+10.6%). In the Region, the purchases through APT using national cards increased by 9.5% while those made using international cards rose by 19.9%.

DREM updates the time series on the Multibanco network operations

Since the year 2017 has come to an end, DREM updated the time series on the Multibanco network operations, the first year of data being, in most cases, 1997. Data on operations, withdrawals, consultations, payments, purchases through APT, number of terminals and ATM machines are now available.

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