In 2016

Aggregate of cash withdrawals and purchases through automatic payment terminals registered a 5.7% increase when compared to 2015

Data provided by the Interbank Services Society (SIBS) for 2016 show that the aggregate of cash withdrawals and purchases through automatic payment terminals (APT) increased by 5.7% compared with the previous year (above the 5.6% increase registered in Portugal). While the cash withdrawals grew by 1.7%, the purchases through ATP rose by 9.3%. In turn, the amount spent on payments had a 1.9% increase.

International cards were used to withdraw 74.2 million Euros (1.0% increase), while the amount of withdrawals using national cards totalled 598.1 million Euros, a 1.8% growth when compared with 2015.

At the country level, national withdrawals rose by 2.3% while the international withdrawals decreased by 2.0%. The average growth in withdrawals was 2.0%.

Concerning purchases through automatic payment terminals, the growth rate for 2016 was higher in the Autonomous Region of Madeira (+9.3%) than in Portugal (+8.6%). In the Region, the purchases through APT using national cards increased by 8.1% while those made using international cards rose by 13.6%.

DREM updates the time series on the Multibanco network operations

Since the year 2016 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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