Facts and figures

The use of credit and debit cards continues to grow at an exceptionally fast rate, due to the ease of use and the very high level of security of these methods of payment. Here are some interesting facts and figures:

 

Activities 2009
Number of transactions 1.230.098.751 (+4.5%)
Payments by debit card 897 million payments (+7%)
Withdrawals by debit card 111 million withdrawals (+3.8%)
Transactions by credit card
 129 million transactions (+5.1%)
Average volume of a payment by Bancontact/Mister Cash
 € 49
Average volume of a payment by credit card
 € 100
Transactions by Proton 82 million transactions (-13.1%)
Network availability 100% (not including planned maintenance)
Record for transactions per minute 9,596 operations