The total amount of debit and credit cards generally increased between 2005 and 2021. By the third quarter of 2021, there were over **** million debit cards in the Netherlands. In this same period, Dutch consumers increasingly paid for their purchases by debit card as the volume of debit card payment transactions increased with every passing year. Consumers made more use of debit cards, whilst technical disruptions have declined. The objective of both banks and retailers in the Netherlands was to reach a ratio of ** percent debit card and ** percent cash payments by consumers by the end of 2018. In that period, the number of credit cards amounted to about *** million cards. Leading reasons in the Netherlands to use credit cards domestically include online purchases, hotel reservations and payments in restaurants.
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DNB. (February 28, 2022). Total number of debit and credit cards in the Netherlands from 1st quarter of 2005 to third quarter of 2021 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 03, 2026, from /statistics/581408/total-number-of-debit-and-credit-cards-in-the-netherlands/
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