The numbers provided by the source cover 'payments effected with the aid of a debit card product provided by a Dutch bank at a payment terminal in the Netherlands, without the need to swipe or make any other physical contact with the terminal. One can either use a debit card or a mobile phone.'
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Quarterly number of contactless payments in the Netherlands 2014-2021
In the fourth quarter of 2021, approximately **** billion NFC payments were made in the Netherlands using either debit cards or mobile phones. NFC payments were introduced in the Netherlands in 2014 and mainly involves contactless payments made at points of sales, with either a debit card or a mobile phone or payments via QR codes. These methods are supported and developed by Dutch banks, such as ING and Rabobank, with larger Fintech-services such as Android Pay, Apple Pay and Pay from Samsung not yet being released in the Netherlands. Despite that, approximately ** percent of respondents in the Netherlands indicated they never used mobile phone payments before.
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DNB. (April 7, 2022). Total registered Near Field Communication (NFC) payments in the Netherlands from 3rd quarter 2014 to 4th quarter 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 26, 2026, from /statistics/589007/total-registered-nfc-payments-in-the-netherlands/
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Total registered Near Field Communication (NFC) payments in the Netherlands from 3rd quarter 2014 to 4th quarter 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph], DNB, April 7, 2022. [Online]. Available: /statistics/589007/total-registered-nfc-payments-in-the-netherlands/
