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Greece

Greece

EUR10.372 MSouthern-Europe

Payment mix at the point of sale · 2024

Cash 54%
Cards 37%
  • Cash54%
  • Cards37%
  • Wallets5%
  • Other4%

Cash settles 54% of payments here, the 6-highest of 18 tracked markets.

POS terminals

1,157,012
2025·-12.7% year on year
19202122232425

Provided by resident PSPs (ECB)

Key figures

19.379 M
Cards in issue
97.3%
Contactless
24.4%
E-commerce
€29
Avg. card payment
rank 16 of 22

Accepted methods · 13

IRIS payments· domesticVisaMastercardAmerican ExpressUnionPayJCBDiners Club / DiscoverApple PayGoogle PayPayPalSEPA Instant Credit TransferSamsung PayKlarna

What applies here

Supervisor
Bank of Greece
Interchange
EU IFR: 0.2% debit / 0.3% credit on consumer cards.
Surcharging
Banned on consumer card payments covered by the Interchange Fee Regulation; the PSD2 Article 62(4) surcharging ban applies as an EU member state.
7providers with a tracked share
Who, and at what share

Headquartered here · 3

EverypayEverypayNBG PayViva.comViva.com

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Sources: data-api.ecb.europa.eu·ec.europa.eu·eur-lex.europa.eu·ecb.europa.eu

Data as of 12 Aug 2026·Compare all 22 markets