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Hungary

HUF9.54 MCEE

Payment mix at the point of sale · 2024

Cash 57%

Cards 43%

Cash57%
Cards43%

Cash settles 57% of payments here, the 4-highest of 18 tracked markets.

POS terminals

274,974

2025·-9.9% year on year

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Provided by resident PSPs (ECB)

Key figures

10.365 M

Cards in issue

98.9%

Contactless

19.9%

E-commerce

€28

Avg. card payment

rank 17 of 22

Accepted methods · 11

qvik· domesticVisaMastercardAmerican ExpressUnionPayJCBDiners Club / DiscoverApple PayGoogle PayPayPalKlarna

What applies here

Supervisor: Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB)
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.

17providers with a tracked share

Who, and at what share

Headquartered here · 10

Barion CIB Bank Erste Bank Hungary

K&H Bank MBH Bank Nevogate

OTP Bank Raiffeisen Bank Hungary SimplePay UniCredit Bank Hungary

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

Data as of 12 Aug 2026·Compare all 22 markets