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Netherlands

Netherlands

EUR17.99 MBenelux

Payment mix at the point of sale · 2024

Cash 19%
Cards 80%
  • Cash19%
  • Cards80%
  • Other1%

Cash settles 19% of payments here, the 14-highest of 18 tracked markets.

POS terminals

2,169,100
2025·-6.6% year on year
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Provided by resident PSPs (ECB)·The series steps up in 2022 with a change in ECB reporting, not with new terminals.

Key figures

43.981 M
Cards in issue
94%
Contactless
12.4%
E-commerce
€31
Avg. card payment

Accepted methods · 14

iDEAL· domesticVisaMastercardAmerican ExpressUnionPayJCBDiners Club / DiscoverApple PayGoogle PayPayPalSEPA Instant Credit TransferWeroKlarnaUSDC (stablecoin acceptance)

What applies here

Interchange
EU IFR: 0.2% debit / 0.3% credit on consumer cards.
Surcharging
Banned on consumer card payments; the Netherlands applies a full surcharge ban (Art. 7:520 Burgerlijk Wetboek) covering four- and three-party consumer card transactions.

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