Point-of-sale (POS) transactions in Saudi Arabia saw a 25% year-on-year (YoY) increase to SAR 27.93 billion in December 2019, figures from the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) showed.
Data showed that 181 million transactions were processed through nearly 438,600 points-of-sales in shopping malls, retail stores, and pharmacies.
POS Transactions (SAR bln) |
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Month |
2018 |
2019 |
Variation |
January |
16.44 |
21.38 |
+30% |
February |
15.39 |
19.24 |
+ 25 % |
March |
19.54 |
23.43 |
+ 20 % |
April |
19.40 |
24.13 |
+ 24 % |
May |
23.06 |
27.82 |
+ 21 % |
June |
19.30 |
20.73 |
+ 7 % |
July |
19.18 |
22.77 |
+ 19 % |
August |
19.20 |
22.56 |
+ 17 % |
September |
19.31 |
24.37 |
+26% |
October |
19.30 |
25.12 |
+30% |
November |
19.87 |
25.85 |
+30% |
December |
22.33 |
27.93 |
+25% |
Cash withdrawals dropped slightly YoY to SAR 63.66 billion through 181.8 million transactions processed across 18,880 ATMs in December.
ATM Withdrawals (SAR bln) |
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Month |
2018 |
2019 |
Variation |
January |
62.22 |
63.22 |
+2% |
February |
56.34 |
54.98 |
(2%) |
March |
66.73 |
65.32 |
(2%) |
April |
63.30 |
62.63 |
(1%) |
May |
68.05 |
72.25 |
+6% |
June |
61.94 |
54.39 |
(12%) |
July |
63.42 |
63.15 |
(0.4%) |
August |
63.16 |
59.65 |
(6%) |
September |
57.62 |
59.22 |
+3% |
October |
62.05 |
62.61 |
+1% |
November |
59.62 |
59.56 |
(0.1%) |
December |
63.86 |
63.66 |
(0.3%) |
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