Point-of-sale (POS) transactions in Saudi Arabia rose 20 percent to SAR 19.5 billion in March, from SAR 16.3 billion a year earlier, official figures from the Kingdom’s central bank showed.
Data showed that 82.5 million transactions were processed through nearly 311,000 points-of-sales in shopping malls, retail stores, and pharmacies.
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POS Transactions (SAR bln) |
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|
Month |
2017 |
2018 |
Variation |
|
January |
15.75 |
16.44 |
+4% |
|
February |
14.16 |
15.39 |
+9% |
|
March |
16.31 |
19.54 |
+20% |
|
April |
16.47 |
-- |
-- |
|
May |
18.86 |
-- |
-- |
|
June |
18.08 |
-- |
-- |
|
July |
15.30 |
-- |
-- |
|
August |
16.91 |
-- |
-- |
|
September |
15.12 |
-- |
-- |
|
October |
16.45 |
-- |
-- |
|
November |
16.84 |
-- |
-- |
|
December |
20.22 |
-- |
-- |
Cash withdrawals rose 5 percent year-on-year (YoY) to nearly SAR 66.7 billion in March. There were 186.8 million transactions processed across 18,400 ATMs during the month.
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ATM Withdrawals (SAR bln) |
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|
Month |
2017 |
2018 |
Variation |
|
January |
61.14 |
62.22 |
+2% |
|
February |
54.87 |
56.34 |
+3% |
|
March |
63.38 |
66.73 |
+5% |
|
April |
60.03 |
-- |
-- |
|
May |
65.26 |
-- |
-- |
|
June |
64.76 |
-- |
-- |
|
July |
56.28 |
-- |
-- |
|
August |
67.72 |
-- |
-- |
|
September |
51.31 |
-- |
-- |
|
October |
61.15 |
-- |
-- |
|
November |
58.60 |
-- |
-- |
|
December |
64.02 |
-- |
-- |
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