Card payments in Türkiye totalled 2,965.5 billion lira in September, up 35 percent from a year earlier, the Interbank Card Center said. The total number of cards in circulation rose 3 percent to 478.9 million.
Card counts diverge
Credit cards numbered 155 million, up 11 percent year on year. Bank cards reached 225.2 million, a gain of 4 percent. The remaining 98.7 million cards fell 7 percent from a year earlier.
Spending growth followed a similar split. Credit card payments rose 35 percent year on year, while bank card payments climbed 39 percent to 442 billion lira. Payments on the remaining card category fell 44 percent to 8.2 billion lira, and the count of those payments dropped 40 percent to 34 million.
Payment counts and internet share
Türkiye recorded 1.95 billion card payments in September, up 11 percent year on year. Bank card payments numbered 783 million, rising 14 percent, while credit card payment counts grew 12 percent.
Payments made over the internet totalled 901 billion lira, up 35 percent year on year and accounting for 30 percent of total card payment value. The number of internet payments reached 262.9 million, up 14 percent, representing 14 percent of all card payment transactions.
Contactless payments grew 9 percent in number and 43 percent in value over the same period. Four of every five in-store card payments in September were made contactless.
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Source: Interbank Card Center
