European Payment Cards Yearbook

Portugal - Summary

 

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Market Overview

  
Payment Organizations SIBS (ATM/debit), Unicre (credit)
   
Domestic Card Brand Multibanco, co-badged Maestro, Electron, MasterCard or VISA.
   
Market Structure

PortugalÕs Multibanco ATM and POS network is one of the most advanced in the world. POS transactions now outnumber cash withdrawals on the Multibanco network.

Though domestic banks account for most of the retail banking market, Santander owns the fourth-biggest Portuguese bank.

   
Major Issuers Millennium bcp, Caixa Geral de Dep™sitos, Banco Espirito Santo, Banco BPI, Banco Santander Totta.
   
Major Acquirers Unicre, BPN NetPay, CGD netcaixa.
   
Consumer Finance At end-2010, consumer credit outstanding was Û14.3 billion with average Û1,341 per capita compared to average Û2,222 per capita in the EU.
   

Key Statistics 2010

  
Population 10.638 million
Cards Debit and/or delayed debit: 10.4 million
Credit and/or delayed debit: 9.3 million
Total cards: 19.7 million.

 

 

 

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