
Quarterly share of contactless in total debit card payments in Netherlands 2014-2021
NFC payments were introduced in the Netherlands in 2014 and mainly involves contactless payments made at points of sales, with either a debit card or a mobile phone or payments via QR codes. These methods are supported and developed by Dutch banks, such as ING and Rabobank, with larger Fintech-services such as Android Pay, Apple Pay and Pay from Samsung not yet being released in the Netherlands. In 2016, approximately 50 percent of all contactless payments had a transaction amount of ten euros or less.
In the first quarter of 2021, the vast majority of debit card payments in the Netherlands were done contactless.