In 2019, the number of payment transactions made with debit cards in Latin America amounted to approximately 13.97 billion, down from around 14.28 billion a year earlier. Meanwhile, the number of payment transactions made with credit cards amounted to about 10.3 billion, which is the peak amount for credit cards within this time span.
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Latin American Federation of Banks. (December 14, 2020). Number of card payment transactions in Latin America between 2008 and 2019, by type (in billions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/910393/latin-america-payment-transactions-payment-method/
Latin American Federation of Banks. "Number of card payment transactions in Latin America between 2008 and 2019, by type (in billions)." Chart. December 14, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/910393/latin-america-payment-transactions-payment-method/
Latin American Federation of Banks. (2020). Number of card payment transactions in Latin America between 2008 and 2019, by type (in billions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/910393/latin-america-payment-transactions-payment-method/
Latin American Federation of Banks. "Number of Card Payment Transactions in Latin America between 2008 and 2019, by Type (in Billions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/910393/latin-america-payment-transactions-payment-method/
Latin American Federation of Banks, Number of card payment transactions in Latin America between 2008 and 2019, by type (in billions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/910393/latin-america-payment-transactions-payment-method/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
Number of card payment transactions in Latin America between 2008 and 2019, by type (in billions) [Graph], Latin American Federation of Banks, December 14, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/910393/latin-america-payment-transactions-payment-method/