German card scheme Girocard lost half its market share to Visa and MasterCard in 2020, revealing changing payment behavior. Although the source does not mention explicitly why this sudden change occurred, German consumers did increasingly use both credit cards as well as Buy Now, Pay Later since the coronavirus pandemic. As Girocard is a debit card scheme - not credit card - it is not involved in either of these two payment methods.
Biggest payment card brands - Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or a domestic alternative - in Germany from 2016 to 2020
Online and offline payments that involved a payment card; The source did not provide separate figures for either offline or online, but provided a total
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The figures have been taken from several publications.
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Worldpay. (March 2, 2022). Biggest payment card brands - Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or a domestic alternative - in Germany from 2016 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 29, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/972307/germany-payment-cards-share/
Worldpay. "Biggest payment card brands - Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or a domestic alternative - in Germany from 2016 to 2020." Chart. March 2, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/972307/germany-payment-cards-share/
Worldpay. (2022). Biggest payment card brands - Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or a domestic alternative - in Germany from 2016 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/972307/germany-payment-cards-share/
Worldpay. "Biggest Payment Card Brands - Visa, Mastercard, American Express, or a Domestic Alternative - in Germany from 2016 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/972307/germany-payment-cards-share/
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