Retail Payments October 2020

Release date: 7 December 2020

The tables below present a summary of the latest retail payments statistics.

Value of Retail Payments
	Value ($ billion)	Growth (Per cent)
		Monthly		Year-ended
	Oct 2020	Sep 2020	Oct 2020	Oct 2019	Oct 2020
ATM withdrawals	8.9	-2.3	0.9	-3.9	-15.5
Total card purchases on Australian-issued cards	57.4	0.6	0.7	6.0	0.6
of which: Credit and charge cards	24.6	0.9	2.2	2.4	-12.3
of which: Debit cards	32.7	0.3	-0.4	9.8	13.2
Total balances outstanding on credit and charge cards	37.8	-0.3	-0.7	-5.1	-23.6
of which: Balances accruing interest	21.1	-2.3	-0.8	-8.7	-28.1
New Payments Platform transactions	54.0	4.6	5.0	222.3	63.3
Cheque payments	30.0	-1.2	2.5	-24.8	-36.3
Source: RBA

Number of Retail Payments
	Number (Million)	Growth (Per cent)
		Monthly		Year-ended
	Oct 2020	Sep 2020	Oct 2020	Oct 2019	Oct 2020
ATM withdrawals	33.5	1.6	2.5	-7.4	-25.2
Total card purchases on Australian-issued cards	935.7	1.5	0.6	11.2	5.1
of which: Credit and charge cards	243.5	0.9	2.6	5.1	-3.2
of which: Debit cards	692.2	1.8	-0.1	13.8	8.4
Cards on issue	58.8	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-2.2
of which: Credit and charge cards	18.4	-0.5	-0.6	-9.1	-9.3
of which: Debit cards	40.4	0.0	0.2	5.2	1.4
New Payments Platform transactions	56.2	6.8	6.4	191.4	71.8
Cheque payments	3.2	0.0	-1.4	-14.7	-29.2
Source: RBA

All levels and growth rates are seasonally adjusted, except for those relating to the New Payments Platform and cards on issue. The data are not adjusted for the effects of breaks in the series. Historical levels and growth rates for the retail payments statistics may be revised due to the resubmission of data by some reporting institutions and the re-estimation of seasonal factors.

For further information about the Retail Payments Statistics collection, including links to relevant statistical tables, refer to Payments Data.