POS Transactions in Nigeria Drop to N552.3 Billion in October

November 5, 2021
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POS transactions in Nigeria dropped marginally by 0.74% to N552.26 billion in October 2021 compared to N556.36 billion recorded in the previous month.

This was contained in a Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS‘) latest report as that occurred despite a 33.6% increase in the volume of transactions to 91.39 million from 87.71 million recorded in September 2021.

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Further analysis of the data showed that the number of POS terminals deployed in October rose by 7.6% month-on-month to 764,589 in the review month.

Read the Major Breakdown Below:

  • The value of POS transactions dropped marginally by 0.74% month-on-month to N552.3 billion in October 2021. However, it rose by 19.81% compared to N460.95 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2020.
  • So far in the year, a total of N5.17 trillion POS transactions have been recorded between January and October 2021, which is 40.9% higher than N3.67 billion recorded in the same period of 2020.
  • The volume of transactions rose by 33.6% to 91.36 million in the month under review. On a month-on-month basis, it increased by 4.2% compared to 87.8 million transactions recorded in September 2021.
  • The total number of deployed terminals also increased by 7.6% month-on-month and 82% year-on-year to 764,589.

 

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