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The number of bank card payments is soaring, the use of cash is decreasing in Hungary

In the past year, the number of merchants accepting bank card payments increased significantly in Hungary, while the proportion of cash withdrawals continued to decrease, according to recent data from...

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Majority of young people think bank cards can retire now

According to the latest K&H youth index survey, in Q2 2024 72% of 19-29 year olds thought paying with their smartphone or smart watch was just as secure as a...

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The security of smartphone payment is equal to that of a bank card

The majority of people in their twenties consider smartphone or smart watch payments with digitized cards to be just as safe as traditional bank card transactions, according to the results...

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Many catering establishments sabotage card payments

The case of a cafe in Budapest raises the debate about card acceptance once again: the owner of the cafe charges a surcharge of HUF 60 to those who want...

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84% of Hungarians plan to pay by card or smart device during their trip abroad

40% of Hungarians are planning a holiday abroad this year, and the most popular destinations are Italy and Croatia. The card usage experience of OTP Bank customers also shows that...

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Hungarians don’t really want to pay in cash anymore

In the first quarter of 2024, the number of Hungarian bank card cash withdrawals barely exceeded 20.6 million, which means an average of two transactions per card in three months....

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K&H: be careful with your bank card even during vacation

Extra caution is also justified during vacations, whether it is a beach holiday or a foreign sporting event such as the European football championship or the Paris Olympics. In addition,...

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The SZÉP card has also been integrated into bank cards

Today, we use the K&H SZÉP card – which is also uniquely available digitally – almost as well as our bank card. Not only in terms of the contactless payment...

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Every year 8 billion HUF us stolen from our bank cards because of our convenience

Our convenience is our undoing: we want to quickly pounce on a good offer on the Internet and we don’t care about security – thanks to this, the rate of...

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K&H: cash is not cool

Young people basically stick to their Christmas customs, also from the point of view that they still buy the majority of gifts in person, in a traditional store, but there...

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Phishers are trying to abuse the name of PENNY – warns the retail chain

A fake prize game in the name of PENNY is spreading on Facebook – the retail chain warns its customers. The fake profile operating as a phishing site uses the...

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Food inflation affects bank card spending too

A report by K&H reveals that the more than 40% food inflation has had an influence on bank card spending as well: last December shoppers with a K&H card purchased...

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K&H: huge increase in card purchases by young people

Banking is becoming increasingly popular among young people, the number of youth bank accounts available at K&H for 6-26-year-olds exceeded 60,000 by the end of last year, which represents a...

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Magyar Bankholding: Most people choose contactless payment when shopping for Christmas

The 27-35-year-old age group is the most purposeful in terms of Christmas shopping, according to representative market research conducted by Magyar Bankholding. This year, respondents plan to spend between HUF...

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We can pay twice with Mastercard at twice as many places than three years ago

Mastercard launched its Doppio infrastructure development program in Hungary in November 2019 with the aim of doubling the number of domestic card terminals in three years. One of the most...

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More people pay with bank card

In the first quarter of 2022, the number of transactions from bank card payment jumped 30%. Cards issued in Hungary were used to make 313 million payments, in the value...

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Children mainly spend on snacks and online games with their own bank cards

Every second of Erste Bank’s youngest customers actively uses their bank account, and 40 percent of the checking accounts available to 6-14-year-olds require a bank card. Children use plastic most...

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58 percent of Hungarians pay with their card at the store on a daily basis

58 percent of Hungarian banking customers use their card on a daily basis for in-store payments, and 72 percent of those surveyed pay this way several times a month, Mastercard...

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K&H: More frequent card use by young consumers

A survey made for K&H’s youth index has found that 78 percent of 19-29 year old consumers use some kind of bank card, but only 38 percent do online banking...

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K&H: three-quarters of young people with a bank connection use a credit card

78 percent of 19-29-year-olds with banking connections use some form of credit card, but only 38 percent and 45 percent use Internet banking or mobile banking services, respectively, K&H told...

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One and a half million Google Pay transactions in six months at K&H

Since its launch this spring K&H customers spent HUF 8 billion using the GPay service – informed K&H. K&H’s head of innovation Balázs Németh added that between April and September...

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Bank cards for blind and visually impaired consumers

Mastercard is introducing bank cards that make it possible for blind and visually impaired consumers to differentiate between credit, debit and prepaid cards. In the Touch Card system there are...

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Blokkk.com: when cash matters the most

We take more cash out of the bank than we spend with credit cards at various providers. In terms of shoplifting, the value of credit card payments at service points...

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A new code makes online shopping safer

In the Financial Corner section of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB), origo seeks answers to the following question from central bank experts: “I would have bought online with my bank...

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The Payment Point introduced electronic card payment without a POS terminal

The Payment Point (Fizetési Pont) has introduced a new card electronic payment solution in Hungary: with the so-called SoftPOS technology, it is possible to make a credit card purchase transaction...

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Magazine: Stronger competition and a level playing field in the e-payment market

In the summer of 2019 a study by the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) found that the costs of bank card payment are too high for small-turnover retailers – so high...

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There are little-known benefits of premium credit cards

There are many benefits to credit card payments, from being able to pay quickly and conveniently both online and at physical points of acceptance, to the current state of contact,...

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Japan is slowly running out of credit card combinations

In Japan, since the start of the new type of coronavirus pandemic, credit card use has started to grow to such an extent that newly issued cards are slowly running...

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Next year we can pay out even 1 forint with a credit card

From January, it will be possible to pay out even a single forint with a bank card, no cash will be needed, the parliamentary secretary of state of the Ministry...

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The MNB may maintain the value limit of 15,000 HUF for credit card payments

The central bank proposes to keep the 15,000 HUF limit for bank card payments, the managing director of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank told M1 news channel on Friday. Bartha Lajos...

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