POS transactions rise to SAR 16.2 billion in Saudi Arabia

The sale transactions conducted through points of sale (POS) equipment around Saudi Arabia in June rose by 24 percent to SAR 16.2 billion, compared to SAR 13.07 billion in the same month last year.

The transactions were conducted through a total 32 million deals on 122,000 equipment scattered around the kingdom, a Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) report said.

The report added that cash withdrawal transactions conducted on automatic teller machines (ATMs) in June rose by around 12 percent to around SAR 64.42 billion from last year’s figure.

Such withdrawals were conducted from around 14,700 machines in a total 132.5 million deals.

Sale transactions via POS in 2014 (SAR Billion)
Change	2014			2013	Sales
+12%	13.18			11.81	January
+8%	11.72			10.89	February
+14%	14.19			12.43	March
+12%	13.61			12.15	April
+15%	15.21			13.26	May
+24%	16.20			13.07	June
--	--			13.40	July
--	--			10.74	August
--	--			11.56	September
--	--			11.16	October
--	--			10.94	November
--	--			12.91	December
ATM withdrawals in 2014 (SAR Billion)
Change (%)		2014	2013			Month
+3%		57.48	55.63			January
--		50.70	50.84			February
+5%		59.70	56.75			March
+8%		58.35	53.85			April
+8%		62.25	57.62			May
+12%		64.42	57.66			June
--		--	62.05			July
--		--	47.74			August
--		--	51.78			September
--		--	57.92			October
--		--	50.22			November
--		--	56.32			December

Number of ATMs in 2014
Change	Number of ATMs	Month
+170	14053	January
+141	14194	February
+60	14254	March
+185	14439	April
+126	14565	May
+113	14678	June

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