China News Service, September 19. On the 19th, the official website of the central bank announced the overall operation of the payment system in the second quarter of 2022. my country's payment system is running smoothly, and the number of bank accounts, non-cash payment business volume, payment system business volume and other data have generally maintained growth. .
The number of bank accounts increased slightly.
By the end of the second quarter, a total of 13.974 billion bank accounts had been opened across the country, an increase of 0.48% from the previous quarter.
Growth in the number of personal bank accounts has slowed.
By the end of the second quarter, a total of 13.886 billion personal bank accounts had been opened nationwide, up 0.47% from the previous quarter.
In terms of non-cash payment business, in the second quarter, banks across the country handled 110.456 billion non-cash payment transactions with an amount of 1,165.73 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.32% and 7.86% year-on-year respectively.
Among them, the number of bank card acceptance terminals decreased. As of the end of the second quarter, there were 27,182,700 special merchants connected to the UnionPay inter-bank payment system, an increase of 68,500 compared to the end of the previous quarter, 36,703,300 connected POS machines, and 915,300 ATM machines, which was 36,703,300 connected to the Internet. At the end of the last quarter, they decreased by 663,800 units and 21,500 units respectively.
As far as the payment system is concerned, in the second quarter, the payment system processed a total of 258.121 billion payment transactions with an amount of 2,742.47 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.69% and 19.07% year-on-year respectively.
(Zhongxin Finance)