Debit card transaction value increased slightly by 0.83% in October 2021.

Bank Indonesia (BI) recorded debit card transaction values of Rp 642.82 trillion in October 2021. This figure shows a slight increase of 0.83% compared to the previous month's Rp 637.51 trillion, and a 5.85% increase compared to October 2020, which recorded Rp 607.25 trillion.

This increase in transaction value occurred in two categories. First, the value of cash transactions using debit cards was recorded at Rp 259.77 trillion, a 2.67% increase from Rp 252.99 trillion in September 2021. Second, the value of shopping transactions increased by 12.93%, from Rp 27.45 trillion in September 2021 to Rp 31 trillion last month.

Meanwhile, the value of intra-bank transfer transactions decreased by 1.12%, from Rp 241.40 trillion to Rp 238.72 trillion. Furthermore, the value of inter-bank transfer transactions decreased by 2.05%, from Rp 115.65 trillion to Rp 113.32 trillion.

The volume of debit card transactions was recorded at 605.61 million in October 2021. This figure shows a slight decrease of 0.35% compared to the 607.79 million transactions in September 2021.

Specifically, the volume of cash transactions increased by 4.08% to 349.21 million transactions. The volume of shopping transactions increased by 11.93% to 73.98 million transactions.

The volume of inter-bank transfer transactions also increased by 2.03% to 55.49 million transactions. Meanwhile, the volume of intra-bank transactions decreased by 16.38% to 126.92 million transactions.