Shelling out on credit and debit cards has carried on to increase in August and is today above the day average during August of year which is last, brand new figures from the Central Bank show.

Nonetheless, ATM withdrawals stay significantly down on year which is previous.

This has dragged down the overall day card spend, that has ATM withdrawals, to 3 % below what it was in August 2019.

But compared to the great point of its in mid-April, flash card spending is up 63 %.

The Central Bank has today released statistics which detail card transaction details for July and some first figures for this month – up to August 24.

The Central Bank said that debit as well as bank card spending has remained’ relatively stable’ in August with the day spend up nine % on the identical month last year.

Nonetheless, ATM withdrawals are down 31 % compared to last season to ensure the entire spend is still smaller than August 2019.

The 3rd cycle of the lifting of restrictions in July was certainly noticeable in very last month’s card payments.

List spending remained relatively static in comparison to the prior month with clothes up nine % but groceries done three %.

Nonetheless, the invest on groceries remains thirty six % higher an annual basis.

Paying on electric products and hardware even declined slightly in July by two % but both sectors remained more than thirty % increased than in July last year.

There was, nevertheless, a jump of 160 % in shelling out on accommodation and a 24 % boost on transport.

But spending in both sectors is still way below what it was in July last year, with accommodation down 51 % as well as travel slouching 66 % an annual basis.

Paying in restaurants was up fifty six % in July but is still twenty % below year which is last.

The switch to spending on companies by buyers may have contributed to the spend on ecommerce remaining very fixed last month at €2.2 billion, that is actually up 1 % on June.

But e commerce remains up 16 % when compared to last season and nowadays accounts for forty one % of total flash card spending, the Central Bank said.