Türkiye's card payment balance sheet has been revealed: It reached 3 trillion TL in one month!

Interbank Card Center (BKM) published card payment data for the period September 2026.

Accordingly, the total amount of payments made with credit cards, debit cards and prepaid cards in September increased by 35 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching 2 trillion 965.5 billion Turkish Liras.

The total number of payments made by cards increased by 11 percent annually, reaching 1.95 billion.

TOTAL NUMBER OF CARDS IN Türkiye REACHED 478.9 MILLION

According to BKM data, as of September, the number of credit cards in Türkiye was 155 million, the number of debit cards was 225.2 million, and the number of prepaid cards was 98.7 million.

Compared to the same period last year, the number of credit cards increased by 11 percent and the number of debit cards increased by 4 percent, while the number of prepaid cards decreased by 7 percent.

The total number of cards in Türkiye increased by 3 percent on an annual basis, reaching 478.9 million.

2.5 TRILLION TURKISH LIRAS WERE Spent VIA CREDIT CARDS

Most of the total payment of 2 trillion 965.5 billion Turkish Liras made by cards in September was made by credit cards.

Payment amounts according to card types are listed as follows:

Credit cards: 2 trillion 515.3 billion Turkish Liras

Bank cards: 442 billion Turkish Liras

Prepaid cards: 8.2 billion Turkish Liras

Compared to the same month last year, payment amounts increased by 35 percent for credit cards and 39 percent for debit cards, while they decreased by 44 percent for prepaid cards.

THE NUMBER OF PAYMENTS MADE WITH CARDS INCREASED TO 1.95 BILLION

The total number of payments made by cards in September increased by 11 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching 1.95 billion.

1 billion 137.7 million of the payments were made with credit cards, 783 million with debit cards and 34 million with prepaid cards.

On an annual basis, the number of payments increased by 12 percent in credit cards and 14 percent in debit cards, while it decreased by 40 percent in prepaid cards.

CARD PAYMENTS MADE ON THE INTERNET REACHED 901 BILLION TURKISH LIRA

BKM data revealed that there was an increase in card payments made online.

The total amount of card payments made online in September increased by 35 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching 901 billion Turkish Liras.

The share of online payments in the total card payment amount was recorded as 30 percent.

The number of card payments made online increased by 14 percent annually, reaching 262.9 million. The share of these transactions in the total number of card payments was 14 percent.

4 OUT OF 5 PAYMENTS IN STORES WERE MADE CONTACTLESS

The increase in contactless card payments was also reflected in September data.

The number of contactless payments increased by 9 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching 1 billion 301.3 million.

The total amount of contactless payments increased by 43 percent to 1 trillion 24.5 billion Turkish Liras.

According to BKM data, 4 out of every 5 card payments made in the store in September were made by contactless method.