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THURSDAY 16 DECEMBER • ISSUE 134
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PAUL COCKS
MALTA had the highest percentage of
cash payments in the euro area in 2019,
when compared to credit card and phone
payments and bank transfers, despite
a slight increase in non-cash payments
across the bloc.
A Deutsche Bank report on payment
choices in Europe in 2020 found that eu-
ro-area retail and corporate customers
made more than 101 billion non-cash
payments in 2020, a year hallmarked by
the COVID-19 pandemic.
e restrictions of private, business and
public life met with very different pay-
ment preferences and payment service
offerings in the individual countries. In
some cases, the preferences converged,
in others the differences became more
pronounced.
Malta had highest percentage
of cash payments in euro area
before COVID-19 onset
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STAR PERFORMER MSE FTSE 100
EUR EXCHANGE RATES
Trading Date: 15 Dec 2021
Number of Trades: 55
Turnover: €5,058,636.24
MSE TRX Index: 7,812.861
(Change: -0.381%)
Name 6% IHI PLC BNDS
MT0000481227 - Currency €
Last Traded 15 Dec, 2021
Price 103.490
Change 1.690
US Dollar 1.1281
British Pound: 0.85223
Japanese Yen: 128.07
Australian Dollar: 1.5811
Swiss Franc: 1.0432
7,381.13
20.18
7,336.13 / 7,211.76
7,339.90
Value
Net variation
Previous close
High / Low
+0.17%
e number of non-
cash payments in the
euro area rose by a
meagre 3.7% in 2020
to over 101 billion
