Retail Payments November 2025

The tables below present a summary of the latest retail payments statistics.

Value of Retail Payments
Value
($ billion)
Growth
(Per cent)
Monthly Year-ended
Nov 2025 Oct 2025 Nov 2025 Nov 2024 Nov 2025
ATM withdrawals 9.30.11.12.23.3
Total card purchases on Australian-issued cards 96.70.21.55.910.5
of which: Credit and charge cards 40.10.42.06.010.0
of which: Debit cards 56.60.11.15.910.8
Total balances outstanding on credit and charge cards 44.6−0.1(a)−0.2(a)
of which: Balances accruing interest 22.20.1(a)3.2(a)
New Payments Platform transactions 222.1 1.8 1.727.922.5
Cheque payments 13.1−1.8−0.8−23.1−9.2

(a) Growth in credit and charge card total balances outstanding and balances accruing interest has been affected by a significant reporting change by one institution in its November 2025 data.

Source: RBA

Number of Retail Payments
Number
(Million)
Growth
(Per cent)
Monthly Year-ended
Nov 2025 Oct 2025 Nov 2025 Nov 2024 Nov 2025
ATM withdrawals 28.1−0.5−0.1−1.2−2.8
Total card purchases on Australian-issued cards 1373.5 −0.1 0.8 5.1 5.1
of which: Credit and charge cards 331.3 0.8 1.1 4.0 5.1
of which: Debit cards 1042.2 −0.4 0.7 5.4 5.1
Cards on issue 66.30.20.22.51.7
of which: Credit and charge cards 16.60.2−0.7−5.4−0.3
of which: Debit cards 49.70.10.55.52.4
New Payments Platform transactions 157.3 0.8 0.019.9 7.9
Cheque payments 0.8−5.1−5.9−31.2−30.4

Source: RBA

Total Average Merchant Fees for Debit, Credit and Charge Cards
September quarter 2025
  Domestic cards -
device present
(Per cent)
Domestic cards -
device not present
(Per cent)
International cards
(Per cent)
Total
(Per cent)
Debit
eftpos 0.45 - - 0.45
Mastercard 0.55 0.53 - 0.58
Visa 0.49 0.43 - 0.54
Credit
American Express 1.33 1.34 1.64 1.35
Mastercard 0.88 0.86 2.63 0.98
Visa 0.87 0.80 2.78 0.97
Source: RBA

All levels and growth rates are seasonally adjusted, except for those relating to cards on issue. The data are not adjusted for the effects of breaks in the series. Historical levels and growth rates for the retail payments statistics may be revised due to the resubmission of data by some reporting institutions and the re-estimation of seasonal factors.

For further information about the Retail Payments Statistics collection, including links to relevant statistical tables, refer to Payments Data.