Decline In PoS Transactions Persists, Fall By 0.8%

For the second consecutive month, the value of Point of Sale (PoS) transactions fell by 0.8 percent, month-on-month (MoM) to N503.96billion in May from N507.9billion in April.
However, the volume of PoS transactions increased by two per cent, MoM, to 79million from 77.6million in April.
The Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) disclosed this in its electronic payment report for May.
The NIBSS report revealed a marginal increase in the value of e-payment transactions to N22.24trillion in May from N22.23trillion in April.
This represents 0.05 percent MoM increase.
On the other hand, the volume of e-payment transactions rose MoM by 5.0 per cent to 379.98million in May from 363million in April.
The e-payment channel that recorded the highest increase in volume of transactions in May was Automated Direct Debit (ADD) which rose by 16 per cent MoM to 1.82million from 1.57million in April.
However, the value of ADD transactions fell by 11 percent MoM to N84.96billion in May from N95billion in April.
The channel that recorded the highest increase in value of transactions was Mobile, which rose by five percent (MoM) to N526.9billion in May from N502.7billion in April.
The volume of mobile transactions also rose by seven per cent (MoM) to 19.7million from 18.4million in April.
Further analysis showed that the volume of NIBSS Instant Payment (NIP) transactions rose by 5.2 per cent MoM to 279 million in May from 265million in April while the value rose by 0.05per cent MoM to N20.7trillion from N20.69trillion in April.
The volume of cheque transactions rose by seven per cent MoM to 339,667 in May from 318,767 in April while the value rose by 1.2 per cent to N246.6billion May from N243.69billion in April.
However, the volume of E-bills transactions fell by 10 per cent MoM to 106,158 in May from 118,409 in April while the value fell by six per cent MoM to N176.35billion from N186.67billion in April.
Similarly, the volume of CentralPay transactions fell by five per cent MoM to 23,626 in May from 24,915 in April while the value fell by 18 per cent to N150.5million from N183.5million in April.