Qatar Central Bank announced the registration of about 54.9 million transactions on all payment systems in the State of Qatar at an estimated value of 15 billion and 894 million riyals during the month of June, indicating that the points of sale received 55% of them, while the share of e -commerce was about 27%, while the payment system immediately acquired 17%, while the payment system through the mobile phone came with the last rank of about 1% of the transactions.
The Central Bank revealed through an explanatory infographic through its official account with the “X” social communication platform that the payment statistics using cards in June 2025 included transactions on the devices of sales and e -commerce with a total of 12 billion and 932 million riyals, the share of the points of sale, including about 8 billion and 649 million riyals with a number of transactions of 43 million and 284 thousand transactions, while transactions on e -commerce were lost 4 billion and 283 million riyals, with a total number of transactions 9 million and 639 thousand transactions.
In the same context, the “Central” indicated that the statistics of the immediate transfer systems recorded about 2 billion and 961 million riyals, as the value of the payment through the mobile phone (QMP) reached about 209 million and 586 thousand riyals through the implementation of 209 thousand transactions, and the total registered portfolios reached 1 million and 368 thousand, while the payment system “immediately” recorded one million and 735 thousand treatment with an estimated value Real, and the total recorded accounts reached 3 million and 188 thousand accounts.
Infrastructure development
Qatar Central Bank is working to develop the infrastructure of payment systems and keep pace with the latest developments in the field of electronic payment and transfer systems of funds, the last of which was the launch of the immediate payment service (immediately), which is one of the leading services in the areas of payment and digital transfer in Qatar, which reflects the keenness of Qatar Central Bank to provide the best services to bank customers and financial institutions in the country, and meets their growing needs in line with the increasing demand for financial technology services, and facilitates Financial and commercial transactions between bank accounts for individuals and companies keep pace with the rapid development witnessed by the national economy.
The immediate payment service was designed immediately depending on a system based on the latest technologies and security standards, in order to maintain the security and confidentiality of the information that was established by the Qatar Central Bank to enable financial institutions to provide the service to its customers with reliability.
New payment services
The development project includes new services that include: the immediate transfers service between accounts … the unified address service to perform the payments through the phone, the personal number, or the account number, the central system service to reduce fraud and money laundering operations, electronic bills payment service, delegation management services and direct deduction.
The project also provides new services that include: credit services (buy now and pay later). Providing a developmental future payment system, and is able to support population growth in the State of Qatar and increase the number of transactions for the next 10 years.
And the possibility of inter -operation to provide a system that allows the inter -operation between payment operations, whether it is between a bank account or an electronic portfolio. Providing immediate payment and transfers services 24 hours.
A payment system keeps pace with the future
The project provides services that include: ease of integration, as it supports open applications to serve both financial technology companies and financial institutions, and to provide a regulatory system that allows the Qatar Central Bank to monitor all transactions and maintain the confidentiality of information. In addition to combining most payment systems into a unified system at Qatar Central Bank. Organizing and strengthening the management of liquidity and financial centers, and developing the settlement and elimination of the movements implemented on the accounts of the participating financial institutions.
The Qatar Central Bank confirms that the Qatar Mobile Pushing System (QMP) has achieved many advantages, the most important of which is the expansion of payment methods and electronic transfers in the country, as well as achieving financial inclusion by providing service to all groups of society from citizens, residents and visitors of the state. In addition to financial transfers and immediate payments around the clock, immediate conversions for individuals through the phone number or the nickname and facilitate the electronic payment operations of the traders through the QR Code.
The Central explained that the service is available to all groups of society, residents, residents, and visitors, which guarantees the achievement of financial inclusion, through registration and construction of the wallet, registration without a minimum balance, and reduce dependence on cash besides paying low commissions.