Qatar Central Bank announced the registration of about 54 million transactions on all payment systems in the State of Qatar at an estimated value of 15 billion and 280 million riyals during the month of May, indicating that the points of sale received 56% of them, while the share of e -commerce was about 26%, while the payment system immediately acquired 17%, while the payment system came through the mobile phone at the last rank with about 1% of transactions.
The Central Bank revealed through an illustrative fee through its official account with the X social media platform that the payment statistics using cards in May 2025 included transactions on the sales devices with a total value of 8 billion and 547 million riyals with a number of transactions reached 42 million and 736 thousand transactions, while transactions on e -commerce with a total of 3 billion and 965 million riyals and the number of transactions reached 9 million and 446 thousand Treatment.
In the same context, the “Central” indicated that the statistics of the immediate transfer systems recorded about 2 billion and 768 million riyals, where the value of the payment through the mobile phone (QMP) reached about 181 million and 967 thousand riyals through the implementation of 189 thousand transactions, and the total registered portfolio reached 1 million and 344 thousand, while the payment system “immediately” recorded one million and 645 thousand treatment with an estimated value of 2 billion and 586 One million riyals, and the total recorded accounts amounted to 3 million and 95 thousand accounts.
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 their customers with reliability.
