The value of the purchases climbed 31%, reaching HUF 757 billion.
During the same period, the number of cash withdrawals made by Hungarians edged down 2% to 24 million. The withdrawals amounted to HUF 1.535 trillion in cash, unchanged from the same period a year earlier.
Hungarians used their bank cards to make purchases abroad eight million times in Q1, up 33% from the same period a year earlier.
The number of points of sale accepting bank cards at brick-and-mortar businesses rose 8% to 83,500 during the period.
The number of ATMs edged up 1% to 4,840.
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