#Central_Bank: 160 million point-of-sale transactions reach over 12 billion rials in a week
The 160,613,000 POS transactions in the Kingdom between September 25 and October 1, 2022 AD reached 12,844,871,000 rials, compared to 10,425,464,000 rials in the same previous period.
According to the weekly bulletin of outlets of the Central Bank of Saudi Arabia, the number of transactions in clothing and footwear was 5,067,000 worth 750,389,000 rials, and the number of transactions in construction and building materials reached 1,179,000 in the amount of 423,162,000 rials, and the number of transactions in education reached 107,000, worth 183,973,000 rials, the number of electronic and electrical device transactions reached 904,000, worth 326,145,000 rials, and the number of transactions at gas stations reached 13,166,000, worth 773,440,000 rials, and the number of transactions in the field of health was 8,402,000, worth 952,459,000 rials, and the number of operations in the field of furniture was 1,077,000, worth 400,766,000 rials, and the number of operations in hotels was 562,000, worth 215,900,000 rials, and the number of operations in public services was 1,302,000 in the amount of 106,557,000 rials, and the number of transactions in jewelry was 264 0 00 in the amount of 298,718,000 rials, and the number of transactions in various goods and services was 20,158,000 in the amount of 1,461,023,000 rials, the number of transactions in the field of entertainment and culture was 2,831,000 in the amount of 319,316,000 rials, and the number of transactions in restaurants and cafe amounted to 44,472,000 worth 319,316,000 rials. worth 1,653,322,000 rials, as well as the number of food and drink transactions. 000 in the amount of 729,820,000 rials, while the number of other transactions reached 21,081,000 in the amount of 2,013,849,000 rials.
At the Kingdom level, the number of weekly POS transactions in Riyadh was 43,333,000 worth 3,941,427,000 rials, and the number of POS transactions in Mecca reached 6,466,000 worth 477,644,000 rials, while the number of POS transactions – transactions in Medina reached 6,907,000 worth 485,777,000 riyals, the number of POS transactions in Tabuk was 3,716,000 worth 262,749,000 rials, and the number of POS transactions in Hail was 3,093,000, worth 221,291,000 rials , and the number of POS transactions in Abha was 2,575,000 worth 180,667,000. The number of POS transactions in Buraida reached 3,851,000 worth 314,050,000 rials, and the number of POS transactions in Khobar was 3,646,000, worth 382,368 000 riyals, and the number of POS transactions in Dammam reached 7,477,000, valued at 688,0435,000 rials, while the number of outlets in Jeddah reached 21,933,000, valued at 1,901,615,000 rials, and the number of POS transactions in other cities reached 57,616 000 in the amount of 3,988,848,000 rial ov.
