10.15 billion dinars in POS spending highlights Kuwait’s shift to e-payments
Spending through point-of-sale (POS) terminals in Kuwait reached approximately 10.15 billion dinars during the first eight months of 2026, highlighting the scale of electronic payments in everyday consumer and business transactions.
According to data published by Al-Anba daily, spending was recorded through around 110,458 POS terminals, which processed approximately 543.57 million purchase transactions between January and the end of August. The figures translate into average daily spending of about 41.78 million dinars, through approximately 2.24 million transactions each day.
Monthly spending averaged around 1.27 billion dinars, with nearly 67.95 million transactions recorded each month. The average POS transaction stood at approximately 18.67 dinars, indicating the extensive use of electronic payments for a wide range of routine purchases and services.
More than 20 transactions per terminal daily
The intensity of POS usage is also reflected in activity at individual terminals. Each device processed an average of around 4,921 transactions during the first eight months, equivalent to approximately 615 transactions per month or more than 20 transactions a day. Based on the total spending and number of terminals, the average value processed by each POS device was approximately 91,900 dinars over the eight-month period.
This translates to about 11,490 dinars per month, or nearly 378 dinars per day per terminal. The scale of the figures underscores the growing importance of electronic payment infrastructure to Kuwait’s retail and services economy. With more than half a billion POS transactions recorded in eight months, the network is handling tens of millions of dinars in spending every day across businesses and service outlets nationwide.
