Number of Point of Sale (POS) terminals (as at end period) (Point of Sale (POS) Terminals)
Payment systems. Unit as in the series name, quarterly.
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Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, CBSL Economic Data Library (wizard)
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About this series
- Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
- Date range 2010 Q1 – 2026 Q1
- Last checked 24 Aug 2026
Checks: 1 recorded for this series, listed below.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Number of Point of Sale (POS) terminals (as at end period) (Point of Sale (POS) Terminals)
- Read from
- CBSL Economic Data Library (wizard) (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
- Source page
- https://www.cbsl.lk/eresearch
- Notes
- CBSL Data Library, subject 'Payment Data'
Source documents
Read from the CBSL Economic Data Library (wizard), which serves values rather than files.
Vintages
One vintage so far, published 24 Aug 2026. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.
Related series
- Total Volume of Point of Sale (POS) Terminal transactions during the period (Point of Sale (POS) Terminals)131,456,6712026 Q1
- Total number of Credit Cards in use (as at end period) (Credit/Debit Cards)2,232,3392026 Q1
- Total number of Debit Cards in use (as at end period) (Credit/Debit Cards)20,866,4212026 Q1
- Number of ATM terminals (as at end period) (Automated Teller Machines(ATMs))3,3612026 Q1
Source discrepancies
What the warehouse found when it checked this series: the same figure from two agencies, splice overlaps, published rates against ones recalculated from the index, and outliers.
- Two vintages2025 Q4
This series reads 138,043; the same figure from the other source reads 136,581.
Two agencies: 138,043 and 136,581, difference 1,462.
LK.PAY.PAYMENTS.NUMBER_OF_POINT_OF_SALE_POS_TERMINALS_AS_AT_EN.Q: the series' own source against the Payments Bulletin
CBSL's Payments Bulletin against the library's quarterly card and terminal figures: the bulletin's first print of a quarter is revised in the next issue (2025 Q4: POS terminals 136,581 then 138,043), and in 2022 Q2 its card values are rounded figures that differ from the library's by 2-8%. Only quarters after the library's last one are taken from the bulletin.