Algerian PM: Over 2 Million Electronic Commercial Transactions Recorded in 2021

Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Aïmene Benabderrahmane said, Sunday in Algiers, that during the year 2021, more than two million "commercial operations via the TPE (electronic payment terminal)" were recorded, with an overall amount of nearly DZD15 billion (US$108.216 million), up by 220%, compared to 2020 where the overall amount reached DZD4.7 billion (US$33.907 million), the result of 711,000 operations.

In his opening speech at the signing ceremony of the agreement on the official launch of interoperability between the platforms of Algeria Post and banks, dedicated to payment by Internet, organized at the International Conference Center (CIC), Benabderrahmane said that the Internet payment has experienced a promising development, as it has passed from 3.3 million operations in 2020 to more than 6.3 million operations in 2021 where the amounts of operations have exceeded DZD8 billion (US$57.715 million) while they were at DZD4 billion (US$28.857 million) in 2020.