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In the second quarter of 2022, BLIK users completed 292 million transactions worth PLN 38.7 billion. At that time, the number of payments in traditional payment terminals was growing the fastest - there were 55.3 million of them - which means an increase by as much as 182% year-on-year. The constantly increasing interest in BLIK contactless payments had a significant impact on the result obtained in this channel. Between April and June, users completed 15.4 million transactions of this type. In the analysed period, there was also a significant increase in the number of people who regularly use BLIK - at the end of the first half of the year, over 11.3 million customers were actively paying with it, i.e. 41% more than a year earlier.
Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses and BLIK, Polish mobile payment system, successively develop their cooperation. As a result, Stripe’s customers can now offer BLIK for online payments on their websites, without any additional integration efforts. To add this solution to their mix of payment methods, they only need to activate BLIK in their Payments Settings dashboard, without any further actions required. This simplicity and convenience in implementing the solution makes it now the most popular payment method in Poland on Stripe, with a high average daily conversion rates between 93% and 95%.
In 2021, the Polish Payment Standard (PSP), operator of the BLIK mobile payment system, recorded a net profit for the second year in a row. In the reporting period, it amounted to PLN 31.7 million (EUR 6.7 million). The company's revenues increased by 60% year-on-year, reaching PLN 112.8 million (EUR 24.1 million). The operating result, in turn, increased by over 40% to PLN 38.8 million (EUR 8.3 million). In 2021, the BLIK operator conducted advanced activities aimed at both new and existing users. At the end of December, a record 21.6 million active mobile applications were able to use BLIK, which is an increase of 28% compared to 2020.
From January to March 2022, BLIK users made nearly 250 million transactions totalling PLN 32.6 billion. At the end of Q1, BLIK was actively used by as many as 10.5m people. In the analysed period, there was a strong year-on-year increase in the number of BLIK phone transfers and POS terminal payments – by 136% and 172%, respectively. BLIK contactless payments also gained momentum at the beginning of the year. Since the service became available, it has been activated by over 800,000 users. In Q1 2022 alone, as many as 8.6 million payments were made this way.
BLIK mobile payments are now available for Uber Eats customers in Poland. For BLIK, this is the next stage of expanding their presence on global platforms. Uber Eats now offers their customers an option to pay with their favourite payment method.
BLIK is the service most frequently and most willingly used by Poles who use banking apps. According to the KANTAR survey, in the second quarter of this year, it recorded the highest Brand Power index in the payments category – at a level of 37%. Almost two-thirds of users would recommend BLIK to their friends, mainly due to the ease and speed of executing transactions. BLIK is also the fastest growing innovation on the payments market in Poland.
BLIK presents its results for the second quarter of 2020 In the second quarter of 2020, BLIK users performed 97.4 million transactions, and 175 million in the whole of the first half of the year. At the end of June, BLIK was being actively used by 5.42 million users, which is almost half of everyone who uses mobile banking apps. BLIK is the strongest brand in the payments category, the fastest growing innovation on the payments market, and is also the most frequently recommended payment method.
