Jordan’s instant-payment system CliQ recorded JD2.43 billion in transaction value in August, up 3.9% from JD2.34 billion in July, according to the Jordan Payments and Clearing Company (JoPACC). Transfer volume increased 3.6% month on month to 24 million. From January through August, CliQ processed 162.18 million transactions worth JD16.64 billion.

The user base grew 1.7% in August to 2.39 million, including 2.29 million Jordanians and 98,600 non-Jordanians. Person-to-person transfers represented 79.3% of transaction volume and JD1.73 billion in value. Merchant purchases accounted for 20.7% of volume, or 4.97 million transactions, and JD694.7 million in value. Person-to-person transfers accounted for 71.4% of total transaction value, while merchant purchases represented 28.6%; these value shares differ from their shares of transaction count.