Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-KingThere were 10,805 transactions processed in New Zealand's peak shopping minute this year, which fell on Friday at 12.28pm. Wordline has released its data showing the payments made through its network in the shopping days leading up to Christmas. The peak shopping hour was between 12pm and 1pm on Friday, when 626,692 transactions were processed. In 2019, 2020, and 2021, the busiest shopping day was Christmas Eve, but 2022 and 2023 have seen the Friday before Christmas (with Christmas on a Sunday in 2022 and on Monday in 2023) be the busiest shopping day. The 2023 peak minute was at 12.28pm, later than the 12.09-12.13pm times in 2020-2022, and the peak second occurred around 12:24pm, later than the 12:06-12:16pm timeframes in 2019-2022."

Source: Stuff December 24, 2023 21:11 UTC