A surge in last-minute Christmas shopping has resulted in a new record for the most transactions per second that Paymark has processed.
Final sales figures for the day are yet to be collated, but Paymark - which processes most of New Zealand's Eftpos payments - reported that, as of 2pm, Kiwi consumers had already spent more than $166 million.
The busiest time of day has likely 12.30pm when a peak of 204 transactions per second were processed.
The previous record was 188 transactions a second. The daily average is usually around 60 transactions per second.
"Christmas Eve always gives the network a good workout and we work hard to ensure the retail network is fully operational," Paymark chief executive Maxine Elliott said.
