Banking statistics

Payment statistics from 2007 onwards

Contact

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• ZVstatistik@bundesbank.de

General information

Statistics about payment transactions in Germany serve primarily as an important data source for establishing, managing and monitoring payment and securities settlement systems in the banking sector. In addition, statistics about the structure and scope of the payment transactions are used in tandem with monetary statistical indicators for analysis at national and international levels. This information is obtained from the "Statistics on payment systems in Germany” (Deutsche Bundesbank) as well as from the European Central Bank’s country-specific tables in the “Blue Book” (“Payment and securities settlement systems in the European Union and in the acceding countries”) and the Bank for International Settlements’ "Red Book” (“Statistics on payment systems in selected countries”), prepared by the Committee on payment and settlement systems of the group of ten countries.

In order to acquire a comprehensive picture of the German market, all institutions that process payments for their customers must be recorded. The institution initially commissioned with a payment by the customer (eg as the transferring institution or the first collecting institution) is responsible for submitting the report. It is of no relevance whether the payment was processed by the reporting institution itself or by a third party. Hence, institutions which commission other institutions to process their payment transactions also have to submit reports for the payment statistics.

Content

Circular 21/2005 contains details of the data collection framework. As payment statistics reports must be submitted electronically, the reporting templates contained in the circular are for illustration purposes only.

Parties required to report

Domestic banks (monetary financial institutions (MFIs) with the exception of money market funds).

How are reports submitted?

• XMW  XML data format
• Standardised nil report for the entire payment statistics (German only)

How are reports submitted?

• via the ExtraNet

Deadline for submitting reports and reporting dates

Reports are to be submitted to the Bundesbank by close of business on the 30th April following the end of each year.