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Table 1: Institutions offering payment services to non-monetary financial institutions (non-MFIs) | Breakdowns showing number of overnight deposits, number of payment accounts, number of e-money accounts and outstanding value on e-money storages issued, by credit institutions, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and other payment service providers (PSPs) and e-money issuers |
Table 2: Payment card functions | Number of cards issued by PSPs resident in the country. Data on cards are compiled with a breakdown by function of the card |
Table 3: Payment card accepting devices | Number of terminals provided by PSPs resident in the country. Data on terminals distinguish between automatic teller machines (ATMs), point-of-sale (POS) and e-money card terminals |
Tables 4: Payment transactions involving non-MFIs | Number and value of payment transactions sent and received by non-MFIs through PSPs resident in the country. Transactions are compiled by payment service with a geographical breakdown |
Tables 5: Payment transactions per type of terminal involving non-MFIs | Number and value of payment transactions sent by non-MFIs through PSPs. Transactions are compiled by type of terminal involved with a geographical breakdown |
Table 6: Participation in selected payment systems | Number of participants in each payment system located in the country, distinguishing direct and indirect participants and within direct participants with a breakdown by type of institution |
Table 7: Payments processed by selected payment systems | Number and value of payment transactions processed by each payment system located in the country, by payment service and with a geographical breakdown |
Subsidiaries are separate incorporated entities in which another entity has a majority or full holding.
Branches are unincorporated entities without independent legal status wholly owned by the parent.
If a parent company and its subsidiaries are PSPs located in the same national territory, the parent company is permitted in its statistical returns to consolidate the business of these subsidiaries. This is only applicable in the event that the parent company and its subsidiaries are classified as the same type of PSP.
If an institution has branches located within the territories of the other euro area Member States, the registered or head office located in a given euro area Member State considers these branches as residents in the other euro area Member States. Conversely, a branch located in a given euro area Member State considers the registered or head office or other branches of the same institution located within the territories of the other euro area Member States as residents in the other euro area Member States.
If an institution has branches located outside the territory of the euro area Member States, the registered or head office located in a given euro area Member State considers these branches as residents of the rest of the world. Conversely, a branch located in a given euro area Member State considers the registered or head office or other branches of the same institution located outside the euro area Member States as residents of the rest of the world.
‘cards with a cash function’;
‘cards with a debit function’;
‘cards with an e-money function’.
payment transactions which take place between two accounts held at different PSPs and which are executed with the use of an intermediary, i.e. where payments are sent to another PSP or to a payment system; and
payment transactions which take place between two accounts held at the same PSP, e.g. on-us transactions, with the transaction being settled either on the accounts of the PSP itself, or with the use of an intermediary, i.e. another PSP or a payment system.
‘payments with cards with a debit function’;
‘payments with cards with a delayed debit function’;
‘payments with cards with a credit function’;
‘payments with cards with a debit or delayed debit function’;
‘payments with cards with a credit or delayed debit function’.
in the case of credit transfers, e-money payments and similar transactions where the payer initiates the transaction, the sending participant is also the sender of funds, and the receiving participant the recipient of funds;
in the case of direct debits, cheques, e-money payments and similar transactions where the payee initiates the transaction, the sending participant is the recipient of funds and the receiving participant the sender of funds;
in the case of card payments, although the payee initiates the transaction, the treatment followed within this Regulation corresponds to that where the payer initiates the transaction.
payment transactions at terminals provided by resident PSPs with cards issued by resident PSPs;
payment transactions at terminals provided by resident PSPs with cards issued by non-resident PSPs;
payment transactions at terminals provided by non- resident PSPs with cards issued by resident PSPs.
the system of settlement reports the actual number of settlement operations and the actual amount settled;
where payment transactions are cleared outside the payment system and only net positions are settled via the payment system, only the transactions for the settlement of net positions are counted, and these are allocated to the payment service used for the settlement transaction.