The PSS dataset currently contains information on:
- Statistics on access and usage of payment services
- Statistics on access and usage of payment terminals
- Statistics on TARGET2 per country
- Statistics on national retail and large-value payment systems
- Statistics on pan-european systems
- Euro area aggregates and comparative indicators
National data are collected and compiled by EU NCBs
Annual data since 2000 to ongoing
No base period
Annual
For information about the naming convention (series key dimensions and metadata), refer to the PSS underlying DSD (ECB_PSS1) maintained by the ECB.
EUR (euro area Member States) and domestic currencies (non-euro area Member States)
Structured Feedback Reports and confirmation of data/tables by NCBs
Revisions to historical data are transmitted alongside data reported for the latest reference period
PSS - Payments and Settlement Systems Statistics
National Central Banks in the European Union
Logical and plausibility checking
Data are published 9 months after the reference period.
Release calendar schedule on the ECB's website:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/calendars/statscal/html/index.en.html
ECB's Data Portal; time series to the ESCB; updated documentation in the ECB's website
Press release in Q3 of each year:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/stats/paysec/html/index.en.html
Payments Statistics on the ECB website:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/payment_statistics/payment_services/html/index.en.html
Regulation ECB/2013/43:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1597074534727&uri=CELEX:32013R1409
Recommendation ECB/2013/44:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1597161507703&uri=CELEX:52013HB0044
Guideline ECB/2014/15:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1597132465532&uri=CELEX:32014O0015
Council regulation (EC) No 2533/98 of 23 November 1998 concerning the collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A31998R2533&qid=1604326599680
ECB legal framework:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/legal/html/index.en.html
Download the series catalogue containing a full list of series and associated metadata of the dataset PSS in CSV format (zipped)