The PAY dataset currently contains information on:
- Statistics on high level total payment transactions sent and received (e.g. total credit transfers, total direct debits, or total cheques)
- Euro area aggregates
National data are collected and compiled by EU NCBs
Quarterly or semi-annual
For information about the naming convention (series key dimensions and metadata), refer to the PAY underlying DSD (ECB_PAY1) maintained by the ECB.
Pure number, EUR (euro area Member States) and domestic currencies (non-euro area Member States)
Structured Feedback Reports and confirmation of data by NCBs
Revisions to historical data are transmitted alongside data reported for the latest reference period
Payments transactions (key indicators)
National Central Banks in the European Union
DG-S Financial Statistics (MOE/FINS)
Logical and plausibility checking
Data are published 7 months after the reference period for semi-annual data. Quarterly data is published together with the semi-annual data (data for two quarters published at a time).
ECB’s Statistical Data Warehouse; time series to the ESCB; updated documentation in the ECB’s website
The reporting requirements were laid down in the:
Regulation ECB/2020/59 amending Regulation ECB 2013/43 on payment statistics
Guideline ECB/2021/13 on reporting requirements on payments statistics
Download the series catalogue containing a full list of series and associated metadata of the dataset PAY in CSV format (zipped)