Detailed breakdowns related to institutions offering payment services. The data comprise the number of institutions and offices as well as the number of different types of accounts held by payment service users.
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Payment service providers (PSPs) as defined in Directive 2007/64/EC
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 SSP underlying DSD (ECB_SSI1) 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
SSP - Structural Financial Indicators for Payments
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
Payments Statistics on the ECB website:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/payment_statistics/payment_services/html/index.en.htm
Regulation ECB/2013/43:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/legal/pdf/en_regulation_ecb_2013_43_f_sign.pdf
Recommendation ECB/2013/44:
Guideline ECB/2014/15:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/legal/pdf/oj_jol_2014_340_r_0001_en_txt.pdf
Council regulation (EC) No 2533/98 of 23 November 1998 concerning the collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/legal/pdf/01998r2533-20091015-en.pdf
ECB legal framework:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/legal/1005/1021/html/index.en.html
Download the series catalogue containing a full list of series and associated metadata of the dataset SSP in CSV format (zipped)