T7: Participation in major payment systems
(units; end of year)| Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
 Large-value payment systems | |||||
| TARGET2-BE | |||||
| Total number of participants | 48 | 71 | 79 | 76 | 76 |
| Breakdown of 'total number of participants' by directly/indirectly connected | |||||
| Directly connected participants | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| Breakdown of 'directly connected participants' by participant type | |||||
| Banks | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 |
| Central bank | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Postal institution | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Payment systems, central counterparties and securities settlement systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indirectly connected participants | 29 | 52 | 60 | 58 | 58 |
| Retail payment systems | |||||
| CEC | |||||
| Total number of participants | 56 | 53 | 52 | 49 | 46 |
| Breakdown of 'total number of participants' by directly/indirectly connected | |||||
| Directly connected participants | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Breakdown of 'directly connected participants' by participant type | |||||
| Banks | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Central bank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Postal institution | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Payment systems, central counterparties and securities settlement systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indirectly connected participants | 42 | 40 | 39 | 36 | 32 |