T7: Participation in major payment systems
(units; end of year)| Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
 Large-value payment systems | |||||
| TARGET2-BE | |||||
| Total number of participants | 46 | 45 | 46 | 48 | 71 |
| Breakdown of 'total number of participants' by directly/indirectly connected | |||||
| Directly connected participants | 14 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 19 |
| Breakdown of 'directly connected participants' by participant type | |||||
| Banks | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 18 |
| 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 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 52 |
| Retail payment systems | |||||
| CEC | |||||
| Total number of participants | 70 | 63 | 59 | 56 | 53 |
| Breakdown of 'total number of participants' by directly/indirectly connected | |||||
| Directly connected participants | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Breakdown of 'directly connected participants' by participant type | |||||
| Banks | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| 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 | 56 | 50 | 45 | 42 | 40 |