T7: Participation in major payment systems
(units; end of year)| Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
 Large-value payment systems | |||||
| TARGET2-ES | |||||
| Total number of participants | 191 | 182 | 179 | 175 | 167 |
| Breakdown of 'total number of participants' by directly/indirectly connected | |||||
| Directly connected participants | 101 | 96 | 95 | 92 | 89 |
| Breakdown of 'directly connected participants' by participant type | |||||
| Banks | 81 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 75 |
| Central bank | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Government | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Postal institution | nap | nap | nap | nap | nap |
| Payment systems, central counterparties and securities settlement systems | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Other | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 |
| Indirectly connected participants | 90 | 86 | 84 | 83 | 78 |
| Retail payment systems | |||||
| SNCE | |||||
| Total number of participants | 187 | 172 | 165 | 164 | 153 |
| Breakdown of 'total number of participants' by directly/indirectly connected | |||||
| Directly connected participants | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
| Breakdown of 'directly connected participants' by participant type | |||||
| Banks | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
| Central bank | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Government | nav | nav | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Postal institution | nap | nap | nap | nap | nap |
| Payment systems, central counterparties and securities settlement systems | nav | nav | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | nav | nav | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indirectly connected participants | 167 | 154 | 148 | 148 | 137 |