T7: Participation in major payment systems
(units; end of year)
Year
«  2013  »
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Large-value payment systems
RTGS
Total number of participantsnapnapnap172177
Breakdown of 'total number of participants' by directly/indirectly connected
Directly connected participantsnapnapnap172177
Breakdown of 'directly connected participants' by participant type
Banksnapnapnap157164
Central banknapnapnap11
Governmentnapnapnapnavnav
Postal institutionnapnapnapnavnav
Payment systems, central counterparties and securities settlement systemsnapnapnap56
Othernapnapnap96
Indirectly connected participantsnapnapnapnavnav
Large-value and retail payment systems
NEFT
Total number of participantsnapnapnap146161
Breakdown of 'total number of participants' by directly/indirectly connected
Directly connected participantsnapnapnap146161
Breakdown of 'directly connected participants' by participant type
Banksnapnapnap144159
Central banknapnapnap11
Governmentnapnapnapnavnav
Postal institutionnapnapnapnavnav
Payment systems, central counterparties and securities settlement systemsnapnapnapnavnav
Othernapnapnap11
Indirectly connected participantsnapnapnapnavnav
Retail payment systems
Card based payments
Total number of participantsnapnapnap53298
Breakdown of 'total number of participants' by directly/indirectly connected
Directly connected participantsnapnapnap5391
Breakdown of 'directly connected participants' by participant type
Banksnapnapnap5360
Central banknapnapnapnavnav
Governmentnapnapnapnavnav
Postal institutionnapnapnapnavnav
Payment systems, central counterparties and securities settlement systemsnapnapnapnavnav
Othernapnapnapnav31
Indirectly connected participantsnapnapnapnav207
Cheque clearing
Total number of participantsnapnapnap200535
Breakdown of 'total number of participants' by directly/indirectly connected
Directly connected participantsnapnapnap108213
Breakdown of 'directly connected participants' by participant type
Banksnapnapnap106211
Central banknapnapnap11
Governmentnapnapnapnavnav
Postal institutionnapnapnap11
Payment systems, central counterparties and securities settlement systemsnapnapnapnavnav
Othernapnapnapnavnav
Indirectly connected participantsnapnapnap92322
ECS / NECS
Total number of participants 1napnapnap117117
Breakdown of 'total number of participants' by directly/indirectly connected
Directly connected participantsnapnapnap117117
Breakdown of 'directly connected participants' by participant type
Banksnapnapnap115115
Central banknapnapnap11
Governmentnapnapnapnavnav
Postal institutionnapnapnap11
Payment systems, central counterparties and securities settlement systemsnapnapnapnavnav
Othernapnapnapnavnav
Indirectly connected participantsnapnapnapnavnav
NACH
Total number of participantsnapnapnap35257
Breakdown of 'total number of participants' by directly/indirectly connected
Directly connected participantsnapnapnap29117
Breakdown of 'directly connected participants' by participant type
Banksnapnapnap29117
Central banknapnapnapnavnav
Governmentnapnapnapnavnav
Postal institutionnapnapnapnavnav
Payment systems, central counterparties and securities settlement systemsnapnapnapnavnav
Othernapnapnapnavnav
Indirectly connected participantsnapnapnap6140
Fast payment systems
IMPS
Total number of participantsnapnapnap1726
Breakdown of 'total number of participants' by directly/indirectly connected
Directly connected participantsnapnapnap1726
Breakdown of 'directly connected participants' by participant type
Banksnapnapnap1726
Central banknapnapnapnavnav
Governmentnapnapnapnavnav
Postal institutionnapnapnapnavnav
Payment systems, central counterparties and securities settlement systemsnapnapnapnavnav
Othernapnapnapnavnav
Indirectly connected participantsnapnapnapnavnav
UPI
Total number of participantsnapnapnapnapnap
Breakdown of 'total number of participants' by directly/indirectly connected
Directly connected participantsnapnapnapnapnap
Breakdown of 'directly connected participants' by participant type
Banksnapnapnapnapnap
Central banknapnapnapnavnav
Governmentnapnapnapnavnav
Postal institutionnapnapnapnavnav
Payment systems, central counterparties and securities settlement systemsnapnapnapnavnav
Othernapnapnapnavnav
Indirectly connected participantsnapnapnapnavnav
 1  2019: The ECS system has been migrated to NACH in a phased manner and ECS was completely discontinued from February 2020. As on December 2019 only one ECS centre was live.