T8: Volume of transactions processed by selected payment systems
(millions, unless otherwise stated; total for the year)
«Germany»
 Year
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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Large-value payment systems
TARGET2-BBk
Total gross volume4547484951
Breakdown of 'total gross volume' by instrument type
Credit transfers2628292930
Direct debits 100000
Chequesnavnavnavnavnav
Card and e-money paymentsnavnavnavnavnav
Other payment instruments1819191921
Partial breakdown of 'total gross volume'
Of which: volume of settlement in the PS in question for other PSs 29109910
Breakdown of 'volume of settlement in the PS in question for other PSs'
 by PS whose transactions are settled
'RPS' net volume settled in 'TARGET2-BBk'9109910
Concentration ratio in terms of volume (%) 350.9948.1549.9749.3351.10
Retail payment systems
RPS
Total gross volume 44,3824,7665,3036,1496,763
Breakdown of 'total gross volume' by instrument type
Credit transfers1,3231,3611,4221,5421,611
Direct debits 51,7281,7901,9362,2482,535
Cheques 697653
Card and e-money payments 51,2861,5691,9002,3352,591
Other payment instruments 73740392022
Number of netting cycles 8navnavnavnavnav
STEP2 Card Clearing
Total gross volume1,7472,1332,5192,8923,038
Breakdown of 'total gross volume' by instrument type
Credit transfersnavnavnavnavnav
Direct debitsnavnavnavnavnav
Chequesnavnavnavnavnav
Card and e-money payments1,7472,1332,5192,8923,038
Other payment instrumentsnavnavnavnavnav
Number of netting cyclesnavnavnavnavnav
 1 Direct debits based on SEPA format. 2 includes transactions from the following payments systems: EKS (LV) STET (FR) CBFSAI (IE) Groupement des cartes bancaires (FR) Systema nal. compens. electronica (ES) DIAS (GR) BI-Comp (IT) EBA Clearing - Step2 (EU) SIPS (SK) First data Slovakia (SK) SIBS, SA (PT) BISERA7-EUR (BG) EMZ - Clearing - AS (DE) SEPA - Clearing - AS (DE) Clearing service Austria (AT) PSA Payment service Austria (AT) ASBL/VZW CEC/UCV (BE) First data Latvia, SIA (LV) LITAS-MMS (LT) EBA Clearing Step2 CC (EU) Euronks (HR) STET SEPA(EU) (FR) EKS AMS (LV) EBA Clearing - RT1 System (EU) STET IPU (FR) ASBL/VZW CEC/UCV - Instant payments (BE) 3 Market share of the five largest senders of payment messages in each interbank payment system in relation to the number of transactions. Each participant with individual access to the payment system is counted separately, irrespective of any legal dependencies. 4 RPS is connected to the STEP2 system of EBA CLEARING to carry out cross-border EU retail payments. 5 Only card transactions based on the SEPA Card Clearing (SCC)-format developed by the Berlin Group (mainly Girocard transactions). 6 Cheque transactions based on XML format (ISO 20022). 7 Includes domestic non-SEPA direct debits and other payment instruments which are technically processed in the same way as direct debits, such as ATM transactions, debit card payments (until 2014), e-money payments (until 2014) and cheques (until 2015). Includes since 2015 card transactions at ATM based on the SEPA Card Clearing (SCC)-format developed by the Berlin Group (mainly Girocard transactions). 8 All transactions are settled gross in the RPS.