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Statistical Tables: Payment Statistics Quarterly (PSQ)

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All Data is Provisional as of 1st December 2023 and subject to change

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Statistical Tables: Payment Statistics Quarterly (PSQ)

Table Name
PCT - Credit Transfers (sent) - Value
PCT - Credit Transfers (sent) - Volume
PDD - Direct Debits (sent) - Value
PDD - Direct Debits (sent) - Volume
PCP - Card-based Payment Transactions with Card-based Payment Instruments Issued by Resident PSP (sent)- Value
PCP - Card-based Payment Transactions with Card-based Payment Instruments Issued by Resident PSP (sent) - Volume
PEM - E-money Payment transactions with E-money Issued by Resident PSPs (sent) - Value
PEM - E-money Payment transactions with E-money Issued by Resident PSPs (sent) - Volume
PAY - Cheques (sent) - Value
PAY - Cheques (sent) - Volume

All Data is Provisional as of 1st December 2023 and subject to change

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1a. Credit Transfers (sent) - Value

Domestic (€)
Totals (€)

Period Total Credit Initiated Electronically

Transfer Payment
Transactions (€) o/w Total Non
o/w Total Remote
Remote
2022-Q1 2,372,543.63 2,537.22 2,344,333.46 689,188.01
2022-Q2 2,548,554.35 3,097.93 2,519,026.46 819,532.53
2022-Q3 2,462,150.54 6,296.11 2,435,374.31 816,621.55
2022-Q4 2,680,330.18 15,067.82 2,631,196.38 956,277.99
2023-Q1 2,481,842.44 2,831.59 2,450,223.39 789,812.50
2023-Q2 2,424,044.12 4,108.78 2,390,165.91 768,077.71

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€ Value
PN Volume

Point(s) to note:
(i) All numbers are in millions
(ii) The initiated electronically figures are subsets of the total counterpart areas (i.e., Domestic, Other EEA countries, Res
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Other EEA
countries (€)

Initiated Electronically Initiated Electronically

o/w Non Remote o/w Remote o/w Non Remote o/w Remote

799.86 678,343.52 753,970.87 108.05 743,601.05

1,073.34 808,017.54 798,160.47 198.70 787,470.45
4,099.23 801,163.71 674,093.64 186.95 670,587.32
13,140.51 930,341.70 640,495.22 117.96 626,628.63
1,669.56 778,679.12 690,015.67 128.83 677,256.39
3,755.35 755,961.21 745,523.56 37.22 731,681.09

., Domestic, Other EEA countries, Rest of world) for each quarter

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Rest of world (€)

Initiated Electronically

o/w Non Remote o/w Remote

929,384.75 1,629.30 922,388.89

930,861.35 1,825.89 923,538.47
971,435.35 2,009.92 963,623.29
1,083,556.97 1,809.35 1,074,226.05
1,002,014.26 1,033.20 994,287.88
910,442.86 316.21 902,523.61
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1b. Credit Transfers (sent) - Volume

Domestic (PN)
Totals (PN)

Period Total Credit Initiated Electronically

Transfer Payment
Transactions (PN) o/w Total Non
o/w Total Remote
Remote
2022-Q1 107.115 0.29 105.406 84.794
2022-Q2 121.774 0.315 119.997 94.103
2022-Q3 131.123 11.709 117.909 99.354
2022-Q4 122.703 0.318 120.826 88.725
2023-Q1 124.951 0.285 123.251 90.005
2023-Q2 155.948 0.289 151.847 94.801

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€ Value
PN Volume

Point(s) to note:
(i) All numbers are in millions
(ii) The initiated electronically figures are subsets of the total counterpart areas (i.e., Domestic, Other EEA countries, Res
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Other EEA
countries (PN)

Initiated Electronically Initiated Electronically

o/w Non Remote o/w Remote o/w Non Remote o/w Remote

0.236 83.173 11.669 0.036 11.617

0.257 92.42 16.778 0.04 16.723
11.652 86.232 20.581 0.039 20.528
0.256 86.967 21.823 0.041 21.755
0.224 88.405 22.821 0.041 22.764
0.232 90.793 45.353 0.037 45.301

., Domestic, Other EEA countries, Rest of world) for each quarter

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Rest of world (PN)

Initiated Electronically

o/w Non Remote o/w Remote

10.652 0.017 10.616

10.893 0.018 10.855
11.187 0.018 11.149
12.155 0.021 12.104
12.124 0.02 12.082
15.794 0.02 15.753
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2a. Direct Debits (sent) - Value

Other EEA
Period Total (€) Domestic (€) Rest of world (€)
countries (€)

2022-Q1 41,459.40 38,927.16 2,431.01 101.22

2022-Q2 44,177.01 41,630.55 2,437.80 108.66
2022-Q3 46,101.54 43,564.92 2,415.80 120.82
2022-Q4 51,517.72 48,654.20 2,727.25 136.27
2023-Q1 46,720.23 43,948.77 2,642.46 129.01
2023-Q2 51,860.90 47,749.38 3,709.45 402.08

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€ Value
PN Volume

Point(s) to note:
(i) All numbers are in millions
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2b. Direct Debits (sent) - Volume

Other EEA
Period Total (PN) Domestic (PN) Rest of world (PN)
countries (PN)

2022-Q1 43.822 34.137 9.659 0.025

2022-Q2 43.398 33.542 9.834 0.023
2022-Q3 43.282 34.428 8.827 0.027
2022-Q4 44.014 34.354 9.629 0.031
2023-Q1 45.741 35.822 9.854 0.065
2023-Q2 44.454 34.498 9.896 0.06

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€ Value
PN Volume

Point(s) to note:
(i) All numbers are in millions
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3a. Card-based Payment Transactions with Card-based Payment Instruments Issue

Domestic (€)
Totals (€)

Period Total Card Based Initiated Electronically

Payment
Transactions (€) o/w Total Non
o/w Total Remote
Remote
2022-Q1 20,984.97 11,420.28 8,422.20 14,316.60
2022-Q2 25,992.03 13,844.25 10,988.07 17,768.24
2022-Q3 24,944.80 12,459.01 11,386.62 17,615.28
2022-Q4 26,426.18 13,372.87 11,936.31 19,139.39
2023-Q1 27,244.41 12,344.87 13,726.73 17,399.52
2023-Q2 30,174.51 14,446.39 14,564.56 18,719.19

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€ Value
PN Volume

Point(s) to note:
(i) All numbers are in millions
(ii) The initiated electronically figures are subsets of the total counterpart areas (i.e., Domestic, Other EEA countries, Res
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ayment Instruments Issued by Resident PSP (sent) - Value

Other EEA
countries (€)

Initiated Electronically Initiated Electronically

Non Remote Remote Non Remote Remote

9,933.28 3,442.67 4,282.63 910.83 3,296.96

11,583.68 5,308.91 4,479.33 1,492.82 2,894.92
10,365.13 6,383.45 4,463.09 1,508.15 2,868.53
11,461.10 6,777.27 4,245.63 1,270.34 2,898.60
9,733.85 6,731.49 4,685.25 1,189.86 3,406.67
10,805.50 6,989.23 5,433.38 1,565.81 3,774.99

., Domestic, Other EEA countries, Rest of world) for each quarter

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Rest of world (€)

Initiated Electronically

Non Remote Remote

2,385.75 576.18 1,682.58

3,744.46 767.75 2,784.25
2,866.43 585.72 2,134.65
3,041.16 641.42 2,260.45
5,159.64 1,421.16 3,588.57
6,021.94 2,075.08 3,800.35
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3b. Card-based Payment Transactions with Card-based Payment Instruments Issue

Domestic (PN)
Totals (PN)

Period Total Card Based Initiated Electronically

Payment
Transactions (PN) o/w Total Non
o/w Total Remote
Remote
2022-Q1 446.058 317.84 119.128 353.635
2022-Q2 511.194 376.472 130.472 415.621
2022-Q3 521.305 377.283 139.956 422.124
2022-Q4 535.783 380.721 150.862 438.004
2023-Q1 599.599 396.294 199.041 409.209
2023-Q2 678.022 472.78 201.14 449.172

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€ Value
PN Volume

Point(s) to note:
(i) All numbers are in millions
(ii) The initiated electronically figures are subsets of the total counterpart areas (i.e., Domestic, Other EEA countries, Res
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ayment Instruments Issued by Resident PSP (sent) - Volume

Other EEA
countries (PN)

Initiated Electronically Initiated Electronically

Non Remote Remote Non Remote Remote

293.944 53.74 54.605 13.88 38.894

339.144 73.056 58.085 24.653 33.045
337.812 80.998 60.813 27.941 32.519
347.866 86.742 57.442 21.423 35.631
320.491 85.245 59.035 21.526 37.13
355.328 90.54 69.863 30.654 38.817

., Domestic, Other EEA countries, Rest of world) for each quarter

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Rest of world (PN)

Initiated Electronically

Non Remote Remote

37.818 10.016 26.494

37.488 12.675 24.372
38.367 11.529 26.438
40.337 11.432 28.489
131.355 54.277 76.666
158.988 86.798 71.784
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4a. E-money Payment transactions with E-money Issued by Resident PSPs (sent) - V

Other EEA
Period Total (€) Domestic (€) Rest of world (€)
countries (€)

2022-Q1 8,172.69 633.72 6,183.68 1,355.29

2022-Q2 7,341.87 235.20 5,214.30 1,892.38
2022-Q3 9,577.16 228.77 6,989.92 2,358.48
2022-Q4 7,687.49 343.62 5,161.10 2,182.77
2023-Q1 10,511.25 2,800.11 5,565.48 2,145.66
2023-Q2 15,367.96 6,816.60 6,127.91 2,423.45

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€ Value
PN Volume

Point(s) to note:
(i) All numbers are in millions
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4b. E-money Payment transactions with E-money Issued by Resident PSPs (sent) - V

Other EEA
Period Total (PN) Domestic (PN) Rest of world (PN)
countries (PN)

2022-Q1 26.80 3.22 15.75 7.83

2022-Q2 29.41 2.07 18.79 8.56
2022-Q3 34.79 1.78 23.66 9.36
2022-Q4 33.20 3.64 20.60 8.96
2023-Q1 112.73 81.88 20.88 9.97
2023-Q2 227.49 193.28 23.39 10.82

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€ Value
PN Volume

Point(s) to note:
(i) All numbers are in millions
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5a. Cheques (sent) - Value

Other EEA
Period Total (€) Domestic (€) Rest of world (€)
countries (€)

2022-Q1 13,765.88 13,431.25 51.58 283.05

2022-Q2 14,565.28 14,231.10 6.11 328.07
2022-Q3 15,151.45 14,959.38 8.46 183.60
2022-Q4 15,984.03 15,834.68 10.04 139.31
2023-Q1 13,907.06 13,488.05 6.55 412.45
2023-Q2 13,320.96 12,949.74 7.02 364.19

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€ Value
PN Volume

Point(s) to note:
(i) All numbers are in millions
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5b. Cheques (sent) - Volume

Other EEA
Period Total (PN) Domestic (PN) Rest of world (PN)
countries (PN)

2022-Q1 4.25 4.18 0.00 0.07

2022-Q2 4.55 4.48 0.00 0.07
2022-Q3 4.26 4.19 0.00 0.07
2022-Q4 4.46 4.40 0.00 0.06
2023-Q1 3.98 3.91 0.00 0.06
2023-Q2 3.93 3.87 0.00 0.06

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€ Value
PN Volume

Point(s) to note:
(i) All numbers are in millions