The volume and value of payments processed by interbank payment systems maintained by Latvijas Banka, i.e. the Electronic Clearing System (EKS) and TARGET2-Latvija, constitute Latvijas Banka’s interbank payment system statistics. Data are compiled at the beginning of each month.
The payment statistics of Latvia comprises data on the volume of payment instruments, value of payment instruments, volume of transactions at terminals, value of transactions at terminals, OTC cash transactions, book-entry transactions, the number of customer accounts, the number of cards, the number of terminals, their networks and virtual POSs for cards and e-money.
Latvijas Banka compiles credit institution payment statistics twice a year as of 1998. The above statistics and payment statistics of Latvijas Banka and Latvijas Pasts enable to assess the overall payment statistics of Latvia.
