Payment turnover in January was EUR 865,17 million, half as much as in December

The value of realized payment transactions for 20 working days in January amounted to EUR 865,17 million, which is half as much as in December, according to data from the Central Bank (CBCG).

Of that, 94,02 percent was realized in the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system, and the rest in the Deferred Net Settlement (DNS) system.

In the RTGS system, individual payment transactions between participants are performed on a gross basis in real time, and in the DNS system, interbank payment transactions are carried out on a net basis in delayed time.

"In January, in 20 working days, 694,03 thousand orders were executed, of which 32,74 percent in the RTGS system, and the rest in the DNS system," according to the CBCG report.

The average daily volume of realized payment transactions in the RTGS and DNS system, expressed through the number of orders, amounted to 34,7 thousand orders, while the average daily value of payment transactions amounted to 43,26 million euros.

In January, for 10,2 thousand minutes of production, there were no downtimes in the system, so its availability was 100 percent.