Deutsche Bundesbank — card payments (BBZVS05)

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card payments (BBZVS05) — official time series from the Deutsche Bundesbank, published as the BBZVS05 dataflow over SDMX 2.1 REST. One endpoint serves XML (SDMX-ML), CSV (?format=csv) and JSON (?format=json); extract exactly the series you need with a key path and startPeriod / endPeriod / lastNObservations filters.

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Data schema (26 fields)

Filterable via the API (15)

BBK_STD_FREQBBK_BSPAY_REF_SECBBK_BSPAY_COUNTERPART_AREABBK_BSPAY_POS_LOCATIONBBK_BSPAY_TYP_TRNSCTNBBK_BSPAY_RL_TRNSCTNBBK_BSPAY_INTTN_CHNNLBBK_BSPAY_RMT_INTTNBBK_BSPAY_PYMNT_SCHMBBK_BSPAY_CRD_FNCTNBBK_BSPAY_SCABBK_BSPAY_FRD_TYPBBK_BSPAY_TRANSFORMATIONBBK_BSPAY_UNITTIME_PERIOD

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Field	Type	Description
BBK_STD_FREQ	dimension	1 codes (e.g. H)
BBK_BSPAY_REF_SEC	dimension	1 codes (e.g. ZVIN)
BBK_BSPAY_COUNTERPART_AREA	dimension	3 codes (e.g. DE, W0, W1)
BBK_BSPAY_POS_LOCATION	dimension	3 codes (e.g. DE, W0, W1)
BBK_BSPAY_TYP_TRNSCTN	dimension	3 codes (e.g. CW1, CP0, CP1)
BBK_BSPAY_RL_TRNSCTN	dimension	1 codes (e.g. 1)
BBK_BSPAY_INTTN_CHNNL	dimension	3 codes (e.g. _T, 2000, 2223)
BBK_BSPAY_RMT_INTTN	dimension	3 codes (e.g. _T, NR, R)
BBK_BSPAY_PYMNT_SCHM	dimension	1 codes (e.g. PCS_ALL)
BBK_BSPAY_CRD_FNCTN	dimension	4 codes (e.g. _Z, 11, 12)
BBK_BSPAY_SCA	dimension	1 codes (e.g. _X)
BBK_BSPAY_FRD_TYP	dimension	1 codes (e.g. _Z)
BBK_BSPAY_TRANSFORMATION	dimension	1 codes (e.g. N)
BBK_BSPAY_UNIT	dimension	2 codes (e.g. EUR, PN)
TIME_PERIOD	time	Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params.
OBS_VALUEObservation value	number	The observed numeric value for each cell.
TIME_FORMAT	attribute	—
BBK_DECIMALS	attribute	—
BBK_ID	attribute	—
BBK_UNIT_ENG	attribute	—
BBK_UNIT_MULT	attribute	—
BBK_TITLE_ENG	attribute	—
BBK_COMM_SRC_ENG	attribute	—
WEB_CATEGORY	attribute	—
BBK_DIFF	attribute	—
BBK_DIFF_Y	attribute	—

Schema captured from sdmx 1 month ago.

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1OBS_VALUE: 166882.68136167 · TIME_PERIOD: 2022-S1

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "166882.68136167",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2022-S1",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "H",
  "BBK_BSPAY_SCA": "_X",
  "BBK_BSPAY_UNIT": "EUR",
  "BBK_BSPAY_FRD_TYP": "_Z",
  "BBK_BSPAY_REF_SEC": "ZVIN",
  "BBK_BSPAY_CRD_FNCTN": "_Z",
  "BBK_BSPAY_RMT_INTTN": "_T",
  "BBK_BSPAY_PYMNT_SCHM": "PCS_ALL",
  "BBK_BSPAY_RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "BBK_BSPAY_INTTN_CHNNL": "_T",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TYP_TRNSCTN": "CW1",
  "BBK_BSPAY_POS_LOCATION": "DE",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "BBK_BSPAY_COUNTERPART_AREA": "DE"
}

Record 2OBS_VALUE: 185346.00099557 · TIME_PERIOD: 2022-S2

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "185346.00099557",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2022-S2",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "H",
  "BBK_BSPAY_SCA": "_X",
  "BBK_BSPAY_UNIT": "EUR",
  "BBK_BSPAY_FRD_TYP": "_Z",
  "BBK_BSPAY_REF_SEC": "ZVIN",
  "BBK_BSPAY_CRD_FNCTN": "_Z",
  "BBK_BSPAY_RMT_INTTN": "_T",
  "BBK_BSPAY_PYMNT_SCHM": "PCS_ALL",
  "BBK_BSPAY_RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "BBK_BSPAY_INTTN_CHNNL": "_T",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TYP_TRNSCTN": "CW1",
  "BBK_BSPAY_POS_LOCATION": "DE",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "BBK_BSPAY_COUNTERPART_AREA": "DE"
}

Record 3OBS_VALUE: 181008.87950753 · TIME_PERIOD: 2023-S1

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "181008.87950753",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2023-S1",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "H",
  "BBK_BSPAY_SCA": "_X",
  "BBK_BSPAY_UNIT": "EUR",
  "BBK_BSPAY_FRD_TYP": "_Z",
  "BBK_BSPAY_REF_SEC": "ZVIN",
  "BBK_BSPAY_CRD_FNCTN": "_Z",
  "BBK_BSPAY_RMT_INTTN": "_T",
  "BBK_BSPAY_PYMNT_SCHM": "PCS_ALL",
  "BBK_BSPAY_RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "BBK_BSPAY_INTTN_CHNNL": "_T",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TYP_TRNSCTN": "CW1",
  "BBK_BSPAY_POS_LOCATION": "DE",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "BBK_BSPAY_COUNTERPART_AREA": "DE"
}

Record 4OBS_VALUE: 181536.55142828 · TIME_PERIOD: 2023-S2

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "181536.55142828",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2023-S2",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "H",
  "BBK_BSPAY_SCA": "_X",
  "BBK_BSPAY_UNIT": "EUR",
  "BBK_BSPAY_FRD_TYP": "_Z",
  "BBK_BSPAY_REF_SEC": "ZVIN",
  "BBK_BSPAY_CRD_FNCTN": "_Z",
  "BBK_BSPAY_RMT_INTTN": "_T",
  "BBK_BSPAY_PYMNT_SCHM": "PCS_ALL",
  "BBK_BSPAY_RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "BBK_BSPAY_INTTN_CHNNL": "_T",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TYP_TRNSCTN": "CW1",
  "BBK_BSPAY_POS_LOCATION": "DE",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "BBK_BSPAY_COUNTERPART_AREA": "DE"
}

Record 5OBS_VALUE: 169816.94869075 · TIME_PERIOD: 2024-S1

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "169816.94869075",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2024-S1",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "H",
  "BBK_BSPAY_SCA": "_X",
  "BBK_BSPAY_UNIT": "EUR",
  "BBK_BSPAY_FRD_TYP": "_Z",
  "BBK_BSPAY_REF_SEC": "ZVIN",
  "BBK_BSPAY_CRD_FNCTN": "_Z",
  "BBK_BSPAY_RMT_INTTN": "_T",
  "BBK_BSPAY_PYMNT_SCHM": "PCS_ALL",
  "BBK_BSPAY_RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "BBK_BSPAY_INTTN_CHNNL": "_T",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TYP_TRNSCTN": "CW1",
  "BBK_BSPAY_POS_LOCATION": "DE",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "BBK_BSPAY_COUNTERPART_AREA": "DE"
}

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curl -s 'https://api.statistiken.bundesbank.de/rest/metadata/dataflow/BBK' -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structure+xml;version=2.1'

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