Deutsche Bundesbank — payment transactions (BBZVS01)

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Official time series dataset from the Deutsche Bundesbank covering payment transactions, published under the BBZVS01 dataflow through the SDMX 2.1 REST interface. A single endpoint provides data in multiple formats, including XML (SDMX-ML), CSV, and JSON, selectable via a format parameter. Users can extract specific series using a key path together with startPeriod, endPeriod, or lastNObservations filters, allowing precise retrieval of national payment transaction statistics for economic analysis, research, or monitoring of payment system trends in Germany.payment transactions (BBZVS01) — official time series from the Deutsche Bundesbank, published as the BBZVS01 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 (20 fields)

Filterable via the API (9)

BBK_STD_FREQBBK_BSPAY_REF_SECBBK_BSPAY_COUNTERPART_AREABBK_BSPAY_TYP_TRNSCTNBBK_BSPAY_RL_TRNSCTNBBK_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_TYP_TRNSCTN	dimension	6 codes (e.g. MREM, ND1, ND2)
BBK_BSPAY_RL_TRNSCTN	dimension	3 codes (e.g. 1, _Z, 2)
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: 56796.01723387 · TIME_PERIOD: 2022-S1

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "56796.01723387",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2022-S1",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "H",
  "BBK_BSPAY_UNIT": "EUR",
  "BBK_BSPAY_FRD_TYP": "_Z",
  "BBK_BSPAY_REF_SEC": "ZVIN",
  "BBK_BSPAY_RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TYP_TRNSCTN": "MREM",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "BBK_BSPAY_COUNTERPART_AREA": "DE"
}

Record 2OBS_VALUE: 62141.73907443 · TIME_PERIOD: 2022-S2

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "62141.73907443",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2022-S2",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "H",
  "BBK_BSPAY_UNIT": "EUR",
  "BBK_BSPAY_FRD_TYP": "_Z",
  "BBK_BSPAY_REF_SEC": "ZVIN",
  "BBK_BSPAY_RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TYP_TRNSCTN": "MREM",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "BBK_BSPAY_COUNTERPART_AREA": "DE"
}

Record 3OBS_VALUE: 65395.47877830 · TIME_PERIOD: 2023-S1

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "65395.47877830",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2023-S1",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "H",
  "BBK_BSPAY_UNIT": "EUR",
  "BBK_BSPAY_FRD_TYP": "_Z",
  "BBK_BSPAY_REF_SEC": "ZVIN",
  "BBK_BSPAY_RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TYP_TRNSCTN": "MREM",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "BBK_BSPAY_COUNTERPART_AREA": "DE"
}

Record 4OBS_VALUE: 61224.03366416 · TIME_PERIOD: 2023-S2

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "61224.03366416",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2023-S2",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "H",
  "BBK_BSPAY_UNIT": "EUR",
  "BBK_BSPAY_FRD_TYP": "_Z",
  "BBK_BSPAY_REF_SEC": "ZVIN",
  "BBK_BSPAY_RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TYP_TRNSCTN": "MREM",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "BBK_BSPAY_COUNTERPART_AREA": "DE"
}

Record 5OBS_VALUE: 59616.34406899 · TIME_PERIOD: 2024-S1

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "59616.34406899",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2024-S1",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "H",
  "BBK_BSPAY_UNIT": "EUR",
  "BBK_BSPAY_FRD_TYP": "_Z",
  "BBK_BSPAY_REF_SEC": "ZVIN",
  "BBK_BSPAY_RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "BBK_BSPAY_TYP_TRNSCTN": "MREM",
  "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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