European Central Bank — Losses due to fraud by liability bearer (PLB)
Losses due to fraud by liability bearer (PLB) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the PLB dataflow over SDMX 2.1 REST. One endpoint serves XML (SDMX-ML), CSV (?format=csvdata) and JSON (?format=jsondata); extract exactly the series you need with a key path and startPeriod / endPeriod / lastNObservations filters. Browse and chart the same series on the ECB Data Portal.
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Data schema (29 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | Frequency of the time series, e.g. half-yearly.1 codes (e.g. Half-yearly) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | Reference country or area to which the data relates.27 codes (e.g. Austria, EU (Member States and Institutions of the European Union) changing composition, Belgium) |
| COUNT_AREACounterpart area | dimension | Counterpart area involved in the transaction, e.g. worldwide.1 codes (e.g. World (all entities, including reference area, including IO)) |
| TYP_TRNSCTNPayment transaction type | dimension | Type of payment transaction, e.g. card payment or credit transfer.5 codes (e.g. Card payments, Credit transfers, Cash withdrawals using cards) |
| RL_TRNSCTNRole in transaction | dimension | Role of the payment service provider in the transaction.2 codes (e.g. Payer's payment service provider (PSP), Payee's payment service provider (PSP)) |
| LBLTY_BRRLiability bearer | dimension | Party bearing liability for the fraud loss.3 codes (e.g. Reporting payment service provider (PSP), Payment service user (PSU) of the reporting payment service provider (PSP), Other party) |
| FRD_TYPFraud type | dimension | Type of fraud recorded, e.g. fraud.1 codes (e.g. Fraud) |
| TRANSFORMATION | dimension | Indicates whether the data has been transformed, e.g. non-transformed.1 codes (e.g. Non transformed data) |
| UNIT_MEASUREUnit of measure | dimension | Unit in which the observation value is measured, e.g. euro.1 codes (e.g. Euro) |
| TIME_PERIODTime period or range | time | Time period the observation refers to.Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params. |
| OBS_VALUEObservation value | number | Numeric value of the observation for the given series and period.The observed numeric value for each cell. |
| TIME_FORMATTime format code | attribute | Code indicating the format of the time period.Code indicating the format of the time period. |
| BREAKS | attribute | Indicates breaks in the time series.Indicates breaks in the time series. |
| COMMENT_TSSeries comment including brief description of the underlying statistic | attribute | Comment describing the underlying statistic for the series.Comment describing the underlying statistic for the series. |
| COMPILING_ORGCompiling organisation | attribute | Organisation responsible for compiling the data.Organisation responsible for compiling the data. |
| DISS_ORGData dissemination organisation | attribute | Organisation responsible for disseminating the data.Organisation responsible for disseminating the data. |
| TIME_PER_COLLECTTime period collection | attribute | Time period over which the data was collected.Time period over which the data was collected. |
| COVERAGE | attribute | Description of the scope or coverage of the data.Description of the scope or coverage of the data. |
| DATA_COMPUnderlying compilation | attribute | Information on how the underlying data was compiled.Information on how the underlying data was compiled. |
| DECIMALS | attribute | Number of decimal places used in the observation value.Number of decimal places used in the observation value. |
| METHOD_REFMethodology reference | attribute | Reference to the methodology used for compiling the data.Reference to the methodology used for compiling the data. |
| TITLE | attribute | Title of the data series.Title of the data series. |
| TITLE_COMPLTitle complement | attribute | Additional descriptive title information for the series.Additional descriptive title information for the series. |
| UNIT | attribute | Unit of measurement for the observation value.Unit of measurement for the observation value. |
| UNIT_MULTUnit multiplier | attribute | Multiplier applied to the unit of measurement.Multiplier applied to the unit of measurement. |
| OBS_STATUSObservation status | attribute | Status code describing the nature of the observation, e.g. estimated.Status code describing the nature of the observation, e.g. estimated. |
| CONF_STATUSConfidentiality status | attribute | Confidentiality status of the observation.Confidentiality status of the observation. |
| PRE_BREAK_VALUE | attribute | Value of the series immediately before a break.Value of the series immediately before a break. |
| COMMENT_OBSComments to the observation value | attribute | Comment providing additional information about the observation value.Comment providing additional information about the observation value. |
Schema captured from sdmx 1 month ago.
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1FREQ: H · FRD_TYP: F
{
"FREQ": "H",
"FRD_TYP": "F",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"LBLTY_BRR": "1",
"OBS_VALUE": 2.47623069,
"COUNT_AREA": "W0",
"RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025-S2",
"TYP_TRNSCTN": "CP0",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N"
}Record 2FREQ: H · FRD_TYP: F
{
"FREQ": "H",
"FRD_TYP": "F",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"LBLTY_BRR": "2",
"OBS_VALUE": 4.47688978,
"COUNT_AREA": "W0",
"RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025-S2",
"TYP_TRNSCTN": "CP0",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N"
}Record 3FREQ: H · FRD_TYP: F
{
"FREQ": "H",
"FRD_TYP": "F",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"LBLTY_BRR": "3",
"OBS_VALUE": 3.95826791,
"COUNT_AREA": "W0",
"RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025-S2",
"TYP_TRNSCTN": "CP0",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N"
}Record 4FREQ: H · FRD_TYP: F
{
"FREQ": "H",
"FRD_TYP": "F",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"LBLTY_BRR": "1",
"OBS_VALUE": 0.14274531,
"COUNT_AREA": "W0",
"RL_TRNSCTN": "2",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025-S2",
"TYP_TRNSCTN": "CP0",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N"
}Record 5FREQ: H · FRD_TYP: F
{
"FREQ": "H",
"FRD_TYP": "F",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"LBLTY_BRR": "2",
"OBS_VALUE": 0.26210376,
"COUNT_AREA": "W0",
"RL_TRNSCTN": "2",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025-S2",
"TYP_TRNSCTN": "CP0",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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