Annual Report on Payment Systems 2011
Part one
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As a share of M1
As a share of
household consumption
As a share of mainland GDP
Chart 1.1 Value of cash in circulation as a share of means of payment (M1), household consumption and mainland GDP. Percent. 2001 – 2011
Sources: Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
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Sweden Norway Denmark Iceland Canada Switzerland Japan Euro area Singapore Hong Kong US
Sources: Norges Bank, ECB, BIS/CPSS and Central Bank of Iceland
Chart 1.2 Cash as a share of means of payment (M1) in selected countries.
Percent. 2010
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POS terminals (left-hand scale)
ATMs (right-hand scale) Chart 1.3 Number of point-of-sale (POS) terminals and ATMs.
Per thousand inhabitants. 2001 – 2011
Source: Norges Bank
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As a share of household consumption
As a share of mainland GDP
Chart 1.4 Value of goods purchases using payment cards. As a share of household consumption and mainland GDP. Percent. 2001 – 2011
Source: Norges Bank
Chart 1.5 Number of card transactions per inhabitant. Payments and cash withdrawals.
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Sources: Norges Bank, ECB, BIS/CPSS and Central Bank of Iceland
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Poland Germany Singapore Switzerland Ireland Belgium Netherlands UK Finland Denmark Sweden Canada US Norway Norway Iceland
2011
1) For Norway, numbers for 2011 are also included
Chart 1.6 Use of payment cards. In billions of NOK.
2001 – 2011
Source: Norges Bank
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Domestic credit cards International payment cards
BankAxept cards
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Online banking
Postal giro
Direct debit (AvtaleGiro)
Telegiro
Chart 1.7 Credit and direct debit transfers (retail customers). Millions of transactions.
2001 – 2011
Source: Norges Bank
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Other Standing orders
Cards Giros (electronic)
Giros (paper) Cheques
Chart 1.8 Banks’ income from payment services.
In billions of NOK. 2006 – 2011
Source: Norges Bank
Source: Kripos (National Criminal Investigation Service)
Chart 1.9 Number of seized counterfeit notes.
2001 – 2011
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Part two
Chart 2.1 Daily average turnover in NICS.
In billions of NOK. 2001 – 2011
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NICS Net (earlier NICS retail clearing)
NICS SWIFT netting (phased out in June 2010) NICS Gross
Source: NICS Operations Office
Chart 2.2 Disruptions in NICS operations. Number of errors and error points.
2001 – 2011
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Number of error points
Number of errors
Source: NICS Operations Office
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NICS SWIFT
(phased out June 2010)
VPS and Oslo Clearing
NICS Net
Gross outside NICS
NICS Gross Chart 2.3 Average daily turnover in NBO by settlement.
In billions of NOK. 2001 – 2011
Source: Norges Bank
Chart 2.4 Banks’ total deposits and unutilised borrowing facilities at Norges Bank (end of day). In billions of NOK. 2011
Source: Norges Bank
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Unutilised borrowing facilities
Total deposits
Chart 2.5 Banks’ total deposits at Norges Bank. Composition before and after the new liquidity management (quota-based) system 3 October. In billions of NOK. 2011
Source: Norges Bank
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Deposits (reserve rate)
Deposits (key rate) F-deposits
3 October
Source: Norges Bank
Chart 2.6 Equities – trade and settlement in NOK at different marketplaces1
1) The chart has been simplified for reasons of clarity
Oslo Børs
Oslo Clearing
Investment firms
Marketplace 3 Marketplace 2
CCP 3
Bank
Securities settlement system (VPO):
VPS / Norges Bank
(SOR)
CCP 2
Bank
Chart 2.7 Number of transactions and value of turnover on Oslo Børs 1). Daily average. 2006 – 2011
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Number of transactions (in thousands) Value of turnover (in billions of NOK)
Source: Oslo Børs 1) Equities
Chart 2.8 Securities trading with central counterparty
Source: Norges Bank
Without central counterparty
Buyer
With central counterparty
Money Security
CCP
Money Money
Security Security
With several central counterparties
Money Money Money
Security
Seller
Buyer Seller
Buyer CCP 1 CCP 2 Seller
Security Security
Chart 2.9 Value of daily NOK settlements in CLS, and pay-ins and payouts in NOK.
Monthly average. In billions of NOK. 2006 – 2011
Sources: CLS and Norges Bank
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Settled (left-hand scale)
Pay-ins and payouts (right-hand scale)
Boxes
Source: Norges Bank
Chart 1 Interbank systems in Norway1
1) The chart has been simplified for reasons of clarity. CCP = Central counterparty
Settlement in Norges Bank (NBO)
NICS
Direct participants:
Banks / Private settlement banks VPS
CLS
CCP (Oslo Clearing)
Indirect participants:
Banks
Clearing
Chart 1 Value of payments directly affected by an operational problem1). In billions of NOK
Source: Norges Bank
1) Operational problem that lasts for 1 hour, 5 hours and all day. The 21 banks are sorted by value of payments not submitted.
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1 . . . 21 1 . . . 21 1 . . . 21
1 hour 5 hours All day
Maximum value Average value
Chart 2 Relative liquidity sink. Operational problem that lasts for 1 hour, 5 hours and all day1)
Source: Norges Bank
1) The 21 banks are sorted by liquidity sink relative to total liquidity at beginning of day.
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1 . . . 21 1 . . . 21 1 . . . 21
1 hour 5 hours All day
Maximum liquidity sink Average liquidity sink
Source: Norges Bank
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Expected delay (minutes)
Total liquidity (in billions of NOK)
1) The chart shows a significant reduction in expected delay as the liquidity in the system increases. Total liquidity below NOK 200 billion typically results in a delay of more than three minutes, while total liquidity above NOK 300 billion results in a delay of less than one minute.
Chart 3 Expected contagion (delay) for different levels of liquidity 1). Average value of transactions. In minutes
Source: Norges Bank
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Chart 4 Maximum expected contagion (delay) for other banks by time and duration of the operational problem. In minutes