2.4.3. Usage Statistics of the CBRT Payment Systems

The yearly total amount reached in the Banking Payment System (BPS) and Electronic Securities Transfer and Settlement (ESTS) System was 42.73 trillion Turkish liras, with a maximum daily amount of 302.60 billion Turkish liras obtained on 29 January 2014. The average daily amount of transactions was 170.23 billion Turkish liras in 2015 (Graph 28). The number of transactions handled in the system was 2.9 million in 2015. The average daily number of messages was 11,626 in 2015. The daily number of transactions hit a peak of 22,831 on 8 October 2014 (Graph 29).

The Retail Payment System (RPS) began operating on 7 December 2012. The total amount reached 9.99 trillion Turkish liras. The maximum daily amount was 74 billion on 30 June 2015. The average daily amount was 39.80 billion Turkish liras. The number of transactions handled in the system was 315.24 million and the average daily number of messages was 1,255,949. The daily number of transactions hit a peak of 3,141,654 on 16 November 2014.

The number of transactions handled in the Auction System was 126,834.

The number of participants in CBRT Payment Systems was 52 as of end-2015.