Facts and figures
Currency | euro |
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Launch | 2007 |
Settlement model | Real-time gross settlement (RTGS) in central bank money |
No of participants | 998 Direct participants 538 Indirect participants 4,272 Correspondents worldwide |
No of ancillary systems | 78 ancillary systems |
Daily averages | 373,468 payments €1,877 billion |
Average transaction value | €5 million |
Payment values | < €50,000 (70% of all TARGET2 payments) > €1 million (9% of all TARGET2 payments) |
Share of total large-value payment system traffic in Euro | 91% in terms of value 68% in terms of volume |
Payments processed in less than five minutes | 99.99% < 1 minute (99.98% of all enquiries) 1-3 minutes (0.02%) |
Availability
2021 | Availability of TARGET2 |
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January | 100.00% |
February | 100.00% |
March | 100.00% |
April | 100.00% |
May | 100.00% |
June | 100.00% |
July | 100.00% |
August | 100.00% |
September | 100.00% |
October | - |
November | - |
December | - |
2021 average | 100.00% |
For TARGET2 the availability figures are measured only during the day trade phase from Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 6.45 p.m. (7 p.m. on the last day of the minimum reserve period) on TARGET2 days, including all the extensions required to complete the operational day.
The availability measurement does not include systems or networks not directly managed by TARGET2 (in particular the availability of the SWIFT Connectivity Services).
Transit time in PM
2021 | <5 min | >5 min but <15 min | >15 min |
---|---|---|---|
January | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
February | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
March | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
April | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
May | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
June | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
July | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
August | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
September | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
October | - | - | - |
November | - | - | - |
December | - | - | - |
2021 average | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
The transit time indicators for transactions in the Payments Module are measured within the TARGET2/SSP perimeters. The following payments are excluded from the measurement of the performance:
- payments not settled in the “entry disposition”;
- warehoused payments;
- payments stemming from Ancillary System Interface settlement procedures.
In order to neutralise the effect of the morning queue, which is considered a normal phenomenon, the first hour of operations is excluded when the TARGET2 processing times are calculated.
Additional information
On 29 June, due to a problem related to the functioning of T2S, the closing of TARGET2 was delayed by 30 minutes.
TARGET2 statistics
TARGET2 Turnover
(left-hand scale: EUR billions; right hand scale: percentage)

TARGET2 traffic
(left-hand scale: number of transactions in millions: right -hand scale: percentage)

Distribution of TARGET2 transactions across value bands in 2021
(in percentages)
