Published: 04.04.2015 Updated: 17.07.2024

The Electronic Clearing System is the payment system of Latvijas Banka, which ensures the processing of customer retail payments across the SEPA area.

The Electronic Clearing System provides 2 services:

  • clearing service that performs net settlement and provides several clearing cycles for settlement on the EKS on a business days in euro.
  • instant payments service that provides continuous payments by executing each bank customer payment within seconds, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year.

Upon starting to use the services of an EKS service, an EKS participant becomes the user of Proxy Registry "Instant Links".

Updated on 9 July, 2024

  BIC Type of participation Clearing service Instant payments service Direct participant
AS BluOr Bank CBBRLV22 T ۷ ۷  
Akciju sabiedrība "Citadele banka" PARXLV22 T ۷ ۷  
AS "Citadele banka" Estonian branch PARXEE22 A ۷ ۷ PARXLV22
AS "Citadele banka" Lithuanian branch INDULT2X A   ۷ PARXLV22
VAS "Latvijas Pasts" LPNSLV21 A ۷   PARXLV22
AS "Industra Bank" MULTLV2X T ۷    
AS INDEXO banka IDXOLV22 T ۷ ۷  
Latvijas Banka LACBLV2X T ۷ ۷  
AS Magnetiq Bank LAPBLV2X T ۷ ۷  
Transferra UN Limited TANFGB22 A ۷ ۷ LAPBLV2X
MULTIPASS PLATFORMS LIMITED DMPLGB22 A ۷ ۷  LAPBLV2X
PAYMENTZ LTD PAYZGB22 A ۷   LAPBLV2X
Luminor Bank AS RIKOLV2X
RIKOEE22
AGBLLT2X
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AS "Reģionālā investīciju banka" RIBRLV22 T ۷ ۷  
AS "Rietumu Banka" RTMBLV2X T ۷  ۷  
DECTA LIMITED DCTTGB22 A ۷   RTMBLV2X
EPAYMENTS SYSTEMS LIMITED EPMTGB2L A ۷   RTMBLV2X
DZING FINANCE LTD DZNNGB22 A ۷   RTMBLV2X
GEMBA FINANCE LTD GEEIGB22 A ۷   RTMBLV2X
EMERALD FINANCIAL GROUP (UK) LTD EMFGGB22 A ۷   RTMBLV2X
XPATE LTD XPTTGB22 A ۷   RTMBLV2X
NOVATUM TECH LIMITED NOEHGB22 A ۷   RTMBLV2X
WISE WOLVES PAYMENT INSTITUTION LIMITED WWPICY2L A ۷   RTMBLV2X
RECARY LTD REAYGB22 A ۷   RTMBLV2X
MULTIPASS PLATFORMS LIMITED DYPYGB21 A ۷ ۷  RTMBLV2X
Signet Bank AS LLBBLV2X T ۷ ۷  
Valsts kase TRELLV22 T ۷  ۷  
T - direct participant
A - adressable BIC holder
All institutions accepts credit transfer and instant payment orders with Latvian diacritical marks.
* The link established by the instant payment service to TIPS (TARGET Instant Payment Settlement) ensures the reachability of the EKS participants using the services of the instant payment service, their indirect participants and addressable BIC holders throughout the SEPA area.

Participation and processing of payment orders are governed by the System Rules and Functional Specifications and other documents available in Information for EKS participants 

EKS participants and other eligible parties can become users of Proxy Registry “Instant Links” for customer account numbers and mobile phone number links. Usage of the registry and inforamtion exchange is goverened by the documents avaoilable in Information for users of the Proxy Registry "Instant Links" 

To join the EKS, an applicant participant shall act as follows:

  • conclude an agreement on the participation in the EKS with Latvijas Banka;
  • conclude an agreement "On Digital Signing" with Latvijas Banka (except where such an agreement has already been concluded);

For testing environment

  • submit static data collection form of the EKS and provides a list of contact persons for the relevant tests;
  • in TARGET UTEST environment opens and configures RTGS and TIPS DCA’s;
  • perform preliminary technical activities in line with Latvijas Banka’s instructions;
  • perform tests in line with Latvijas Banka’s instructions;

          For production environment

  • provide capacity opinion (except where such an opinion has already been provided)
  • adhere to the European Payments Council SEPA Credit Transfer Scheme and SEPA Instant Sredit Transfer Scheme;
  • in TARGET production environment opens and configures RTGS and TIPS DCA’s;
  • submit static data collection form of the EKS and provides a list of contact persons for the productionl
  • receive Latvijas Banka’s letter with indication of the participation starting date.

Consultations

For more detailed information, please, contact the Payment Systems Department of the Bank of Latvia.

E-mail address: maks.sist@bank.lv