The Bank of Japan published its Payment and Settlement Statistics for November 2025, updating official indicators used to monitor payment and settlement activity in Japan. The release compiles data for BOJ-NET (funds transfers and Japanese government bond settlement), major private clearing systems including the Zengin System and the Foreign Exchange Yen Clearing System, and selected retail payment instruments such as electronic money and debit cards. Settlement via BOJ current accounts averaged 97,797 instructions per day (up 9.9% year on year) and JPY 233.8 trillion (up 6.0%), with delivery-versus-payment (DVP) for Japanese government bond (JGB) transactions (JPY 94.9 trillion) and call market transactions (JPY 87.2 trillion) accounting for the largest shares. BOJ-NET JGB services averaged 38,040 book-entry transfers per day (up 9.0%) for JPY 150.5 trillion face value (up 6.0%). Zengin System activity averaged 9.27 million transactions per day (up 12.4%) worth JPY 18.0 trillion (up 21.4%), including 13,177 large-value payments of at least JPY 100 million (up 15.7%) worth JPY 13.3 trillion (up 23.4%). The Foreign Exchange Yen Clearing System averaged 38,129 payments per day (up 12.2%) worth JPY 27.2 trillion (up 16.4%), and BOJ-NET had 491 participants for funds transfers via BOJ current accounts at month-end.
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Bank of Japan publishes November 2025 payment and settlement statistics
The Bank of Japan released its Payment and Settlement Statistics for November 2025, highlighting a 9.9% increase in daily settlement instructions via BOJ current accounts and a 6.0% rise in transaction value to JPY 233.8 trillion. Key systems such as the Zengin System and the Foreign Exchange Yen Clearing System also saw significant growth in transaction volumes and values.