Payment Systems Department

Director: Adam Tochmanski The Payment Systems Department performs tasks related to the operation and development of the Polish payment system, […]

Director: Adam Tochmanski

The Payment Systems Department performs tasks related to the operation and development of the Polish payment system, oversight of the systems operated within the payment system and operating the accounts of banks and performing inter-bank settlements.

Moreover, the tasks of the Payment Systems Department include:

  • performance of tasks related to assigning numbers to banks and their organisational units as well as assigning identifiers to non-bank payment service providers that operate payment accounts and participate in payment systems,
  • cooperation on issues relating to the Polish payment system with other banks, operators of systems forming the payment system and foreign entities,
  • performing tasks related to the Central Bank Digital Currency,
  • carrying out analytical and research work on payment and financial innovations that emerge and are implemented in Poland and in the world.