The data used for the creation of our dashboards are publicly available and can be accessed through this link.
Overview
Aggregate daily transaction volume and number of transactions for the following transaction types
- Debit card payments at merchants in Switzerland by Domestic / Foreign cardholders.
- Credit card payments in Switzerland by Domestic / Foreign cardholders and by Point of Sale / E-commerce merchants.
- Mobile payments at merchants in Switzerland.
- Cash withdrawals by domestic debit cardholders.
- Cash deposits by domestic debit cardholders.
Data Providers: Worldline & SIX
Period / Frequency: Daily from 2019-01-01
Access data here: https://monitoringconsumption.com/overview_data
Acquiring Data by Merchant type and Location
Payment transactions of debit cards, credit cards and mobile payments at merchants in Switzerland
- Payment transactions by merchant category (Retail, Services) and transaction channel (Point of Sale /Ecommerce)
- Payment transactions by merchant category (Retail, Services) and payment method (Debit, Credit, Mobile)
- Payment transactions by merchant category (Retail, Services) and location (Agglomeration or Region)
- Payment transactions by Canton
- Payment transactions by Origin of the cardholder.
Data Provider: Worldline
Period / Frequency: Daily from 2019-01-01
Access Data here: https://monitoringconsumption.com/acquiring_data
Debit Card Issuing Data by Merchant Type and Location
Point of Sale payments and ATM transactions by cards issued to domestic card holders
- Payment transactions by merchant category (Retail, Services) and merchant location (Agglomeration or Region/Country)
- Payment transactions by Canton / Country
- ATM transactions in Switzerland (withdrawals and deposits) by location (Agglomeration or Canton)
Data Provider: SIX
Period / Frequency: Daily from 2019-01-01
Access Data here: https://monitoringconsumption.com/issuing_data
Location and Merchant Category Mapping
The data presented on our dashboards and available for download provides breakdowns by merchant category and merchant location for point of sale (PoS) card payments. For ATM transactions the data also provides a breakdown of ATM location.
We classify Merchant Categories according to the standard NOGA industry code classification. To preserve anonymity of the data we hereby cluster NOGA codes to summary categories.
The data underlying our published data includes an identifier for the municipality (PLZ) in which a merchant / ATM is located. To preserve anonymity of the data we the location of Merchants / ATM’s by two separate methods:
- First, we classify merchants by Canton / Grossregion which corresponds to the standard international NUTS 2/3 regional classification.
- Second, we classify merchant location by agglomeration type according to SFSO.
Our mapping file of NOGA codes to the presented summary merchant categories as well as our mapping file of PLZ to Grossregion / Canton and Agglomeration type are available here:
Access Mapping Files (xls) here: Mapping Files
Inflation adjustment
Using the two data sets listed below, users can perform inflation adjustments to the data provided by Monitoring Consumption Switzerland.
The mapping file of Merchant Category Codes (MCC) to COICOP Codes is available here:
Source: Buda, G. & Carvalho, V. M. & Hansen, S. & Mora, J. V. R. & Ortiz, Ã . & Rodrigo, T., 2022. “National Accounts in a World of Naturally Occurring Data: A Proof of Concept for Consumption,” Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 2244, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
Inflation data from BFS is available here: