Executive Overview
Market-level snapshot of the Kosovo banking system. All KPIs use corrected source mapping with proxy disclosures where applicable.
Total outstanding loans
Total EUR deposits
Loan-to-Deposit ratio
Remittance inflows
Loans
Total outstanding loans, customer segmentation, maturity structure, corporate sector breakdown, and new lending flows.
Loans by customer segment
Customer composition
New lending by product (flow only)
New loans: Households vs Corporates
For full loan maturity breakdown by segment and bucket, see the Maturity tab.
Corporate lending by economic sector
The sector breakdown covers corporate/business lending only (~€3.8B). Total market loans including households are ~€6.6B. “Overdrafts & Credit Cards” is an outstanding stock balance, not a new-lending flow, and is excluded from the product flow chart.
Deposits
EUR deposit base by segment, deposit type composition (stock vs flow separated), and maturity analysis where available.
Deposits by segment
Deposit share: Households vs Corporates
Deposit stocks: Transferable & Savings
New time deposit origination (flow)
Transferable and savings deposits are stock measures (end-of-period balances). Time deposits in this source are flow-based (new originations per month). They are shown separately to avoid analytical misinterpretation. The type breakdown covers HH and Corporate segments only (~€5.0B of ~€7.6B total F08 deposits).
Term deposit maturity by original maturity is available in the Maturity tab. F08 provides 6 buckets (up to 1 month through over 2 years) for HH and NFC time deposits. Maturity applies only to time deposits — transferable and savings deposits have no fixed term.
Interest Rates
Effective rates on new lending and new time deposits, repricing gap, and WACF (Weighted Average Cost of Funds).
Neither pricing gap shown here equals Net Interest Margin (NIM). Both exclude legacy book rates, non-interest income, and provisioning. The narrow gap compares only new-business rates (new loans vs new time deposits). WACF (Weighted Average Cost of Funds) weights all three deposit categories using outstanding stock balances: CA from F11a (stock, at 0% non-remunerated), SA from F11a (stock, at 0.05% proxy — CBK does not publish SA rate), TDA from F08 deposit maturity (stock, at published CBK new-business time deposit rate). The WACF gap = lending rate minus WACF.
Lending rates by product
Deposit rates by customer
Pricing gap trend
Household vs Corporate lending rates
EUR/USD & effective exchange rates
Accounts & Digital Adoption
Client account stock, composition, and e-banking penetration. Source: CBK Payments Monthly Report.
Total accounts trend
Account mix
E-banking adoption
Net monthly change in accounts
Account figures are end-of-period stock, not gross openings. Net changes reflect new openings minus closures. E-banking penetration = e-banking accounts / current accounts. Individual + business may not sum to total due to other categories. Source: CBK Payments Workbook — Table 1 (Client Accounts).
Cards & Card Usage
Card issuance stock, scheme and function mix, contactless adoption, and issued-card spending proxies.
Total cards trend
Scheme mix
Function mix
Contactless adoption
Spend per issued payment card (proxy)
Average card ticket
Spending metrics use issued card stock as denominator, not active cards. Active card counts are not published by CBK. These are stock-based utilisation proxies and understate true per-active-card spending. Card counts are issued and valid at end of period. Source: CBK Payments Workbook — Table 2 (Cards) & Table 4 (Payments).
Payments
Payment flows by instrument, channel mix, digital adoption trends, and cross-border card activity.
Payment mix by count
Payment mix by value
Paper vs electronic credit transfers
Physical vs remote card payments
Digital channels trend
International card payments
Payment data covers customer-initiated transactions only. Credit transfers dominate by value (~90%) while card payments dominate by count (~70%). E-commerce refers to payments at Kosovo-based online merchants. Digital wallet and e-money are separate categories. Source: CBK Payments Workbook — Table 4 (Payments by Instrument).
Acceptance Network
ATM and POS infrastructure, contactless penetration, merchant acceptance, and terminal transaction activity.
ATM network
POS network
Contactless POS trend
Merchant acceptance
Terminal transaction volume
Terminal transaction value
ATM Recycling Rate
Digital vs Physical card payments
Average ticket by channel
Cash substitution trend
Terminal counts are end-of-period stock. ATM deposit capability has grown significantly. POS contactless share measures terminal readiness, not transaction share. Merchant counts represent unique businesses accepting card payments. ATM Recycling Rate = deposit value / withdrawal value; higher means more cash deposited relative to withdrawn. Source: CBK Payments Workbook — Tables 3, 4, 5.
Remittances
Diaspora remittance inflows by channel and origin country.
Total remittance inflows
Source country share
Channel composition
Channel dominance trend
Germany + Switzerland concentration
Remittance transaction counts are not available — only value (EUR) is reported. Country breakdown shows percentage shares (Total=100%), not absolute EUR amounts. Pre-2014 data is quarterly/annual only; monthly filter may return no results for those periods. MTO Share = agencies/transfer operators as % of total. Germany + Switzerland concentration measures diaspora corridor dominance.
Maturity Analysis
Asset and liability maturity structure: loan maturity by customer segment and maturity bucket, deposit maturity status, and maturity transformation assessment.
Loan maturity: all segments
Household loan maturity
Corporate loan maturity
Loan maturity trend: short-term vs long-term
Loan Maturity Detail
| Maturity Bucket | HH (EUR M) | NFC (EUR M) | Total (EUR M) | Share % |
|---|
Term deposit maturity: all segments
Household term deposit maturity
Corporate term deposit maturity
Term deposit maturity trend: short vs long
Term Deposit Maturity Detail
| Maturity Bucket | HH (EUR M) | NFC (EUR M) | Total (EUR M) | Share % |
|---|
Contractual Maturity Gap
Deposit maturity buckets (6 buckets from F08) are re-bucketed to match loan maturity (5 buckets from F10). First 4 deposit buckets (up to 1 month through 6–12 months) are combined into “Up to 1 Year”. Positive gap = more loans than deposits in that bucket (funding shortfall). This is contractual (original) maturity, not residual maturity, and does not constitute a full liquidity risk assessment.
Maturity bucketing applies only to time deposits (Depozita tjera). Transferable and savings deposits have no fixed maturity term. Values are end-of-period stocks in EUR millions from F08. NFC combines public and private non-financial corporations.
Profitability & Efficiency
Income statement analysis: net interest margin proxy, cost-to-income ratio (G&A expenses / operating income), fee income dependency, and net profit margin trends from CBK Table 14 (ODC Income Statement, cumulative YTD).
Income composition trend
Cost-to-Income ratio
Net Interest Margin proxy
Fee Income Dependency
Net Profit Margin
Expense breakdown trend
Income data from CBK Table 14 is cumulative (year-to-date). December values represent full-year totals. Ratios computed from cumulative figures. Cost-to-Income = general & administrative expenses (col 21) / operating income, where operating income = interest income (col 3) + non-interest income (col 8) + revaluation income (col 11) − interest expense (col 13) − non-interest expense (col 17). NIM proxy uses net interest income / total income (not average earning assets, which are unavailable).
Credit Risk & Provisioning
Loan loss provision trends, cost of risk, and provisioning intensity from CBK Table 14 (ODC Income Statement).
Loan loss provisions trend
Cost of Risk
Provisioning Intensity
Provisions from CBK Table 14, column 19 (cumulative year-to-date income statement). Cost of Risk = full-year cumulative provisions (December) divided by year-end loan stock from Table 02, column 24. Denominator is end-of-period stock, not average loan stock — this is a proxy. No annualization is applied because the numerator already spans 12 months. Provisioning Intensity = cumulative provisions as a share of cumulative net interest income; both are YTD from Table 14, so the ratio is internally consistent. Sector-level CoR (HH vs NFC) is not available — Table 14 reports provisions as a single aggregate. If a month filter is active, the fallback uses the latest available period, which may show a partial-year cumulative figure rather than full-year CoR.
Asset Composition
Balance sheet structure of Kosovo’s depository corporations: loan-to-asset ratio and asset mix from CBK Table 02 (DC Survey).
Asset composition trend
Loan-to-Asset ratio
Domestic credit vs foreign assets
Asset data from CBK Table 02 (DC Survey). Total identified assets = claims on non-residents + domestic credit claims + other claims. This is a monetary statistics presentation (not a full balance sheet), so the “Loan-to-Asset” ratio is a proxy, not a regulatory ratio.
Residual Maturity Analysis
Loan maturity distribution from CBK Table 10: residual maturity buckets across all sectors, household vs corporate breakdown, and short-term mismatch analysis.
Loan residual maturity: all sectors
Household residual maturity
Corporate residual maturity
Short-term (<1Y) vs Long-term (>5Y) trend
Residual vs Contractual Maturity Gap
Residual maturity from CBK Table 10 measures time remaining until repayment, unlike contractual (original) maturity from F10 which measures the original term. Residual maturity is more relevant for liquidity risk. Maturity buckets: Up to 1 year, 1–2 years, 2–5 years, 5–10 years, Over 10 years.
Methodology & Data Notes
Data sources, KPI definitions, caveats, and formatting conventions.
Data Coverage
| Module | Records | From | To | Frequency |
|---|
KPI Definitions
| KPI | Definition | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Total Outstanding Loans | Sum of all outstanding loans across customer segments (F10 Col 2). Includes all currencies. | Verified |
| Total EUR Deposits | Sum of all EUR deposit balances across segments (F08 Col 2). EUR only. | Verified |
| LTD Ratio | Total loans / Total EUR deposits × 100. Numerator includes ~€0.97M non-EUR loans (0.015%). | Market Proxy |
| Narrow Gap (Proxy) | All new loans rate (F13) minus time deposit rate (F13a). New-business rates only. Not NIM. | Proxy |
| WACF | Weighted Average Cost of Funds = (0%×CA_stock + 0.05%×SA_stock + TDA_rate×TDA_stock) / (CA+SA+TDA). CA and SA stock from F11a. TDA stock from F08 deposit maturity (sum of all buckets, HH+NFC). TDA rate from F13a. SA rate 0.05% is a proxy assumption — CBK does not publish system-wide SA pricing. | Proxy |
| WACF Gap | All new loans rate minus WACF. Uses stock-weighted funding cost. Not NIM. | Proxy |
| Remittances Total | Pre-computed Total row from source. Not summed from channels. | Verified |
| Retail Digital Share (Legacy) | (E-Banking + POS) / (E-Banking + POS + ATM) × 100. Excludes Interbank and ATM Deposits. Legacy F15 data. | Verified |
| Total Payment Volume (Legacy) | Sum of 7 non-overlapping indicators. Parent totals for ATM/POS Abroad; children excluded from sum. Legacy F15 data. | Verified |
| Avg EUR/Transaction (Legacy) | (amount in M / count in K) × 1000. Same period, same indicator. Legacy F15 data. | Verified |
| E-Banking Penetration | E-banking accounts / current accounts × 100. Source: Table 1 (Accounts). | Direct |
| Visa Share | Visa cards / total cards × 100. Source: Table 2 (Cards). | Direct |
| Contactless Share | Contactless cards / total cards × 100. Source: Table 2 (Cards). | Direct |
| Spend per Issued Payment Card | Card payment value / payment-function cards. Proxy — denominator is issued stock, not active cards. Source: Table 2 (Cards) & Table 4 (Payments). | Proxy |
| Average Card Ticket | Card payment value / card payment count. Same-period direct calculation. Source: Table 4 (Payments). | Direct |
| Card Share (count) | Card payments / total customer payments × 100. Source: Table 4 (Payments). | Direct |
| Card Share (value) | Card payment value / total payment value × 100. Source: Table 4 (Payments). | Direct |
| POS per 1,000 Payment Cards | Total POS terminals / payment-function cards × 1000. Source: Table 3 (Terminals) & Table 2 (Cards). | Direct |
| Deposit-Capable ATM Share | Deposit-capable ATMs / total ATMs × 100. Source: Table 3 (Terminals). | Direct |
| Contractual Maturity Gap | Loans minus aligned time deposits per maturity bucket. Deposit buckets re-bucketed: first 4 deposit buckets (≤1M, 1-3M, 3-6M, 6-12M) combined into “Up to 1 Year”. Source: F10 (loans) & F08 (deposits). | Direct |
| ATM Recycling Rate | ATM deposit value / ATM withdrawal value × 100. Higher = more cash deposited relative to withdrawn. Source: Table 5 (Terminal Transactions). | Direct |
| Card-to-ATM Ratio | Card payment count / ATM withdrawal count. Measures card substitution of cash. Source: Table 4 (Payments) & Table 5 (Terminal Tx). | Direct |
| MTO Share of Remittances | MTO (agencies) channel value / total remittance value × 100. Source: CBK Tables 31-32. | Direct |
| DE+CH Concentration | Germany share + Switzerland share of total remittance inflows. Country data is percentage shares. Source: CBK Table 32. | Direct |
Caveats & Limitations
- All data represents aggregate banking sector totals as published by CBK. No individual bank breakdowns.
- Deposits are EUR only (F08 is titled “Depozitat në Euro”).
- Loans include a negligible non-EUR component (~€0.97M, 0.015% of total).
- The narrow gap compares new-business rates only (new loans vs new time deposits). WACF weights TDA rate across CA+SA+TDA using outstanding stock balances: CA and SA from F11a (stock), TDA from F08 deposit maturity (stock). CA at 0% (non-remunerated), SA at 0.05% (proxy; CBK does not publish SA rate). Neither gap equals NIM.
- Legacy payment data (F15) provides transaction-level ATM/POS data. New payments workbook data covers accounts, card issuance, terminals, and payment flows from 2025-01 onwards.
- Deposit type breakdown from F11a: Transferable and Savings are stock; Time Deposits are flow (new originations). WACF uses F08 TDA stock (from maturity buckets) instead of F11a flow.
- Sector breakdown covers corporate loans only (~€3.8B, not total market ~€6.6B).
- Card counts are issued-and-valid stock, not active cards. Active card counts are not published by CBK. Spending proxies use issued stock as denominator and understate true per-active-card spending.
- Remittance country data is percentage shares, not EUR amounts.
- Monthly filter may not apply to quarterly remittance or annual payment data.
- Maturity data uses original maturity buckets, not residual maturity.
- Payments pre-2008 are annual only (mapped to December).
Formatting Conventions
| Symbol | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| M | Million EUR | €842 M |
| B | Billion EUR | €7.58 B |
| % | Percentage | 87.7% |
| pp | Percentage points (absolute change) | +2.3 pp |
| K txns | Thousand transactions | 1,990.0K txns |
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