The Bank currently has current account transactions with 64 banks and 18 securities firms which are from other countries. The international banks’ settlements using current accounts of the Bank are about 17 trillion yen in value and about 13,000 in number of transactions per business day, which are 13% and 25% of the total, respectively.
Furthermore, international banks play a key role in daily open market operations by the Bank. For example, in the Bank’s primary funds-supplying operations against pooled collateral at the head office, there are 17 international banks in 39 eligible counterparties.