In accordance with Act No.6/1993 Coll., on the Czech National Bank (pdf, 137 kB), the CNB administers payments and clearing between banks, foreign bank branches and credit unions, promotes the smooth and efficient operation thereof, and contributes to the safety, soundness and efficiency of payment systems and to the development thereof. The CNB lays down rules for the manner of execution of payments between banks, credit unions and foreign bank branches, and account settlement at banks and credit unions and foreign bank branches.

It operates the CERTIS interbank payment system, maintains accounts and provides payment system services primarily to the state and banks. Other legal persons are provided these services only exceptionally. The CNB does not maintain accounts or provide financial services to private individuals, except for its own employees.

This section contains, for example, the regulations governing the payment system area, various directories and registers  (e.g. a list of the payment codes of banks operating in the Czech Republic and Slovakia,  lists of payment systems and their participants),  information on the International Bank Account Number IBAN, information on the interbank payment system CERTIS, and a list of services that the CNB provides for its clients, including a price list.