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Indirectly measured financial intermediation services / SIFIM

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Definition

Indirectly measured financial intermediation services (SIFIM) represent the share of services rendered by financial intermediaries that is not billed to the clientele. For these services, the financial intermediaries take their remuneration from a margin on the interest rate on the deposits of their clients and of the loans granted to them.

Note

The other part of the services provided by financial intermediaries is invoiced in a variety of forms: transfer commissions, account keeping charges, etc.