In order to facilitate efficient and safe budgetary payments of Latvia, Latvijas Banka ensured the management of the Treasury's settlement accounts in euro and foreign currencies opened with Latvijas Banka. The Treasury used the payment services provided by Latvijas Banka for effecting settlement and participated in TARGET2-Latvija and the EKS as direct participant. In 2021, in addition to payments of the Treasury processed by payment systems, Latvijas Banka settled 394 payments of the Treasury in euro and foreign currencies totalling 3 billion euro.