EU Financial Data Search

Search 21 official European financial data sources in a single API call — ECB exchange rates, interest rates, monetary statistics, securities data, EBA prudential reports, and ESMA fund registries. All data comes directly from the European Central Bank, European Banking Authority, and European Securities and Markets Authority through the SIP Public Data Gateway.

What is EU Financial Data Search?

EU Financial Data Search is an Apify Actor that queries official European financial databases for rates, statistics, and regulatory data. Instead of navigating the ECB Statistical Data Warehouse, EBA registers, and ESMA databases separately, you search them all at once with a single keyword.

The Actor uses the SIP Public Data Gateway — a unified API layer that normalizes responses from 21 EU financial data products. No browser automation, no web scraping — just fast HTTPS API calls to official data sources.

Why use EU Financial Data Search?

• One search, 21 sources — Query ECB rates, EBA prudential data, and ESMA fund registries simultaneously
• Official regulatory data — All sources are public databases maintained by EU financial authorities (ECB, EBA, ESMA)
• Structured JSON output — Every record includes source metadata (_product_id, _source, _search_term, _collected_at)
• Category toggles — Enable or disable ECB monetary data, securities, EBA reports, and ESMA funds independently
• No upstream API keys — SIP handles ECB SDMX, ESMA Solr, and EBA API authentication; you only need one SIP key

Use cases

Who	What
Quantitative analysts	Access ECB exchange rates, interest rates, and monetary aggregates for modeling
Risk managers	Monitor ECB supervisory statistics and EBA prudential data across EU banking sector
Fund administrators	Search ESMA investment fund registries, money market funds, and cross-border notifications
Compliance officers	Look up benchmark administrators, STS securitizations, and prospectus approvals
Academic researchers	Access ECB balance of payments, securities statistics, and consolidated banking data
FinTech developers	Integrate EU financial data feeds into applications via Apify API

What data can EU Financial Data Search extract?

Source	Data type	Example fields
ECB exchange rates	Daily/historical FX rates	currency_pair, rate, date
ECB interest rates	Key ECB rates (MRO, deposit, marginal)	rate_type, value, date
ECB MFI interest rates	Bank lending/deposit rates across eurozone	country, rate_type, maturity, value
ECB €STR	Euro short-term rate	rate, date, volume
ECB monetary stats	M1/M2/M3 aggregates, credit growth	indicator, value, period
ECB balance of payments	Current/capital/financial account flows	account, partner, value
ECB consolidated banking	EU banking sector balance sheets	indicator, country, value
ECB securities holdings	Securities held by euro area investors	holder_sector, instrument, value
ECB securities issues	Debt securities issuance statistics	issuer_sector, currency, value
ECB card payments	Card transaction volumes and values	country, card_type, transactions
ECB payment stats	Payment system transaction data	system, volume, value
ECB supervisory stats	Banking supervision aggregates	indicator, country, value
EBA CIR	Credit institution prudential data	name, country, total_assets
EBA PIR	Payment institution prudential data	name, country, authorization
ESMA investment funds	Authorized UCITS and AIFs	fund_name, manager, domicile
ESMA money market funds	EU money market fund register	fund_name, manager, type
ESMA cross-border funds	Fund passport notifications	fund_name, home, host_countries
ESMA benchmarks admin	Authorized benchmark administrators	name, country, benchmarks
ESMA benchmarks register	EU benchmark register	benchmark_name, administrator
ESMA STS securitizations	Simple, Transparent, Standardised securitizations	originator, sponsor, type
ESMA prospectus	Approved prospectus documents	issuer, type, approval_date

How to search EU financial data

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console
2. Enter search terms (e.g. "euro", "EUR/USD", "interest rate", "Deutsche Bank")
3. Select which data categories to include (all enabled by default)
4. Click Start — the Actor queries all enabled sources in parallel
5. Download results as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the dataset tab

Example input

{
  "searchTerms": ["euro", "interest rate"],
  "includeMonetaryRates": true,
  "includeSecuritiesPayments": true,
  "includeEbaPrudential": false,
  "includeEsmaFundsMarkets": false,
  "maxResultsPerSource": 50
}

Output

Each row is a record from an EU financial data source, enriched with metadata:

{
  "currency": "USD",
  "rate": "1.0842",
  "date": "2026-04-07",
  "_product_id": "eu_ecb_exchange_rates",
  "_source": "ecb_exchange_rates",
  "_search_term": "euro",
  "_collected_at": "2026-04-08T12:00:00Z"
}

Results can be exported in JSON, CSV, XML, Excel, or HTML formats.

How much does it cost to search EU financial data?

The Actor charges per data record returned using Apify's pay-per-event model. Typical costs:

• Quick rate lookup (1 term, ECB rates only): ~$0.01–0.05
• Comprehensive research (5 terms, all 21 sources): ~$0.50–3.00

No browser overhead — the Actor makes lightweight HTTPS API calls only. Control costs with maxResultsPerSource.

Data sources (21 EU financial products)

Category	Sources	Count
ECB monetary & rates	Exchange rates, interest rates, MFI interest rates, €STR, monetary stats, balance of payments, consolidated banking	7
ECB securities & payments	Securities holdings, securities issues, card payments, payment stats, supervisory stats	5
EBA prudential	Credit Institutions Register (CIR), Payment Institutions Register (PIR)	2
ESMA funds & markets	Investment funds, money market funds, cross-border funds, benchmark admins, benchmark register, STS securitizations, prospectus documents	7

FAQ

How is this different from EU Business Data Search? EU Business Data Search covers entity registries (who is authorized). This Actor covers financial statistics and market data (rates, volumes, fund registries). Some ECB/EBA/ESMA entities appear in both, but the data types are complementary.

What about real-time market data? ECB rates and €STR update daily. Monetary statistics are monthly or quarterly. This Actor provides reference and statistical data, not real-time trading feeds.

Can I use this for backtesting? ECB time series data includes historical values. Search for a currency pair or rate type to get available historical records within the SIP cache window.

Do I need separate API keys for ECB, EBA, ESMA? No. SIP handles all upstream authentication (ECB SDMX, ESMA Solr, EBA EUCLID). You only need one SIP API key.

Use as MCP Tool (AI Agent Integration)

This Actor works as an MCP tool — AI agents (Claude, GPT, Cursor) can discover and run it automatically.

Quick setup (Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code)

Add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Then ask your AI: "Search for euro exchange rate in EU financial databases"

Direct API call

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("lentic_clockss/eu-financial-data-search").call(
    run_input={"searchTerms": ["euro"], "maxResultsPerSource": 50}
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

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