T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Argentina»
 Year
« ‹ 2015 › »
 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		nap82838279
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknap1111
Number of branches or officesnap1111
Number of payment accountsnap311306311288
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)nap111,973157,433172,852284,618
Banks
Total number of entitiesnap65666562
Number of branches or officesnap4,1994,2594,3204,382
Number of payment accounts (thousands)nap32,71735,63438,45758,240
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)nap226,898282,053379,462521,422
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Government-owned Banks
Total number of entitiesnap12121213
Number of branches or officesnap1,5031,5131,5231,542
Number of payment accounts (thousands)nap12,94414,31815,64024,388
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)nap74,19694,580133,474176,844
Domestic private Banks
Total number of entitiesnap33343332
Number of branches or officesnap1,5651,5881,6141,619
Number of payment accounts (thousands)nap10,58311,70213,02621,935
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)nap62,80680,780108,223147,865
Banking subsidiaries of foreign banks
Total number of entitiesnap11111110
Number of branches or officesnap1,0531,0791,1041,144
Number of payment accounts (thousands)nap8,7029,1189,34911,450
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)nap78,24091,683117,735166,375
Bank type IV
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type V
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VI
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VIII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnapnapnapnap
Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entitiesnap9997
Number of branches of foreign banksnap78797977
Number of payment accounts (thousands)nap489497442467
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)nap11,65715,01020,03030,338
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnap16161616
Breakdown of 'non-banks offering payment services/
 instruments, total number of entities' by subcategory
Non-banks offering storage of value
 (on a payment account or on a device)
Total number of entitiesnap16161616
Number of branches or officesnap82818180
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnap163163222
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnap000
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnavnavnavnav
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnapnavnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnavnavnavnav
Total outstanding e-money value (ARS millions)napnavnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (ARS millions)napnavnavnavnav