T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Argentina»
 Year
« ‹ 2016 › »
 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		8283827982
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices11111
Number of payment accounts311306311288284
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)111,973157,433172,852284,618473,429
Banks
Total number of entities6566656263
Number of branches or offices4,1994,2594,3204,3824,467
Number of payment accounts (thousands)32,71735,63438,45758,24067,303
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)226,898282,053379,462521,422801,042
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Government-owned Banks
Total number of entities1212121313
Number of branches or offices1,5031,5131,5231,5421,552
Number of payment accounts (thousands)12,94414,31815,64024,38828,253
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)74,19694,580133,474176,844274,177
Domestic private Banks
Total number of entities3334333233
Number of branches or offices1,5651,5881,6141,6191,678
Number of payment accounts (thousands)10,58311,70213,02621,93524,552
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)62,80680,780108,223147,865228,549
Banking subsidiaries of foreign banks
Total number of entities1111111010
Number of branches or offices1,0531,0791,1041,1441,160
Number of payment accounts (thousands)8,7029,1189,34911,45013,999
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)78,24091,683117,735166,375261,338
Bank type IV
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Bank type V
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Bank type VI
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Bank type VII
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Bank type VIII
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities99977
Number of branches of foreign banks7879797777
Number of payment accounts (thousands)489497442467499
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)11,65715,01020,03030,33836,978
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities1616161618
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 entities1616161615
Number of branches or offices8281818083
Number of payment accounts (thousands)nap163163222280
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)nap0000
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
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MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnavnavnavnav3
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnavnavnavnavnav
Total outstanding e-money value (ARS millions)navnavnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (ARS millions)navnavnavnavnav