T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Argentina»
 Year
« ‹ 2019 › »
 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		7982818282
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices11111
Number of payment accounts288284287298263
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)284,618473,429455,0441,084,4721,275,558
Banks
Total number of entities6263626363
Number of branches or offices4,3824,4675,2525,2665,251
Number of payment accounts (thousands)58,24067,30376,15481,93984,230
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)521,422801,0421,188,8801,791,4162,324,726
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Government-owned Banks
Total number of entities1313131313
Number of branches or offices1,5421,5521,8121,8451,850
Number of payment accounts (thousands)24,38828,25331,20732,70133,051
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)176,844274,177357,586454,199597,859
Domestic private Banks
Total number of entities3233333434
Number of branches or offices1,6191,6781,9861,9882,008
Number of payment accounts (thousands)21,93524,55227,69729,33330,215
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)147,865228,549362,325569,732713,727
Banking subsidiaries of foreign banks
Total number of entities1010999
Number of branches or offices1,1441,1601,4371,4171,377
Number of payment accounts (thousands)11,45013,99917,24219,89820,957
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)166,375261,338437,521714,145895,682
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 entities77777
Number of branches of foreign banks7777171616
Number of payment accounts (thousands)467499787
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)30,33836,97831,44853,340117,458
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities1618181818
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 entities1615151515
Number of branches or offices8083137128122
Number of payment accounts (thousands)222280353363597
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)00006,804
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnav3333
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnav3333
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