T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Argentina»
 Year
« ‹ 2020 › »
 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		82818282123
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices11111
Number of payment accounts284287298263260
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)473,429455,0441,084,4721,275,5581,488,185
Banks
Total number of entities6362636364
Number of branches or offices4,4675,2525,2665,2516,277
Number of payment accounts (thousands)67,30376,15481,93984,230100,389
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
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Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)801,0421,188,8801,791,4162,324,7263,743,357
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Government-owned Banks
Total number of entities1313131313
Number of branches or offices1,5521,8121,8451,8501,909
Number of payment accounts (thousands)28,25331,20732,70133,05140,496
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)274,177357,586454,199597,859934,578
Domestic private Banks
Total number of entities3333343435
Number of branches or offices1,6781,9861,9882,0082,470
Number of payment accounts (thousands)24,55227,69729,33330,21537,038
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)228,549362,325569,732713,7271,251,109
Banking subsidiaries of foreign banks
Total number of entities109999
Number of branches or offices1,1601,4371,4171,3771,882
Number of payment accounts (thousands)13,99917,24219,89820,95722,848
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)261,338437,521714,145895,6821,353,674
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities77777
Number of branches of foreign banks7717161616
Number of payment accounts (thousands)4997877
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)36,97831,44853,340117,458203,996
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities1818181858
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 entities1515151515
Number of branches or offices83137128122127
Number of payment accounts (thousands)2803533635971,862
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)0006,80411,632
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entities333343
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers33333
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
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