T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Argentina»
 Year
« ‹ 2021 › »
 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		818282123168
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices11111
Number of payment accounts287298263260243
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)455,0441,084,4721,275,5581,488,1852,204,145
Banks
Total number of entities6263636464
Number of branches or offices5,2525,2665,2516,2775,174
Number of payment accounts (thousands)76,15481,93984,230100,389107,118
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)1,188,8801,791,4162,324,7263,743,3575,666,032
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Government-owned Banks
Total number of entities1313131313
Number of branches or offices1,8121,8451,8501,9091,851
Number of payment accounts (thousands)31,20732,70133,05140,49644,085
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)357,586454,199597,859934,5781,484,362
Domestic private Banks
Total number of entities3334343535
Number of branches or offices1,9861,9882,0082,4702,003
Number of payment accounts (thousands)27,69729,33330,21537,03839,747
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)362,325569,732713,7271,251,1091,997,961
Banking subsidiaries of foreign banks
Total number of entities999910
Number of branches or offices1,4371,4171,3771,8821,304
Number of payment accounts (thousands)17,24219,89820,95722,84823,279
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)437,521714,145895,6821,353,6741,918,907
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities77776
Number of branches of foreign banks1716161616
Number of payment accounts (thousands)78777
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)31,44853,340117,458203,996264,803
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities18181858103
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 offices137128122127128
Number of payment accounts (thousands)3533635971,8622,211
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)006,80411,63219,286
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entities3334388
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers3333nav
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