T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
Year
«  2012  »
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments
napnapnapnap120
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnapnapnap1
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap6
Number of payment accountsnapnapnapnap238
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnap685
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap103
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap3,820
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnap16,551
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)napnapnapnap10,609
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnap154,124
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Banks that are legally fully incorporated in Belgium
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap44
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap3,738
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnap121,664
Branches of EU banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap41
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap73
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnap8,570
Branches of EEA banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap9
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap1
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 1napnapnapnap1,420
Bank type IV
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type V
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VI
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VIII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap9
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnapnapnap8
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnap22,470
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap16
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 entitiesnapnapnapnap1
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap1,340
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnav
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap15
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnapnapnapnap7
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnapnapnap7
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)napnapnapnap10
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)napnapnapnap10
 1  2020: The remaining reporting agent does not hold payment accounts, the second one present in 2019 is now out of scope due to Brexit