T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Belgium»
 Year
« ‹ 2016 › »
 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		120120132125118
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices65553
Number of payment accounts238213200197185
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)6854904441,2802,366
Banks
Total number of entities1031031039992
Number of branches or offices3,8203,7397,0856,7066,843
Number of payment accounts (thousands)16,55116,79116,21617,84718,788
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)10,60911,1299,32710,52610,962
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)154,124165,308185,805200,419218,977
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Banks that are legally fully incorporated in Belgium
Total number of entities4439433733
Number of branches or offices3,7383,6477,0176,6346,772
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)121,664129,130147,924160,204178,046
Branches of EU banks
Total number of entities4147424442
Number of branches or offices7383596363
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)8,57010,20810,87113,33413,720
Branches of EEA banks
Total number of entities98889
Number of branches or offices11233
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 11,420550560475180
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities9910108
Number of branches of foreign banks88765
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)22,47025,42026,45026,40627,031
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities1616282525
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 entities1113119
Number of branches or offices1,3401,3431,3661,3531,347
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnav4,1733,3444,073
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)navnav446198
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entities1515151416
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers79131311
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks7910108
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)10106299124
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)10103170105
 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