T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Belgium»
 Year
« ‹ 2017 › »
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Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		120132125118117
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices55533
Number of payment accounts213200197185185
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)4904441,2802,3666,508
Banks
Total number of entities103103999292
Number of branches or offices3,7397,0856,7066,8436,410
Number of payment accounts (thousands)16,79116,21617,84718,78819,823
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)11,1299,32710,52610,96211,255
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)165,308185,805200,419218,977221,333
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Banks that are legally fully incorporated in Belgium
Total number of entities3943373339
Number of branches or offices3,6477,0176,6346,7726,334
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Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)129,130147,924160,204178,046187,682
Branches of EU banks
Total number of entities4742444239
Number of branches or offices8359636366
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Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)10,20810,87113,33413,72013,133
Branches of EEA banks
Total number of entities88897
Number of branches or offices12333
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 1550560475180202
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities9101087
Number of branches of foreign banks87657
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)25,42026,45026,40627,03120,316
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities1628252524
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 entities1131198
Number of branches or offices1,3431,3661,3531,3471,347
Number of payment accounts (thousands)nav4,1733,3444,0734,555
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)nav446198129
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entities1515141616
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers913131112
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks9101087
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)106299124174
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)103170105139
 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