T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Belgium»
 Year
« ‹ 2014 › »
 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		napnap120120132
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnap111
Number of branches or officesnapnap655
Number of payment accountsnapnap238213200
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnap685490444
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap103103103
Number of branches or officesnapnap3,8203,7397,085
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnap16,55116,79116,216
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)napnap10,60911,1299,327
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnap154,124165,308185,805
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Banks that are legally fully incorporated in Belgium
Total number of entitiesnapnap443943
Number of branches or officesnapnap3,7383,6477,017
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnap121,664129,130147,924
Branches of EU banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap414742
Number of branches or officesnapnap738359
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnap8,57010,20810,871
Branches of EEA banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap988
Number of branches or officesnapnap112
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 1napnap1,420550560
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 entitiesnapnap9910
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnap887
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnap22,47025,42026,450
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnapnap161628
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 entitiesnapnap1113
Number of branches or officesnapnap1,3401,3431,366
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnav4,173
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnavnav44
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnap151515
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnapnap7913
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnap7910
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)napnap101062
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)napnap101031
 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