T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Belgium»
 Year
« ‹ 2018 › »
 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		132125118117115
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices55331
Number of payment accounts200197185185126
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)4441,2802,3666,5086,270
Banks
Total number of entities10399929287
Number of branches or offices7,0856,7066,8436,4105,660
Number of payment accounts (thousands)16,21617,84718,78819,82320,519
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)9,32710,52610,96211,25511,386
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)185,805200,419218,977221,333221,321
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Banks that are legally fully incorporated in Belgium
Total number of entities4337333932
Number of branches or offices7,0176,6346,7726,3345,558
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Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)147,924160,204178,046187,682200,919
Branches of EU banks
Total number of entities4244423942
Number of branches or offices5963636688
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Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)10,87113,33413,72013,13312,235
Branches of EEA banks
Total number of entities88976
Number of branches or offices23334
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 1560475180202167
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities1010877
Number of branches of foreign banks765710
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)26,45026,40627,03120,3168,000
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities2825252427
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 entities1311988
Number of branches or offices1,3661,3531,3471,3471,407
Number of payment accounts (thousands)4,1733,3444,0734,5556,015
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)446198129165
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entities1514161619
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers1313111210
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks1010877
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)6299124174153
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)3170105139143
 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