T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Belgium»
 Year
« ‹ 2019 › »
 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		125118117115125
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices53311
Number of payment accounts197185185126113
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)1,2802,3666,5086,270802
Banks
Total number of entities9992928786
Number of branches or offices6,7066,8436,4105,6605,240
Number of payment accounts (thousands)17,84718,78819,82320,51920,941
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)10,52610,96211,25511,38611,847
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)200,419218,977221,333221,321230,381
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Banks that are legally fully incorporated in Belgium
Total number of entities3733393232
Number of branches or offices6,6346,7726,3345,5585,137
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Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)160,204178,046187,682200,919212,475
Branches of EU banks
Total number of entities4442394244
Number of branches or offices6363668894
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Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)13,33413,72013,13312,23514,162
Branches of EEA banks
Total number of entities89762
Number of branches or offices33343
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 1475180202167264
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities108778
Number of branches of foreign banks657106
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)26,40627,03120,3168,0003,480
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities2525242738
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 entities119889
Number of branches or offices1,3531,3471,3471,4071,425
Number of payment accounts (thousands)3,3444,0734,5556,01512,814
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)6198129165608
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entities1416161929
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers1311121011
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks108778
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)99124174153588
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)70105139143577
 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