T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Belgium»
 Year
« ‹ 2021 › »
 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		117115125129120
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices31111
Number of payment accounts1851261137871
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)6,5086,2708028,53211,230
Banks
Total number of entities9287868382
Number of branches or offices6,4105,6605,2404,7634,383
Number of payment accounts (thousands)19,82320,51920,94121,16421,256
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)11,25511,38611,84712,34312,759
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)221,333221,321230,381262,474266,268
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Banks that are legally fully incorporated in Belgium
Total number of entities3932323030
Number of branches or offices6,3345,5585,1374,6644,282
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Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)187,682200,919212,475241,610246,184
Branches of EU banks
Total number of entities3942444645
Number of branches or offices6688949193
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Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)13,13312,23514,16217,08616,510
Branches of EEA banks
Total number of entities76211
Number of branches or offices34322
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 1202167264napnap
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Bank type VII
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities77866
Number of branches of foreign banks710666
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)20,3168,0003,4803,7783,574
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities2427384537
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 entities88997
Number of branches or offices1,3471,4071,4251,3191,385
Number of payment accounts (thousands)4,5556,01512,81415,86417,892
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)129165608600674
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entities1619293630
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers12101196
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks77866
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)174153588571656
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)139143577563652
 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