T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Switzerland»
 Year
« ‹ 2012 › »
 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		napnapnapnap298
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnapnapnap1
Number of branches or offices 1napnapnapnap8
Number of payment accounts 2napnapnapnap490
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions)napnapnapnap368,437
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap297
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap2,587
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 3napnapnapnap725,753
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Cantonal banks
Total number of entities 4napnapnapnap24
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap700
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5napnapnapnap98,375
Big banks
Total number of entities 6napnapnapnap2
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap557
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5napnapnapnap311,971
Regional and savings banks
Total number of entities 7napnapnapnap66
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap377
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 3napnapnapnap14,700
Raiffeisen banks
Total number of entities 8napnapnapnap1
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap327
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5napnapnapnap12,149
Other bank categories
Total number of entities 9napnapnapnap176
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap588
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5napnapnapnap281,433
Bank type VI
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VIII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions)napnapnapnapnap
Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap28
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnapnapnap38
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5napnapnapnap7,125
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnav
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 entities 10napnapnapnapnav
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 11napnapnapnapnav
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnav
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnapnapnapnapnav
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnapnapnapnav
Total outstanding e-money value (CHF millions) 11napnapnapnapnav
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (CHF millions) 11napnapnapnapnav
 1 The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has two head offices (Berne and Zurich) and six representative offices (Basel, Geneva, Lausanne, Lucerne, Lugano and St Gallen). 2 Number of sight deposits of banks and non-banks held at the SNB. 3 Liabilities due to customers on sight in all currencies 4 The subcatories of banks are defined by the SNB and are based on a number of different characteristics such as business focus, geographic scope of activities and legal status of banks rather than their importance in the Swiss payment industry. For information on cantonal banks, see https://data.snb.ch/en/topics/banken#!/doc/explanations_banken#banks_cat. 5 Liabilities due to customers on sight in all currencies. 6 The subcatories of banks are defined by the SNB and are based on a number of different characteristics such as business focus, geographic scope of activities and legal status of banks rather than their importance in the Swiss payment industry. For information on big banks, see https://data.snb.ch/en/topics/banken#!/doc/explanations_banken#banks_cat. 7 The subcatories of banks are defined by the SNB and are based on a number of different characteristics such as business focus, geographic scope of activities and legal status of banks rather than their importance in the Swiss payment industry. For information on regional and savings banks, see https://data.snb.ch/en/topics/banken#!/doc/explanations_banken#banks_cat. 8 The subcatories of banks are defined by the SNB and are based on a number of different characteristics such as business focus, geographic scope of activities and legal status of banks rather than their importance in the Swiss payment industry. Together, legally autonomous Raiffeisen banks form the Raiffeisen Switzerland Cooperative, which takes on tasks for the Raiffeisen banks as one group. For further information on Raiffeisen banks, see https://data.snb.ch/en/topics/banken#!/doc/explanations_banken#banks_cat. 9 The subcategories of banks are defined by the SNB and are based on a number of different characteristics such as business focus, geographic scope of activities and legal status of banks rather than their importance in the Swiss payment industry. Other bank categories comprises stock exchange banks, private bankers, foreign-controlled banks and other banking institutions. For further information on these SNB bank categories, see https://data.snb.ch/en/topics/banken#!/doc/explanations_banken#banks_cat. 10  2012: PostFinance, the financial unit of Swiss Post, has been offering payment services as a non-bank based on the Postal Organisation Act. Since mid-2013, PostFinance has held a banking licence. As of 2013, data relating to PostFinance are reported under "Banks". For consistency reasons with the revised red book methodology, 2012 data relating to PostFinance are not shown in this time series. In 2012, the number of PostFinance's branches and offices, including post offices and agenies of Swiss Post that offered payment services, was 2,226, the number of accounts 4,549 thousand, the value of accounts CHF 99,160 million. 11  2017: Improvement of data quality due to entities' adjustments of their reporting practice.