T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Switzerland»
 Year
« ‹ 2013 › »
 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		napnapnap298284
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnapnap11
Number of branches or offices 1napnapnap88
Number of payment accounts 2napnapnap490468
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions)napnapnap368,437362,536
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap297283
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap2,5872,579
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 3napnapnap725,753827,197
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Cantonal banks
Total number of entities 4napnapnap2424
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap700687
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5napnapnap98,375101,610
Big banks
Total number of entities 6napnapnap22
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap557550
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5napnapnap311,971338,178
Regional and savings banks
Total number of entities 7napnapnap6664
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap377370
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 3napnapnap14,70015,617
Raiffeisen banks
Total number of entities 8napnapnap11
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap327323
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5napnapnap12,14912,978
Other bank categories
Total number of entities 9napnapnap176165
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap588614
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5napnapnap281,433352,272
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 entitiesnapnapnap2827
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnapnap3835
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5napnapnap7,1256,541
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnavnav
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 10napnapnapnavnav
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 11napnapnapnavnav
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnavnav
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnapnapnapnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnapnapnavnav
Total outstanding e-money value (CHF millions) 11napnapnapnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (CHF millions) 11napnapnapnavnav
 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.