T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
Year
«  2014  »
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments
napnap298284285
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnap111
Number of branches or offices 1napnap888
Number of payment accounts 2napnap490468462
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions)napnap368,437362,536386,270
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap297283275
Number of branches or officesnapnap2,5872,5792,548
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 3napnap725,753827,197873,814
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Cantonal banks
Total number of entities 4napnap242424
Number of branches or officesnapnap700687677
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5napnap98,375101,610103,484
Big banks
Total number of entities 6napnap222
Number of branches or officesnapnap557550549
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5napnap311,971338,178354,833
Regional and savings banks
Total number of entities 7napnap666463
Number of branches or officesnapnap377370367
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 3napnap14,70015,61716,098
Raiffeisen banks
Total number of entities 8napnap111
Number of branches or officesnapnap327323312
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5napnap12,14912,97813,484
Other bank categories
Total number of entities 9napnap176165158
Number of branches or officesnapnap588614604
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5napnap281,433352,272378,777
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 entitiesnapnap282727
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnap383539
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5napnap7,1256,5417,138
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnapnapnavnav9
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 10napnapnavnav4
Number of branches or officesnapnapnavnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 11napnapnavnav27
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnapnavnav5
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnapnapnavnav8
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnapnavnav4
Total outstanding e-money value (CHF millions) 11napnapnavnav557
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (CHF millions) 11napnapnavnav27
 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_cat5 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_cat7 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_cat8 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_cat9 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.