T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Switzerland»
 Year
« ‹ 2016 › »
 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		298284285276271
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices 188888
Number of payment accounts 2490468462449428
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions)368,437362,536386,270467,707528,715
Banks
Total number of entities297283275266261
Number of branches or offices2,5872,5792,5482,4692,383
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 3725,753827,197873,814856,783895,287
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Cantonal banks
Total number of entities 42424242424
Number of branches or offices700687677660645
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 598,375101,610103,484100,103104,746
Big banks
Total number of entities 622234
Number of branches or offices557550549538511
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5311,971338,178354,833341,901351,606
Regional and savings banks
Total number of entities 76664636262
Number of branches or offices377370367358355
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 314,70015,61716,09820,25826,011
Raiffeisen banks
Total number of entities 811111
Number of branches or offices327323312299277
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 512,14912,97813,48422,63949,364
Other bank categories
Total number of entities 9176165158150144
Number of branches or offices588614604578560
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5281,433352,272378,777362,670354,461
Bank type VI
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Bank type VII
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Bank type VIII
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities2827272626
Number of branches of foreign banks3835393635
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 57,1256,5417,1389,2119,098
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnavnav999
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 10navnav444
Number of branches or officesnavnavnavnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 11navnav273442
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnavnav555
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnavnav888
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnavnav444
Total outstanding e-money value (CHF millions) 11navnav557544509
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (CHF millions) 11navnav273442
 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.