T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Switzerland»
 Year
« ‹ 2018 › »
 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		285276271263258
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices 188888
Number of payment accounts 2462449428422409
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions)386,270467,707528,715572,317573,433
Banks
Total number of entities275266261253248
Number of branches or offices2,5482,4692,3832,3152,256
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) 3873,814856,783895,287890,002880,621
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Cantonal banks
Total number of entities 42424242424
Number of branches or offices677660645621608
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5103,484100,103104,746114,353127,268
Big banks
Total number of entities 623444
Number of branches or offices549538511503487
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5354,833341,901351,606349,113339,276
Regional and savings banks
Total number of entities 76362626260
Number of branches or offices367358355352345
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 316,09820,25826,01128,44730,232
Raiffeisen banks
Total number of entities 811111
Number of branches or offices312299277262253
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 513,48422,63949,36455,36960,057
Other bank categories
Total number of entities 9158150144139136
Number of branches or offices604578560546532
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5378,777362,670354,461332,996314,971
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities2726262323
Number of branches of foreign banks3936353131
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 57,1389,2119,0989,7238,817
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities99999
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 1044445
Number of branches or officesnavnavnavnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 11273442247283
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entities55554
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers88888
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks44445
Total outstanding e-money value (CHF millions) 11557544509701724
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (CHF millions) 11273442247283
 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.