T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Switzerland»
 Year
« ‹ 2020 › »
 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		271263258257254
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices 188888
Number of payment accounts 2428422409403394
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions)528,715572,317573,433590,071701,456
Banks
Total number of entities261253248246243
Number of branches or offices2,3832,3152,2562,2112,158
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) 3895,287890,002880,621898,9541,161,643
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Cantonal banks
Total number of entities 42424242424
Number of branches or offices645621608598587
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5104,746114,353127,268152,669191,655
Big banks
Total number of entities 644444
Number of branches or offices511503487467476
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5351,606349,113339,276331,999463,607
Regional and savings banks
Total number of entities 76262606059
Number of branches or offices355352345351317
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 326,01128,44730,23231,66731,653
Raiffeisen banks
Total number of entities 811111
Number of branches or offices277262253236232
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 549,36455,36960,05766,44678,151
Other bank categories
Total number of entities 9144139136134131
Number of branches or offices560546532528514
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 5354,461332,996314,971307,247384,750
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities2623232324
Number of branches of foreign banks3531313132
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 59,0989,7238,8178,92611,827
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities9991010
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 1044555
Number of branches or officesnavnavnavnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (CHF millions) 1142247283299397
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entities55455
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-banks44555
Total outstanding e-money value (CHF millions) 11509701724740812
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (CHF millions) 1142247283299397
 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.