T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
Year
«  2017  »
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments 1
1,8931,8571,8281,7561,691
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices4141353535
Number of payment accountsnap23,27323,04222,99522,901
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)10,80210,09674,356118,635135,379
Banks
Total number of entities1,8421,8081,7741,7021,632
Number of branches or offices 238,02137,09034,00331,95930,057
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 398,488100,191102,080104,568104,676
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands) 3nap78,61881,47485,97189,337
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 41,527,8501,630,5681,776,0831,898,1272,050,520
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Domestic banks
Total number of entities1,7341,6981,6661,6001,526
Number of branches or offices 237,77636,83133,74431,70829,797
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 3nav97,63998,404100,699100,587
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 41,454,9201,545,9931,680,9161,799,6751,944,852
Bank type II
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Bank type III
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Bank type IV
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Bank type V
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Bank type VI
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Bank type VII
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities108110108102106
Number of branches of foreign banks245259259251260
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 3nav2,5523,6753,8694,089
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 473,21384,57595,16798,452105,668
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities 55048535358
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 644777
Number of branches or officesnavnavnav106100
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnav1,0251,2151,362
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 7navnavnavnavnav
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entities 84644464651
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers1,8471,8131,7821,7101,640
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks 644777
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)nap96959694
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions) 7navnavnavnavnav
 1 Includes electronic money institutions. 2 Includes those post office branches of Deutsche Postbank AG which are entrusted with the semi-cashless payment systems on behalf of the Postbank AG. 3 Up to 2014, includes only accounts for transferable deposits and not accounts for card-based e-money. 4 Includes transferable and non-transferable deposits as well as deposits for card-based e-money. 5 From reference period 2012 the number of payment institutions providing services through an established branch is added to the number of payment institutions resident in the country. The recent list of payment institutions resident in the country is published on the website of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). 6 ND 7 Until reference period 2010 by approximation: liabilities to non-MFIs which mature daily. 8 From reference period 2012 the number of payment institutions providing services through an established branch is added to the number of payment institutions resident in the country. The recent list of payment institutions resident in the country is published on the website of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin): https://portal.mvp.bafin.de/database/ZahlInstInfo/