T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Germany»
 Year
« ‹ 2021 › »
 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments 1		1,6911,6461,6181,6081,555
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices3535353531
Number of payment accounts22,90122,94022,94823,20523,253
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)135,379154,421104,809181,389303,871
Banks
Total number of entities1,6321,5841,5331,5081,445
Number of branches or offices 230,05727,81826,60524,00923,249
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 3104,676106,581nav110,156114,425
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands) 389,33793,52798,968104,023110,759
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 42,050,5202,190,4782,347,6982,643,0062,789,130
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Domestic banks
Total number of entities1,5261,4731,4311,3941,335
Number of branches or offices 229,79727,55526,33623,73323,000
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 3100,587102,408104,458105,770109,573
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 41,944,8522,080,0872,242,0142,530,8262,673,217
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities106111102114110
Number of branches of foreign banks260263269276249
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 34,0894,1734,1604,3874,851
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 4105,668110,391105,684112,180115,913
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities 558618499109
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 675998
Number of branches or offices100100928787
Number of payment accounts (thousands)1,3621,548navnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 7navnav36137155
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entities 851567590101
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers1,6401,5901,5431,5181,454
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks 675998
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)948384180184
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions) 7navnav36137155
 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/