T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Germany»
 Year
« ‹ 2013 › »
 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments 1		napnapnap1,9181,893
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnapnap11
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap4141
Number of payment accountsnapnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnap40,44110,802
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap1,8671,842
Number of branches or offices 2napnapnap38,13238,021
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 3napnapnap96,83598,488
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands) 3napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 4napnapnap1,413,5881,527,850
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Domestic banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap1,7581,734
Number of branches or offices 2napnapnap37,89237,776
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 3napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 4napnapnap1,353,0701,454,920
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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Bank type VIII
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap109108
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnapnap240245
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 3napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 4napnapnap60,79373,213
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities 5napnapnap5050
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 6napnapnap34
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 7napnapnapnavnav
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entities 8napnapnap4746
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnapnapnap1,8711,847
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks 6napnapnap34
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions) 7napnapnapnavnav
 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/