T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Germany»
 Year
« ‹ 2014 › »
 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments 1		napnap1,9181,8931,857
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnap111
Number of branches or officesnapnap414141
Number of payment accountsnapnapnapnap23,273
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnap40,44110,80210,096
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap1,8671,8421,808
Number of branches or offices 2napnap38,13238,02137,090
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 3napnap96,83598,488100,191
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands) 3napnapnapnap78,618
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 4napnap1,413,5881,527,8501,630,568
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Domestic banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap1,7581,7341,698
Number of branches or offices 2napnap37,89237,77636,831
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 3napnapnavnav97,639
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 4napnap1,353,0701,454,9201,545,993
Bank type II
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Number of branches or officesnapnapnavnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnavnavnav
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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Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
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Bank type VII
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Bank type VIII
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Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap109108110
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnap240245259
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 3napnapnavnav2,552
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 4napnap60,79373,21384,575
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities 5napnap505048
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 6napnap344
Number of branches or officesnapnapnavnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 7napnapnavnavnav
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entities 8napnap474644
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnapnap1,8711,8471,813
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks 6napnap344
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)napnapnapnap96
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions) 7napnapnavnavnav
 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/