T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
Year
«  2015  »
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments 1
nap1,9181,8931,8571,828
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknap1111
Number of branches or officesnap41414135
Number of payment accountsnapnapnap23,27323,042
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)nap40,44110,80210,09674,356
Banks
Total number of entitiesnap1,8671,8421,8081,774
Number of branches or offices 2nap38,13238,02137,09034,003
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 3nap96,83598,488100,191102,080
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands) 3napnapnap78,61881,474
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 4nap1,413,5881,527,8501,630,5681,776,083
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Domestic banks
Total number of entitiesnap1,7581,7341,6981,666
Number of branches or offices 2nap37,89237,77636,83133,744
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 3napnavnav97,63998,404
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 4nap1,353,0701,454,9201,545,9931,680,916
Bank type II
Total number of entitiesnapnavnavnavnav
Number of branches or officesnapnavnavnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnavnavnavnav
Bank type III
Total number of entitiesnapnavnavnavnav
Number of branches or officesnapnavnavnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnavnavnavnav
Bank type IV
Total number of entitiesnapnavnavnavnav
Number of branches or officesnapnavnavnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnavnavnavnav
Bank type V
Total number of entitiesnapnavnavnavnav
Number of branches or officesnapnavnavnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnavnavnavnav
Bank type VI
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VIII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
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 entitiesnap109108110108
Number of branches of foreign banksnap240245259259
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 3napnavnav2,5523,675
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 4nap60,79373,21384,57595,167
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities 5nap50504853
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 6nap3447
Number of branches or officesnapnavnavnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnavnav1,025
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 7napnavnavnavnav
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entities 8nap47464446
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnap1,8711,8471,8131,782
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks 6nap3447
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)napnapnap9695
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions) 7napnavnavnavnav
 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/