T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
Year
«  2013  »
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments
napnapnap363342
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnapnap11
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap1616
Number of payment accountsnapnapnap2,3602,010
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnap6,370491
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap314290
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap38,14233,713
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnap65,39867,304
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands) 1napnapnap29,87634,845
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnap515,391541,443
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Credit institutions legally incorporated in the reporting country
Total number of entities 2napnapnap230204
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap37,90433,482
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 3napnapnap65,39867,304
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnap488,259511,095
Bank type II
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type III
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type IV
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type V
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
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 entities 4napnapnap8486
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnapnap238231
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnap27,13230,348
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap4851
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 entitiesnapnapnap4851
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnavnav
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnavnav
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnapnapnapnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnapnapnavnav
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)napnapnapnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)napnapnapnavnav
 1 Figures from 2010 to November 2014 have been estimated on the basis of information collected under Regulation ECB/2008/32.Figures from December 2014 have been estimated on the basis of information collected under Regulation ECB/2013/33. 2 Data refers to commercial banks, savings banks and credit cooperatives. 3 Data refers to payment accounts for credit institutions legally incorporated in the reporting countries and branches of foreign banks.Figures from 2010 to November 2014 have been estimated on the basis of info collected under Reg. ECB/2008/32. Figures onwards have been estimated on the basis of info collected under Reg. ECB/2013/33. 4 Data refers to offices reported by other payment services as defined in the ECB payments statistics regulation ECB/2013/43.