T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«France»
 Year
« ‹ 2021 › »
 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		534516473469529
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices98989595107
Number of payment accounts 127,51426,98926,49930,0793,283
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 156,75451,03949,139324,893198,579
Banks
Total number of entities488465409408463
Number of branches or offices36,06335,30134,56231,66434,574
Number of payment accounts (thousands)80,66681,69283,56784,91586,455
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)navnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)957,9291,034,4411,158,4911,412,9261,537,559
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Credit institutions legally incorporated in the reporting country
Total number of entities403378339328413
Number of branches or offices36,06335,30134,56231,66434,574
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)957,9291,034,4411,158,4911,412,9261,537,559
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 entities8587708050
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Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities4550636065
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)
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Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
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MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers911141516
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnavnapnapnapnap
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)navnapnapnapnap
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)navnapnapnapnap
 1 Change in methodology: Before 2020, only natural person accounts are reported; as of 2020 reporting of accounts of other institutions, companies and natural persons.