T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«France»
 Year
« ‹ 2016 › »
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Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		641625498502485
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices9696989898
Number of payment accounts 129,36629,36429,35128,35328,360
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 122,03121,75114,80316,09114,462
Banks
Total number of entities639623496467445
Number of branches or offices37,93037,76737,52337,08436,575
Number of payment accounts (thousands)78,38379,48180,43381,56281,620
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)600,795630,092672,337776,935859,699
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Credit institutions legally incorporated in the reporting country
Total number of entities596579413416354
Number of branches or offices37,93037,76737,52337,08436,575
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Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)600,795630,098672,337776,935859,699
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 entitiesnav44835191
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Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities1113439
Breakdown of 'non-banks offering payment services/
 instruments, total number of entities' by subcategory
Non-banks offering storage of value
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Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
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MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers54578
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnavnavnavnavnav
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Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
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 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.