T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«France»
 Year
« ‹ 2019 › »
 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		502485534516473
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices9898989895
Number of payment accounts 128,35328,36027,51426,98926,499
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 116,09114,46256,75451,03949,139
Banks
Total number of entities467445488465409
Number of branches or offices37,08436,57536,06335,30134,562
Number of payment accounts (thousands)81,56281,62080,66681,69283,567
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)navnavnavnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)776,935859,699957,9291,034,4411,158,491
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Credit institutions legally incorporated in the reporting country
Total number of entities416354403378339
Number of branches or offices37,08436,57536,06335,30134,562
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)776,935859,699957,9291,034,4411,158,491
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
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Bank type IV
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Bank type V
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
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Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VI
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
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Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
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Bank type VII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
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Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
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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 entities5191858770
Number of branches of foreign banksnavnavnavnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)navnavnavnapnap
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities3439455063
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 entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers7891114
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnavnavnavnapnap
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)navnavnavnapnap
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)navnavnavnapnap
 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.