T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«France»
 Year
« ‹ 2020 › »
 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		485534516473469
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices9898989595
Number of payment accounts 128,36027,51426,98926,49930,079
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 114,46256,75451,03949,139324,893
Banks
Total number of entities445488465409408
Number of branches or offices36,57536,06335,30134,56231,664
Number of payment accounts (thousands)81,62080,66681,69283,56784,915
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)navnavnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)859,699957,9291,034,4411,158,4911,412,926
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Credit institutions legally incorporated in the reporting country
Total number of entities354403378339328
Number of branches or offices36,57536,06335,30134,56231,664
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)859,699957,9291,034,4411,158,4911,412,926
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 entities9185877080
Number of branches of foreign banksnavnavnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)navnavnapnapnap
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities3945506360
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 issuers89111415
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnavnavnapnapnap
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)navnavnapnapnap
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)navnavnapnapnap
 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.