T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Hong Kong SAR»
 Year
« ‹ 2012 › »
 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		napnapnapnap200
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnapnapnap1
Number of branches or offices 1napnapnapnap0
Number of payment accountsnapnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnap
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap200
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap1,604
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnav
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Licensed banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap22
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap1,210
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnav
Restricted licence banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap13
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap15
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnav
Deposit-taking companies
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap24
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap105
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnav
Bank type IV
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type V
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VI
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VIII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnap
Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap141
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnapnapnap274
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnav
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
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 (HKD 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 issuers 2napnapnapnapnav
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks 2napnapnapnapnav
Total outstanding e-money value (HKD millions) 3napnapnapnapnav
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnav
 1 The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has one overseas representative office (in New York); it does not offer payment services to non-banks. 2 The licensing regime for stored value facilities (SVF) under the Payment Systems and Stored Value Facilities Ordinance commenced operation in November 2016. Number of SVF issuers before then was not available. 3 This figure includes the stored value remaining in the SVF issued and the deposit placed with the issuers for enabling the SVF to be used. Data before 2016 is not available as mentioned above.