T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Hong Kong SAR»
 Year
« ‹ 2019 › »
 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		199195191186194
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices 100000
Number of payment accountsnapnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnap
Banks
Total number of entities199195191186194
Number of branches or offices1,5261,4841,4601,4721,460
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)navnavnavnavnav
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Licensed banks
Total number of entities2222222231
Number of branches or offices1,1851,1571,1411,1601,152
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)navnavnavnavnav
Restricted licence banks
Total number of entities1716141312
Number of branches or offices2321191817
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)navnavnavnavnav
Deposit-taking companies
Total number of entities1817171613
Number of branches or offices5958585756
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)navnavnavnavnav
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 entities142140138135138
Number of branches of foreign banks259248242237235
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)navnavnavnavnav
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 2nav15161818
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks 2nav13131515
Total outstanding e-money value (HKD millions) 3nav6,7847,9589,71711,556
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (HKD millions)navnavnavnavnav
 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.