T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
Year
«  2021 › »
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments
1,7451,7311,7241,7111,698
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices3434343434
Number of payment accounts119561560570580
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)5,6906,0205,8554,6877,648
Banks
Total number of entities1,7061,6991,6801,6671,661
Number of branches or offices154,130157,563166,588175,464178,657
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)126,549137,762144,349162,783177,254
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Public sector banks
Total number of entities2120181212
Number of branches or offices91,12588,77388,75986,49686,496
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)82,62384,86288,00495,739102,102
Private banks
Total number of entities2122222221
Number of branches or offices28,76832,35840,24150,94052,011
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)30,13737,70040,20345,47751,607
Regional rural banks
Total number of entities5656534343
Number of branches or offices21,74722,01423,39723,06723,511
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)4,0054,0054,3448,2618,892
Urban co-operative banks
Total number of entities1,5511,5441,5281,5331,527
Number of branches or offices10,64610,3669,2119,20110,881
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)4,5654,8124,8815,1565,298
Non-scheduled commercial banks
Total number of entities33322
Number of branches or offices9191917979
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)778910
Bank type VI
Total number of entities910101011
Number of branches or offices1,4673,6624,5805,3685,368
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)2635577739861,291
Bank type VII
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Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
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Bank type VIII
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities4544464545
Number of branches of foreign banks286299309313311
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)4,9495,8186,1367,1548,054
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities4647434336
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 entities4647434336
Number of branches or officesnavnavnavnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)297,799903,8592,275,9542,081,9051,787,218
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)1519233345
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnavnavnavnavnav
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers10610410410493
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks4647434336
Total outstanding e-money value (INR billions)4861697076
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (INR billions)1519233345