T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
Year
«  2016  »
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments
1,7601,7721,7611,7681,768
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices1717202030
Number of payment accounts8484485151
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)2,0252,3274,6244,9545,415
Banks
Total number of entities1,7591,7401,7301,7261,718
Number of branches or offices122,093128,203136,964144,164149,147
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)79,14090,859100,585107,938119,235
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Public sector banks
Total number of entities2627272727
Number of branches or offices73,81881,76087,27890,42092,440
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)57,45765,89071,95574,86280,793
Private banks
Total number of entities2020202121
Number of branches or offices21,98518,09020,07022,79924,672
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)13,95815,91718,34521,47725,648
Regional rural banks
Total number of entities6257565656
Number of branches or offices17,09618,42619,47220,41621,057
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)2,0652,3342,6623,0663,651
Urban co-operative banks
Total number of entities1,6061,5891,5791,5741,562
Number of branches or offices8,7909,5269,72210,09110,221
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)2,7693,1783,5513,9224,435
Non-scheduled commercial banks
Total number of entities44443
Number of branches or offices799010611880
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)131620246
Bank type VI
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Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap393
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)napnapnapnap50
Bank type VII
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Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VIII
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Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)napnapnapnapnap
Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities4143444443
Number of branches of foreign banks325311316320284
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)2,8783,5244,0524,5884,653
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnav31304149
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 entitiesnav31304149
Number of branches or officesnavnavnavnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)nav120,342195,784363,597590,905
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)nav671224
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 issuersnav68687691
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnav31304149
Total outstanding e-money value (INR billions)nav10142134
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (INR billions)nav671224