T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
Year
«  2017  »
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments
1,7721,7611,7681,7681,745
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices1720203034
Number of payment accounts84485151119
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)2,3274,6244,9545,4155,690
Banks
Total number of entities1,7401,7301,7261,7181,706
Number of branches or offices128,203136,964144,164149,147154,130
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)90,859100,585107,938119,235126,549
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Public sector banks
Total number of entities2727272721
Number of branches or offices81,76087,27890,42092,44091,125
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)65,89071,95574,86280,79382,623
Private banks
Total number of entities2020212121
Number of branches or offices18,09020,07022,79924,67228,768
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)15,91718,34521,47725,64830,137
Regional rural banks
Total number of entities5756565656
Number of branches or offices18,42619,47220,41621,05721,747
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)2,3342,6623,0663,6514,005
Urban co-operative banks
Total number of entities1,5891,5791,5741,5621,551
Number of branches or offices9,5269,72210,09110,22110,646
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)3,1783,5513,9224,4354,565
Non-scheduled commercial banks
Total number of entities44433
Number of branches or offices901061188091
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)16202467
Bank type VI
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap69
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap3931,467
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)napnapnap50263
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
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
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 entities4344444345
Number of branches of foreign banks311316320284286
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)3,5244,0524,5884,6534,949
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities3130414946
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 entities3130414946
Number of branches or officesnavnavnavnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)120,342195,784363,597590,905297,799
Value of payment accounts (INR billions)67122415
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 issuers68687691106
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks3130414946
Total outstanding e-money value (INR billions)1014213448
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (INR billions)67122415