T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Italy»
 Year
« ‹ 2012 › »
 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		napnapnapnap754
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnapnapnap1
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap52
Number of payment accountsnapnapnapnap120
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnap9,663
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap706
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap33,061
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnap37,194
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands) 1napnapnapnap27,934
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnap724,661
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Public limited (SpA) banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap197
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap22,642
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnap27,050
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnap528,793
Cooperative banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap37
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap5,649
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnap5,167
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnap113,988
Mutual banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap394
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap4,445
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnap4,451
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnap60,566
Bank type IV
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type V
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VI
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VIII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap78
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnapnapnap325
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnap526
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnap21,314
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities 2napnapnapnap47
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 entities 3napnapnapnapnav
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap13,160
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnap5,816
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 4napnapnapnap41,452
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnav
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers 5napnapnapnap711
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnapnapnap4
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnav
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnav
 1 Internet-linked overnight deposits other than payment accounts are included 2 Payment Institutions and the Post Office are included 3 Post Office and Payment institutions with full operativity are included 4 Figures are drawn from the Poste Italiane Financial Statement (daily averages for the reference year) 5 All banks are authorised to issue e-money