T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Italy»
 Year
« ‹ 2013 › »
 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		napnapnap754734
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnapnap11
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap5252
Number of payment accountsnapnapnap12085
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnap9,66310,183
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap706684
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap33,06131,761
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnap37,19437,356
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands) 1napnapnap27,93431,426
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnap724,661741,866
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Public limited (SpA) banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap197182
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap22,64221,123
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnap27,05026,960
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnap528,793533,652
Cooperative banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap3737
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap5,6495,929
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnap5,1675,747
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnap113,988127,526
Mutual banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap394385
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap4,4454,449
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnap4,4514,036
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnap60,56662,758
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 entitiesnapnapnap7880
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnapnap325260
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnap526613
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnap21,31417,931
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities 2napnapnap4749
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 3napnapnapnavnav
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap13,16012,941
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnap5,8165,895
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 4napnapnap41,45243,903
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnavnav
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers 5napnapnap711689
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnapnap45
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)napnapnapnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)napnapnapnavnav
 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