T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Italy»
 Year
« ‹ 2014 › »
 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		napnap754734711
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnap111
Number of branches or officesnapnap525252
Number of payment accountsnapnap1208536
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnap9,66310,1839,405
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap706684664
Number of branches or officesnapnap33,06131,76130,740
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnap37,19437,35638,173
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands) 1napnap27,93431,42632,093
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnap724,661741,866809,706
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Public limited (SpA) banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap197182171
Number of branches or officesnapnap22,64221,12319,778
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnap27,05026,96026,697
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnap528,793533,652560,802
Cooperative banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap373737
Number of branches or officesnapnap5,6495,9296,278
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnap5,1675,7476,639
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnap113,988127,526153,069
Mutual banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap394385376
Number of branches or officesnapnap4,4454,4494,432
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnap4,4514,0364,146
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnap60,56662,75869,299
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 entitiesnapnap788080
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnap325260252
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnap526613690
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnap21,31417,93126,535
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities 2napnap474946
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 3napnapnavnavnav
Number of branches or officesnapnap13,16012,94113,069
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnap5,8165,8956,056
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 4napnap41,45243,90343,953
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnapnavnavnav
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers 5napnap711689670
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnap455
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)napnapnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)napnapnavnavnav
 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