T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Italy»
 Year
« ‹ 2016 › »
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Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		754734711687649
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices5252524339
Number of payment accounts12085362827
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)9,66310,1839,4058,01918,411
Banks
Total number of entities706684664643604
Number of branches or offices33,06131,76130,74030,25829,027
Number of payment accounts (thousands)37,19437,35638,17339,25540,315
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands) 127,93431,42632,09333,72135,540
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)724,661741,866809,706881,183911,480
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Public limited (SpA) banks
Total number of entities197182171164162
Number of branches or offices22,64221,12319,77819,43020,533
Number of payment accounts (thousands)27,05026,96026,69727,55930,741
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)528,793533,652560,802613,041664,805
Cooperative banks
Total number of entities3737373325
Number of branches or offices5,6495,9296,2786,1443,973
Number of payment accounts (thousands)5,1675,7476,6396,6324,435
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)113,988127,526153,069154,360118,280
Mutual banks
Total number of entities394385376365334
Number of branches or offices4,4454,4494,4324,4304,350
Number of payment accounts (thousands)4,4514,0364,1464,2994,434
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)60,56662,75869,29976,44387,261
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities7880808183
Number of branches of foreign banks325260252254171
Number of payment accounts (thousands)526613690765705
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)21,31417,93126,53537,33941,134
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities 24749464344
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)
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Number of branches or offices13,16012,94113,06912,90312,576
Number of payment accounts (thousands)5,8165,8956,0566,2536,207
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 441,45243,90343,95345,16949,643
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
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MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers 5711689670648609
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks45544
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 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