T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Italy»
 Year
« ‹ 2021 › »
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Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		583545529526533
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices3933333333
Number of payment accounts2525232625
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)16,19445,74337,72559,39766,307
Banks
Total number of entities538505485478476
Number of branches or offices27,37425,40924,31123,48021,650
Number of payment accounts (thousands)40,95141,60842,49643,98644,065
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands) 137,91439,46541,22442,65344,065
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)1,053,9191,097,1651,160,2521,510,8731,605,797
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Public limited (SpA) banks
Total number of entities147136126127130
Number of branches or offices21,33319,54218,39517,89816,225
Number of payment accounts (thousands)34,02734,40535,39236,52136,734
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)869,908902,364920,7111,209,5411,305,782
Cooperative banks
Total number of entities2322222120
Number of branches or offices1,6191,5591,5471,2441,151
Number of payment accounts (thousands)1,6301,6521,4131,428972
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)52,56349,76654,39162,78635,147
Mutual banks
Total number of entities289268259255244
Number of branches or offices4,2574,2364,2354,2034,148
Number of payment accounts (thousands)4,5084,6474,8055,0755,234
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)93,38296,810130,793170,981188,022
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities7979787582
Number of branches of foreign banks165162134135126
Number of payment accounts (thousands)7869048868711,125
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)38,06548,22554,35767,56576,846
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities 23939434756
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 offices12,58012,75012,56212,52112,514
Number of payment accounts (thousands)6,1866,2206,1646,2466,582
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 455,76958,70061,90067,40079,100
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 5543512493487487
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks478911
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Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
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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