T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Italy»
 Year
« ‹ 2015 › »
 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		nap754734711687
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknap1111
Number of branches or officesnap52525243
Number of payment accountsnap120853628
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)nap9,66310,1839,4058,019
Banks
Total number of entitiesnap706684664643
Number of branches or officesnap33,06131,76130,74030,258
Number of payment accounts (thousands)nap37,19437,35638,17339,255
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands) 1nap27,93431,42632,09333,721
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)nap724,661741,866809,706881,183
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Public limited (SpA) banks
Total number of entitiesnap197182171164
Number of branches or officesnap22,64221,12319,77819,430
Number of payment accounts (thousands)nap27,05026,96026,69727,559
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)nap528,793533,652560,802613,041
Cooperative banks
Total number of entitiesnap37373733
Number of branches or officesnap5,6495,9296,2786,144
Number of payment accounts (thousands)nap5,1675,7476,6396,632
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)nap113,988127,526153,069154,360
Mutual banks
Total number of entitiesnap394385376365
Number of branches or officesnap4,4454,4494,4324,430
Number of payment accounts (thousands)nap4,4514,0364,1464,299
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)nap60,56662,75869,29976,443
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 entitiesnap78808081
Number of branches of foreign banksnap325260252254
Number of payment accounts (thousands)nap526613690765
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)nap21,31417,93126,53537,339
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities 2nap47494643
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 3napnavnavnavnav
Number of branches or officesnap13,16012,94113,06912,903
Number of payment accounts (thousands)nap5,8165,8956,0566,253
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 4nap41,45243,90343,95345,169
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnavnavnavnav
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers 5nap711689670648
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnap4554
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)napnavnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)napnavnavnavnav
 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