T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Italy»
 Year
« ‹ 2018 › »
 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		711687649583545
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices5243393933
Number of payment accounts3628272525
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)9,4058,01918,41116,19445,743
Banks
Total number of entities664643604538505
Number of branches or offices30,74030,25829,02727,37425,409
Number of payment accounts (thousands)38,17339,25540,31540,95141,608
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands) 132,09333,72135,54037,91439,465
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)809,706881,183911,4801,053,9191,097,165
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Public limited (SpA) banks
Total number of entities171164162147136
Number of branches or offices19,77819,43020,53321,33319,542
Number of payment accounts (thousands)26,69727,55930,74134,02734,405
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)560,802613,041664,805869,908902,364
Cooperative banks
Total number of entities3733252322
Number of branches or offices6,2786,1443,9731,6191,559
Number of payment accounts (thousands)6,6396,6324,4351,6301,652
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)153,069154,360118,28052,56349,766
Mutual banks
Total number of entities376365334289268
Number of branches or offices4,4324,4304,3504,2574,236
Number of payment accounts (thousands)4,1464,2994,4344,5084,647
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)69,29976,44387,26193,38296,810
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities8081837979
Number of branches of foreign banks252254171165162
Number of payment accounts (thousands)690765705786904
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)26,53537,33941,13438,06548,225
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities 24643443939
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 offices13,06912,90312,57612,58012,750
Number of payment accounts (thousands)6,0566,2536,2076,1866,220
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 443,95345,16949,64355,76958,700
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 5670648609543512
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks54447
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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