T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments Source
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Japan»
 Year
« ‹ 2013 › »
 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		napnapnapnavnav
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank 1napnapnap11
Number of branches or offices 1napnapnap3333
Number of payment accounts 1napnapnap549539
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions) 2napnapnap47,367117,888
Banks
Total number of entities 1napnapnap1,4911,466
Number of branches or offices 1napnapnap54,46954,283
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 3napnapnap389,436387,638
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions) 4napnapnap434,455457,678
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Domestically licensed banks
Total number of entities 5napnapnap141140
Number of branches or offices 5napnapnap36,15636,140
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 6napnapnap316,573315,549
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions) 7napnapnap390,705411,655
Cooperative and rural banks
Total number of entities 8napnapnap1,2931,271
Number of branches or offices 8napnapnap18,23518,067
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 9napnapnap72,86372,088
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions) 10napnapnap43,09945,280
Bank type III
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type IV
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type V
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VI
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VIII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)napnapnapnapnap
Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities 1napnapnap5755
Number of branches of foreign banks 1napnapnap7876
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions) 2napnapnap651743
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnavnav
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 11napnapnap1,1001,085
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)napnapnapnavnav
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnavnav
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnapnapnapnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnapnapnavnav
Total outstanding e-money value (JPY billions) 12napnapnap166193
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (JPY billions)napnapnapnavnav
 1 As of end-March of the following year. 2 Average for March of the following year. 3 As of end-March of the following year. Sum of available data. 4 Average for March of the following year. Sum of available data. 5 As of end-March of the following year. Includes city banks, regional banks, regional banks II, trust banks, other banks and Japan Post Bank. 6 As of end-March of the following year. Includes city banks, regional banks, regional banks II, trust banks and other banks. 7 Average for March of the following year. Includes city banks, regional banks, regional banks II, trust banks, other banks and Japan Post Bank. 8 As of end-March of the following year. Includes shinkin banks, Shinkin Central Bank, Norinchukin Bank, Shoko Chukin Bank, Shinkumi Federation Bank, National Federation of Labour Credit Associations, credit cooperatives, labour credit associations, agricultural cooperatives and fishery cooperatives. 9 As of end-March of the following year. Figures for shinkin banks only. 10 Average for March of the following year. Figures for shinkin banks only. 11 As of end-March of the following year. Total of registered "Issuers of Prepaid Payment Instruments for Third-Party Business" and "Funds Transfer Service Providers" (not mutually exclusive). Issuers of Prepaid Payment Instruments includes issuers of paper-based prepaid payment instruments. 12 As of end-March of the following year. Based on the survey by the Bank of Japan. This is the sum of the eight major electronic money companies in Japan. From 2019, payments via QR and barcodes (as of end-December, based on the survey by the Payments Japan Association) are added to e-money payments. Note that these payments are not separated from payments by card with credit function.
Sources: Bank of Japan; Japan Post Bank; Centre for Financial Industry Information Systems; Japanese Bankers Association; Japan Payment Service Association.