BIS Statistics Explorer: Table T3

T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments ^Source

(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)

	Year
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Total number of institutions offering payment services/instruments	A:JP:IA:N:A	A:JP:IA:N:A	A:JP:IA:N:A	A:JP:IA:N:A	A:JP:IA:N:A
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank ¹	A:JP:CB:N:A	A:JP:CB:N:A	A:JP:CB:N:A	A:JP:CB:N:A	A:JP:CB:N:A
Number of branches or offices ¹	A:JP:CB:N:C	A:JP:CB:N:C	A:JP:CB:N:C	A:JP:CB:N:C	A:JP:CB:N:C
Number of payment accounts ¹	A:JP:CB:N:F	A:JP:CB:N:F	A:JP:CB:N:F	A:JP:CB:N:F	A:JP:CB:N:F
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions) ²	A:JP:CB:V:F	A:JP:CB:V:F	A:JP:CB:V:F	A:JP:CB:V:F	A:JP:CB:V:F
Banks
Total number of entities ¹	A:JP:BA:N:A	A:JP:BA:N:A	A:JP:BA:N:A	A:JP:BA:N:A	A:JP:BA:N:A
Number of branches or offices ¹	A:JP:BA:N:C	A:JP:BA:N:C	A:JP:BA:N:C	A:JP:BA:N:C	A:JP:BA:N:C
Number of payment accounts (thousands) ³	A:JP:BA:N:F	A:JP:BA:N:F	A:JP:BA:N:F	A:JP:BA:N:F	A:JP:BA:N:F
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)	A:JP:BA:N:I	A:JP:BA:N:I	A:JP:BA:N:I	A:JP:BA:N:I	A:JP:BA:N:I
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions) ⁴	A:JP:BA:V:F	A:JP:BA:V:F	A:JP:BA:V:F	A:JP:BA:V:F	A:JP:BA:V:F
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Domestically licensed banks
Total number of entities ⁵	A:JP:B1:N:A	A:JP:B1:N:A	A:JP:B1:N:A	A:JP:B1:N:A	A:JP:B1:N:A
Number of branches or offices ⁵	A:JP:B1:N:C	A:JP:B1:N:C	A:JP:B1:N:C	A:JP:B1:N:C	A:JP:B1:N:C
Number of payment accounts (thousands) ⁶	A:JP:B1:N:F	A:JP:B1:N:F	A:JP:B1:N:F	A:JP:B1:N:F	A:JP:B1:N:F
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions) ⁷	A:JP:B1:V:F	A:JP:B1:V:F	A:JP:B1:V:F	A:JP:B1:V:F	A:JP:B1:V:F
Cooperative and rural banks
Total number of entities ⁸	A:JP:B2:N:A	A:JP:B2:N:A	A:JP:B2:N:A	A:JP:B2:N:A	A:JP:B2:N:A
Number of branches or offices ⁸	A:JP:B2:N:C	A:JP:B2:N:C	A:JP:B2:N:C	A:JP:B2:N:C	A:JP:B2:N:C
Number of payment accounts (thousands) ⁹	A:JP:B2:N:F	A:JP:B2:N:F	A:JP:B2:N:F	A:JP:B2:N:F	A:JP:B2:N:F
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions) ¹⁰	A:JP:B2:V:F	A:JP:B2:V:F	A:JP:B2:V:F	A:JP:B2:V:F	A:JP:B2:V:F
Bank type III
Total number of entities	A:JP:B3:N:A	A:JP:B3:N:A	A:JP:B3:N:A	A:JP:B3:N:A	A:JP:B3:N:A
Number of branches or offices	A:JP:B3:N:C	A:JP:B3:N:C	A:JP:B3:N:C	A:JP:B3:N:C	A:JP:B3:N:C
Number of payment accounts (thousands)	A:JP:B3:N:F	A:JP:B3:N:F	A:JP:B3:N:F	A:JP:B3:N:F	A:JP:B3:N:F
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)	A:JP:B3:V:F	A:JP:B3:V:F	A:JP:B3:V:F	A:JP:B3:V:F	A:JP:B3:V:F
Bank type IV
Total number of entities	A:JP:B4:N:A	A:JP:B4:N:A	A:JP:B4:N:A	A:JP:B4:N:A	A:JP:B4:N:A
Number of branches or offices	A:JP:B4:N:C	A:JP:B4:N:C	A:JP:B4:N:C	A:JP:B4:N:C	A:JP:B4:N:C
Number of payment accounts (thousands)	A:JP:B4:N:F	A:JP:B4:N:F	A:JP:B4:N:F	A:JP:B4:N:F	A:JP:B4:N:F
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)	A:JP:B4:V:F	A:JP:B4:V:F	A:JP:B4:V:F	A:JP:B4:V:F	A:JP:B4:V:F
Bank type V
Total number of entities	A:JP:B5:N:A	A:JP:B5:N:A	A:JP:B5:N:A	A:JP:B5:N:A	A:JP:B5:N:A
Number of branches or offices	A:JP:B5:N:C	A:JP:B5:N:C	A:JP:B5:N:C	A:JP:B5:N:C	A:JP:B5:N:C
Number of payment accounts (thousands)	A:JP:B5:N:F	A:JP:B5:N:F	A:JP:B5:N:F	A:JP:B5:N:F	A:JP:B5:N:F
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)	A:JP:B5:V:F	A:JP:B5:V:F	A:JP:B5:V:F	A:JP:B5:V:F	A:JP:B5:V:F
Bank type VI
Total number of entities	A:JP:B6:N:A	A:JP:B6:N:A	A:JP:B6:N:A	A:JP:B6:N:A	A:JP:B6:N:A
Number of branches or offices	A:JP:B6:N:C	A:JP:B6:N:C	A:JP:B6:N:C	A:JP:B6:N:C	A:JP:B6:N:C
Number of payment accounts (thousands)	A:JP:B6:N:F	A:JP:B6:N:F	A:JP:B6:N:F	A:JP:B6:N:F	A:JP:B6:N:F
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)	A:JP:B6:V:F	A:JP:B6:V:F	A:JP:B6:V:F	A:JP:B6:V:F	A:JP:B6:V:F
Bank type VII
Total number of entities	A:JP:B7:N:A	A:JP:B7:N:A	A:JP:B7:N:A	A:JP:B7:N:A	A:JP:B7:N:A
Number of branches or offices	A:JP:B7:N:C	A:JP:B7:N:C	A:JP:B7:N:C	A:JP:B7:N:C	A:JP:B7:N:C
Number of payment accounts (thousands)	A:JP:B7:N:F	A:JP:B7:N:F	A:JP:B7:N:F	A:JP:B7:N:F	A:JP:B7:N:F
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)	A:JP:B7:V:F	A:JP:B7:V:F	A:JP:B7:V:F	A:JP:B7:V:F	A:JP:B7:V:F
Bank type VIII
Total number of entities	A:JP:B8:N:A	A:JP:B8:N:A	A:JP:B8:N:A	A:JP:B8:N:A	A:JP:B8:N:A
Number of branches or offices	A:JP:B8:N:C	A:JP:B8:N:C	A:JP:B8:N:C	A:JP:B8:N:C	A:JP:B8:N:C
Number of payment accounts (thousands)	A:JP:B8:N:F	A:JP:B8:N:F	A:JP:B8:N:F	A:JP:B8:N:F	A:JP:B8:N:F
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)	A:JP:B8:V:F	A:JP:B8:V:F	A:JP:B8:V:F	A:JP:B8:V:F	A:JP:B8:V:F
Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities ¹	A:JP:FB:N:A	A:JP:FB:N:A	A:JP:FB:N:A	A:JP:FB:N:A	A:JP:FB:N:A
Number of branches of foreign banks ¹	A:JP:FB:N:C	A:JP:FB:N:C	A:JP:FB:N:C	A:JP:FB:N:C	A:JP:FB:N:C
Number of payment accounts (thousands)	A:JP:FB:N:F	A:JP:FB:N:F	A:JP:FB:N:F	A:JP:FB:N:F	A:JP:FB:N:F
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions) ²	A:JP:FB:V:F	A:JP:FB:V:F	A:JP:FB:V:F	A:JP:FB:V:F	A:JP:FB:V:F
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities	A:JP:NA:N:A	A:JP:NA:N:A	A:JP:NA:N:A	A:JP:NA:N:A	A:JP:NA:N:A
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 ¹¹	A:JP:N1:N:A	A:JP:N1:N:A	A:JP:N1:N:A	A:JP:N1:N:A	A:JP:N1:N:A
Number of branches or offices	A:JP:N1:N:C	A:JP:N1:N:C	A:JP:N1:N:C	A:JP:N1:N:C	A:JP:N1:N:C
Number of payment accounts (thousands)	A:JP:N1:N:F	A:JP:N1:N:F	A:JP:N1:N:F	A:JP:N1:N:F	A:JP:N1:N:F
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)	A:JP:N1:V:F	A:JP:N1:V:F	A:JP:N1:V:F	A:JP:N1:V:F	A:JP:N1:V:F
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entities	A:JP:N2:N:A	A:JP:N2:N:A	A:JP:N2:N:A	A:JP:N2:N:A	A:JP:N2:N:A
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers	A:JP:EA:N:A	A:JP:EA:N:A	A:JP:EA:N:A	A:JP:EA:N:A	A:JP:EA:N:A
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers' by type of institution
Of which: non-banks	A:JP:EN:N:A	A:JP:EN:N:A	A:JP:EN:N:A	A:JP:EN:N:A	A:JP:EN:N:A
Total outstanding e-money value (JPY billions) ¹²	A:JP:EA:V:F	A:JP:EA:V:F	A:JP:EA:V:F	A:JP:EA:V:F	A:JP:EA:V:F
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value' by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (JPY billions)	A:JP:EN:V:F	A:JP:EN:V:F	A:JP:EN:V:F	A:JP:EN:V:F	A:JP:EN:V:F

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.