T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments Source
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Korea»
 Year
« ‹ 2012 › »
 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		napnapnapnap3,837
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnapnapnap1
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap17
Number of payment accountsnapnapnapnap339
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnapnapnap34,011
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap57
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap7,908
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnap33,869
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions) 1napnapnapnap100,933
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Domestically licensed banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap13
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap5,767
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnapnapnap65,903
Special purpose banks
Total number of entities 2napnapnapnap5
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap2,068
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnapnapnap32,830
Bank type III
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type IV
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type V
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VI
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VIII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnapnapnapnap
Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnap39
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnapnapnap73
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnapnapnap2,200
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnav
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 3napnapnapnap3,779
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnap11,089
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnav
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions) 4napnapnapnap55,738
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entities 5napnapnapnapnav
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnapnapnapnap3
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnapnapnap3
Total outstanding e-money value (KRW billions)napnapnapnap11
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (KRW billions)napnapnapnapnav
 1 Demand deposits only. 2 Korea Development Bank, Industrial Bank of Korea, Export-Import Bank of Korea, Nonghyup and National Federation of Fisheries. 3 Mutual Savings Banks, Credit Unions, Mutual Credits and Community Credit Cooperatives, Korea Post and Financial investment companies. 4 Demand deposit, Customer's deposit and Cash Management Accounts. 5 This number is the sum of electronic funds transfer service providers, electronic payment settlement agency etc which are registered as electronic fiancial business entity by Financial Service Commision.
Sources: Bank of Korea; Financial Supervisory Service.