T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«South Africa»
 Year
« ‹ 2018 › »
 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		3536344447
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices77774
Number of payment accounts305309314326339
Value of payment accounts (ZAR billions)7477828791
Banks
Total number of entities3435334346
Number of branches or offices4,1764,0514,0493,9564,149
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (ZAR billions)3,0023,2983,4893,6813,923
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
All banks except private banks and branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities3435333131
Number of branches or offices4,1764,0514,0493,9564,149
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (ZAR billions)3,0023,2983,4893,6813,923
Private banks
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Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (ZAR billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type III
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Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (ZAR billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type IV
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
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Bank type V
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Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (ZAR billions)napnapnapnapnap
Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entitiesnavnavnav1215
Number of branches of foreign banksnavnavnavnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (ZAR billions)navnavnavnavnav
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
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 entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (ZAR billions)napnapnapnapnap
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 issuersnapnapnapnapnap
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnapnapnapnap
Total outstanding e-money value (ZAR billions)napnapnapnapnap
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (ZAR billions)napnapnapnapnap