T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
Year
«  2014  »
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments
napnap828382
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnap111
Number of branches or officesnapnap111
Number of payment accountsnapnap311306311
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnap111,973157,433172,852
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap656665
Number of branches or officesnapnap4,1994,2594,320
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnap32,71735,63438,457
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnap226,898282,053379,462
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Government-owned Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap121212
Number of branches or officesnapnap1,5031,5131,523
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnap12,94414,31815,640
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnap74,19694,580133,474
Domestic private Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap333433
Number of branches or officesnapnap1,5651,5881,614
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnap10,58311,70213,026
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnap62,80680,780108,223
Banking subsidiaries of foreign banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap111111
Number of branches or officesnapnap1,0531,0791,104
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnap8,7029,1189,349
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnap78,24091,683117,735
Bank type IV
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type V
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VI
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VIII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnapnapnapnap
Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap999
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnap787979
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnap489497442
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnap11,65715,01020,030
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnapnap161616
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 entitiesnapnap161616
Number of branches or officesnapnap828181
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnap163163
Value of payment accounts (ARS millions)napnapnap00
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnapnavnavnav
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnapnapnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnapnavnavnav
Total outstanding e-money value (ARS millions)napnapnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (ARS millions)napnapnavnavnav