T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Belgium»
 Year
« ‹ 2013 › »
 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		napnapnap120120
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnapnap11
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap65
Number of payment accountsnapnapnap238213
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnap685490
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap103103
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap3,8203,739
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnap16,55116,791
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)napnapnap10,60911,129
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnap154,124165,308
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Banks that are legally fully incorporated in Belgium
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap4439
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap3,7383,647
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnap121,664129,130
Branches of EU banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap4147
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap7383
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnap8,57010,208
Branches of EEA banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap98
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap11
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 1napnapnap1,420550
Bank type IV
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type V
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VI
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VIII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap99
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnapnap88
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnap22,47025,420
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap1616
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 entitiesnapnapnap11
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap1,3401,343
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnavnav
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap1515
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnapnapnap79
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnapnap79
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)napnapnap1010
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)napnapnap1010
 1  2020: The remaining reporting agent does not hold payment accounts, the second one present in 2019 is now out of scope due to Brexit