T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Belgium»
 Year
« ‹ 2015 › »
 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		nap120120132125
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknap1111
Number of branches or officesnap6555
Number of payment accountsnap238213200197
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)nap6854904441,280
Banks
Total number of entitiesnap10310310399
Number of branches or officesnap3,8203,7397,0856,706
Number of payment accounts (thousands)nap16,55116,79116,21617,847
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)nap10,60911,1299,32710,526
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)nap154,124165,308185,805200,419
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Banks that are legally fully incorporated in Belgium
Total number of entitiesnap44394337
Number of branches or officesnap3,7383,6477,0176,634
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)nap121,664129,130147,924160,204
Branches of EU banks
Total number of entitiesnap41474244
Number of branches or officesnap73835963
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)nap8,57010,20810,87113,334
Branches of EEA banks
Total number of entitiesnap9888
Number of branches or officesnap1123
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 1nap1,420550560475
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 entitiesnap991010
Number of branches of foreign banksnap8876
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)nap22,47025,42026,45026,406
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnap16162825
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 entitiesnap111311
Number of branches or officesnap1,3401,3431,3661,353
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnav4,1733,344
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnavnav4461
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnap15151514
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnap791313
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnap791010
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)nap10106299
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)nap10103170
 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