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
napnap363342281
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnap111
Number of branches or officesnapnap161616
Number of payment accountsnapnap2,3602,0102,045
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnap6,37049176
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap314290226
Number of branches or officesnapnap38,14233,71331,999
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnap65,39867,30464,524
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands) 1napnap29,87634,84536,267
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnap515,391541,443617,671
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Credit institutions legally incorporated in the reporting country
Total number of entities 2napnap230204144
Number of branches or officesnapnap37,90433,48231,755
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 3napnap65,39867,30464,524
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnap488,259511,095582,360
Bank type II
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type III
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnapnapnap
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 entities 4napnap848682
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnap238231244
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnap27,13230,34835,311
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnapnap485154
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 entitiesnapnap485154
Number of branches or officesnapnapnavnav143
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnav10
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)napnapnavnavnav
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 (EUR millions)napnapnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)napnapnavnavnav
 1 Figures from 2010 to November 2014 have been estimated on the basis of information collected under Regulation ECB/2008/32.Figures from December 2014 have been estimated on the basis of information collected under Regulation ECB/2013/33. 2 Data refers to commercial banks, savings banks and credit cooperatives. 3 Data refers to payment accounts for credit institutions legally incorporated in the reporting countries and branches of foreign banks.Figures from 2010 to November 2014 have been estimated on the basis of info collected under Reg. ECB/2008/32. Figures onwards have been estimated on the basis of info collected under Reg. ECB/2013/33. 4 Data refers to offices reported by other payment services as defined in the ECB payments statistics regulation ECB/2013/43.