T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«France»
 Year
« ‹ 2018 › »
 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		498502485534516
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices9898989898
Number of payment accounts 129,35128,35328,36027,51426,989
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions) 114,80316,09114,46256,75451,039
Banks
Total number of entities496467445488465
Number of branches or offices37,52337,08436,57536,06335,301
Number of payment accounts (thousands)80,43381,56281,62080,66681,692
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)navnavnavnavnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)672,337776,935859,699957,9291,034,441
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Credit institutions legally incorporated in the reporting country
Total number of entities413416354403378
Number of branches or offices37,52337,08436,57536,06335,301
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)672,337776,935859,699957,9291,034,441
Bank type II
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Bank type III
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Bank type IV
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Bank type V
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Bank type VI
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Bank type VII
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Bank type VIII
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Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities8351918587
Number of branches of foreign banksnavnavnavnavnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnap
Value of payment accounts (EUR millions)navnavnavnavnap
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entities134394550
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)
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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 issuers578911
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnavnavnavnavnap
Total outstanding e-money value (EUR millions)navnavnavnavnap
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (EUR millions)navnavnavnavnap
 1 Change in methodology: Before 2020, only natural person accounts are reported; as of 2020 reporting of accounts of other institutions, companies and natural persons.