T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Hong Kong SAR»
 Year
« ‹ 2013 › »
 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		napnapnap200201
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnapnap11
Number of branches or offices 1napnapnap00
Number of payment accountsnapnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnap
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap200201
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap1,6041,585
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnavnav
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Licensed banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap2221
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap1,2101,195
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnavnav
Restricted licence banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap1313
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap1515
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnavnav
Deposit-taking companies
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap2424
Number of branches or officesnapnapnap105105
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnavnav
Bank type IV
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type V
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VI
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VIII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnap
Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entitiesnapnapnap141143
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnapnap274270
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnavnav
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
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 entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnap
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuers 2napnapnapnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks 2napnapnapnavnav
Total outstanding e-money value (HKD millions) 3napnapnapnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (HKD millions)napnapnapnavnav
 1 The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has one overseas representative office (in New York); it does not offer payment services to non-banks. 2 The licensing regime for stored value facilities (SVF) under the Payment Systems and Stored Value Facilities Ordinance commenced operation in November 2016. Number of SVF issuers before then was not available. 3 This figure includes the stored value remaining in the SVF issued and the deposit placed with the issuers for enabling the SVF to be used. Data before 2016 is not available as mentioned above.