T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Hong Kong SAR»
 Year
« ‹ 2015 › »
 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		nap200201203199
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknap1111
Number of branches or offices 1nap0000
Number of payment accountsnapnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnap
Banks
Total number of entitiesnap200201203199
Number of branches or officesnap1,6041,5851,5781,526
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnavnavnavnav
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Licensed banks
Total number of entitiesnap22212122
Number of branches or officesnap1,2101,1951,1921,185
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnavnavnavnav
Restricted licence banks
Total number of entitiesnap13131417
Number of branches or officesnap15151623
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnavnavnavnav
Deposit-taking companies
Total number of entitiesnap24242318
Number of branches or officesnap10510510359
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnavnavnavnav
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 entitiesnap141143145142
Number of branches of foreign banksnap274270267259
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnavnavnavnav
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 2napnavnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks 2napnavnavnavnav
Total outstanding e-money value (HKD millions) 3napnavnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (HKD millions)napnavnavnavnav
 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.