T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Hong Kong SAR»
 Year
« ‹ 2018 › »
 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		203199195191186
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices 100000
Number of payment accountsnapnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)napnapnapnapnap
Banks
Total number of entities203199195191186
Number of branches or offices1,5781,5261,4841,4601,472
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)navnavnavnavnav
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Licensed banks
Total number of entities2122222222
Number of branches or offices1,1921,1851,1571,1411,160
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)navnavnavnavnav
Restricted licence banks
Total number of entities1417161413
Number of branches or offices1623211918
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)navnavnavnavnav
Deposit-taking companies
Total number of entities2318171716
Number of branches or offices10359585857
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)navnavnavnavnav
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 entities145142140138135
Number of branches of foreign banks267259248242237
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (HKD millions)navnavnavnavnav
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 2navnav151618
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banks 2navnav131315
Total outstanding e-money value (HKD millions) 3navnav6,7847,9589,717
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (HKD millions)navnavnavnavnav
 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.