T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments Source
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Japan»
 Year
« ‹ 2015 › »
 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		napnavnavnavnav
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank 1nap1111
Number of branches or offices 1nap33333333
Number of payment accounts 1nap549539538534
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions) 2nap47,367117,888188,238262,750
Banks
Total number of entities 1nap1,4911,4661,4171,378
Number of branches or offices 1nap54,46954,28354,01753,812
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 3nap389,436387,638387,239386,827
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions) 4nap434,455457,678481,653507,292
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Domestically licensed banks
Total number of entities 5nap141140140140
Number of branches or offices 5nap36,15636,14036,11136,104
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 6nap316,573315,549315,760315,971
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions) 7nap390,705411,655433,051456,769
Cooperative and rural banks
Total number of entities 8nap1,2931,2711,2231,185
Number of branches or offices 8nap18,23518,06717,83417,638
Number of payment accounts (thousands) 9nap72,86372,08871,47970,855
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions) 10nap43,09945,28047,58249,455
Bank type III
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type IV
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type V
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VI
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VIII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)napnapnapnapnap
Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities 1nap57555453
Number of branches of foreign banks 1nap78767270
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions) 2nap6517431,0211,068
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnapnavnavnavnav
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 entities 11nap1,1001,0851,0631,046
Number of branches or officesnapnavnavnavnav
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (JPY billions)napnavnavnavnav
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnavnavnavnav
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnapnavnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnavnavnavnav
Total outstanding e-money value (JPY billions) 12nap166193218246
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (JPY billions)napnavnavnavnav
 1 As of end-March of the following year. 2 Average for March of the following year. 3 As of end-March of the following year. Sum of available data. 4 Average for March of the following year. Sum of available data. 5 As of end-March of the following year. Includes city banks, regional banks, regional banks II, trust banks, other banks and Japan Post Bank. 6 As of end-March of the following year. Includes city banks, regional banks, regional banks II, trust banks and other banks. 7 Average for March of the following year. Includes city banks, regional banks, regional banks II, trust banks, other banks and Japan Post Bank. 8 As of end-March of the following year. Includes shinkin banks, Shinkin Central Bank, Norinchukin Bank, Shoko Chukin Bank, Shinkumi Federation Bank, National Federation of Labour Credit Associations, credit cooperatives, labour credit associations, agricultural cooperatives and fishery cooperatives. 9 As of end-March of the following year. Figures for shinkin banks only. 10 Average for March of the following year. Figures for shinkin banks only. 11 As of end-March of the following year. Total of registered "Issuers of Prepaid Payment Instruments for Third-Party Business" and "Funds Transfer Service Providers" (not mutually exclusive). Issuers of Prepaid Payment Instruments includes issuers of paper-based prepaid payment instruments. 12 As of end-March of the following year. Based on the survey by the Bank of Japan. This is the sum of the eight major electronic money companies in Japan. From 2019, payments via QR and barcodes (as of end-December, based on the survey by the Payments Japan Association) are added to e-money payments. Note that these payments are not separated from payments by card with credit function.
Sources: Bank of Japan; Japan Post Bank; Centre for Financial Industry Information Systems; Japanese Bankers Association; Japan Payment Service Association.