T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments Source
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
Year
«  2014  »
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments
napnap3,8373,8093,734
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central banknapnap111
Number of branches or officesnapnap171717
Number of payment accountsnapnap339340340
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnap34,01140,89241,398
Banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap575757
Number of branches or officesnapnap7,9087,8197,621
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnap33,86937,26739,008
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions) 1napnap100,933111,406122,815
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Domestically licensed banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap131313
Number of branches or officesnapnap5,7675,6665,487
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnap65,90373,31576,866
Special purpose banks
Total number of entities 2napnap555
Number of branches or officesnapnap2,0682,0802,070
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnap32,83035,35142,884
Bank type III
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type IV
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type V
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VI
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VIII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnapnapnapnap
Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entitiesnapnap393939
Number of branches of foreign banksnapnap737364
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions)napnap2,2002,7403,066
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnapnapnavnavnav
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 3napnap3,7793,7513,676
Number of branches or officesnapnap11,08910,88110,456
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnavnavnav
Value of payment accounts (KRW billions) 4napnap55,73856,08763,865
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entities 5napnapnavnavnav
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnapnap333
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnap333
Total outstanding e-money value (KRW billions)napnap111110
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (KRW billions)napnapnavnavnav
 1 Demand deposits only. 2 Korea Development Bank, Industrial Bank of Korea, Export-Import Bank of Korea, Nonghyup and National Federation of Fisheries. 3 Mutual Savings Banks, Credit Unions, Mutual Credits and Community Credit Cooperatives, Korea Post and Financial investment companies. 4 Demand deposit, Customer's deposit and Cash Management Accounts. 5 This number is the sum of electronic funds transfer service providers, electronic payment settlement agency etc which are registered as electronic fiancial business entity by Financial Service Commision.
Sources: Bank of Korea; Financial Supervisory Service.