Colombian Banking Service Points by Municipality and Channel

Monthly data on the number of banking service points, including offices, ATMs, point-of-sale terminals, and various agent types, across Colombian municipalities. The dataset is reported by financial entities supervised by Colombia's Superintendencia Financiera. Previously published data may change monthly due to retransmission requests from the supervised entities.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in physical banking access over time using the FECHA_CORTE and CANTIDAD_PUNTOS_ATENCION columns.
• Map the density of specific service channels like ATMs or digital agents by municipality using CODIGO_CANAL and CODIGO_MUNICIPIO.
• Compare the service point footprint of different financial institution types using TIPO_ENTIDAD and NOMBRE_ENTIDAD.
• Track the activation status of service points over time using CANTIDAD_PUNTOS_ANTECION_ACTIVOS and FECHA_CORTE.
• Assess regional disparities in financial access by aggregating CANTIDAD_PUNTOS_ATENCION by CODIGO_DEPARTAMENTO.

Strengths

• Contains 11 distinct columns detailing entity, location, channel, and point counts.
• Data is updated monthly, as indicated by the FECHA_CORTE field and description of monthly reporting.

Limitations

• Specific row count and total number of records are unknown.
• Data is subject to revision, as noted in the description regarding retransmission requests.

Provenance

Source

Financial entities supervised by Colombia's Superintendencia Financiera.

Collection Method

Reported by supervised entities, subject to retransmission requests.

Time Range

Monthly coverage, specific start date unknown.

Freshness

Updated monthly; last platform update was 2026-02-16.

Geography

Municipalities and departments of Colombia.