List of banks in Europe

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This is a list of banks in Europe.

Largest banks in Europe[]

The 20 largest banks in Europe by total assets, as of December 31, 2020.[1]

Rank Bank Total assets
(billions of US dollars) 		Headquarter city
1 France BNP Paribas 3,080.55 Paris
2 United Kingdom HSBC 2,984.16 London
3 France Crédit Agricole 2,741.77 Paris
4 Spain Banco Santander 1,844.95 Santander (legal) and Madrid (operations)
5 United Kingdom Barclays 1,842.49 London
6 France Société Générale 1,788.32 Paris
7 France Groupe BPCE 1,768.51 Paris
8 Germany Deutsche Bank 1,621.11 Frankfurt
9 Italy Intesa Sanpaolo 1,226.44 Turin
10 United Kingdom Lloyds Banking Group 1,189.54 Edinburgh (legal) and London (operations)
11 Netherlands ING Group 1,146.51 Amsterdam
12 Italy UniCredit 1,139.40 Milan
13 Switzerland UBS 1,125.77 Zürich
14 United Kingdom NatWest Group 1,091.54 Edinburgh
15 France Crédit Mutuel Group 1,044.98 Strasbourg
16 Switzerland Credit Suisse 910.79 Zürich
17 France La Banque Postale 901.74 Paris
18 Spain CaixaBank 809.01 Valencia
18 Spain Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria 795.85 Bilbao (legal) and Madrid (operations)
20 United Kingdom Standard Chartered 789.05 London

Albania[]

Main article: List of banks in Albania

Andorra[]

Main article: List of banks in Andorra

Armenia[]

Main article: List of banks in Armenia

Austria[]

Azerbaijan[]

Main article: List of banks in Azerbaijan

Belarus[]

Main article: List of banks in Belarus

Belgium[]

Main article: List of banks in Belgium

Central bank[]

  • National Bank of Belgium

Major banks[]

  • Belfius
  • BNP Paribas Fortis (BNP Paribas)
  • ING Belgium (ING Group)
  • KBC Bank

Minor banks[]

  • Argenta Spaarbank
  • Banca Monte Paschi Belgio
  • Bank Delen & de Schaetzen Bank Delen of Bank de Schaetzen or "DDS Bank"
  • Beobank
  • Commerzbank
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Keytrade Bank
  • (subsidiary of MeDirect Bank Malta - see List of banks in Malta)
  • Triodos Bank
  • van de Put & C° Banque de Titres/Effectenbank S.C.A.

More information can be found at diplobel.us.[2]

Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

Main article: List of banks in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria[]

Main article: List of banks in Bulgaria

Croatia[]

Main article: List of banks in Croatia

Licensed banks[]

Licensed savings banks[]

Licensed housing savings banks[]

Other licensed institutions with full authorization[]

Representative offices of foreign banks[]

  • Commerzbank AG
  • Deutsche Bank AG

Cyprus[]

Main article: List of banks in Cyprus

Central Bank[]

  • Central Bank of Cyprus

Banks incorporated in Cyprus[]

Branches of foreign banks in Cyprus[]

Representative offices of foreign banks in Cyprus[]

Defunct Banks[]

  • Cyprus Popular Bank

Czech Republic[]

Central bank[]

  • Czech National Bank

Commercial and savings banks[]

Branch offices of foreign banks[]

Denmark[]

Main article: List of banks in Denmark

Estonia[]

Main article: List of banks in Estonia

Finland[]

Main article: List of banks in Finland

France[]

See the exhaustive list of banks operating in France, on the FBF website[24]

Georgia[]

Main article: List of banks in Georgia (country)

Germany[]

Main article: List of banks in Germany

Gibraltar[]

Greece[]

Main article: List of banks in Greece

Guernsey[]

Main article: List of banks in Guernsey

Hungary[]

Main article: List of banks in Hungary
The headquarters of the Hungarian National Bank
  • Budapest Bank
  • CIB Bank
  • (owned by Citicorp)
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Erste Bank
  • ING Bank
  • K&H Bank
  • MagNet Bank
  • MKB Bank (formerly Magyar Külkereskedelmi Bank)
  • OTP Bank
  • Raiffeisen Bank
  • Sberbank

Iceland[]

Main article: List of banks in Iceland

Ireland[]

Main article: List of banks in the Republic of Ireland

Central bank[]

  • Central Bank of Ireland

Commercial banks[]

  • Allied Irish Banks
  • Bank of Ireland
  • KBC Bank Ireland (formerly IIB Bank)
  • Permanent TSB
  • Ulster Bank

Isle of Man[]

Main article: List of banks in the Isle of Man

Italy[]

Main article: List of banks in Italy

Jersey[]

Main article: List of banks in Jersey

Latvia[]

Main article: List of banks in Latvia

Liechtenstein[]

Main article: List of banks in Liechtenstein

Lithuania[]

Main article: List of banks in Lithuania

Luxembourg[]

North Macedonia[]

Main article: List of banks in North Macedonia

Malta[]

Main article: List of banks in Malta

Complete list as of June 6, 2012, based on official lists available at Malta Financial Services Authority[51]

Moldova[]

Main article: List of banks in Moldova

Monaco[]

Main article: List of banks in Monaco

Montenegro[]

Main article: List of banks in Montenegro

Central bank[]

  • Central bank of Montenegro

Commercial banks[]

Netherlands[]

Main article: List of banks in the Netherlands
ING Group is one of the biggest banks in the world, and consistently ranks among the top 30 largest banks globally.
With a history dating back to 1737, Van Lanschot Kempen is the oldest independent bank in the Netherlands,[52] the oldest independent bank in the Benelux[53][54] and one of the oldest independent banks in the world.[55]

Central bank[]

  • De Nederlandsche Bank N.V.

Major banks[]

  • ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
  • ING Bank N.V.
  • Rabobank

Savings and other banks[]

  • AlpInvest Partners
  • Amsterdam Trade Bank N.V.
  • Bank Insinger de Beaufort N.V.
  • Bank Mendes Gans N.V.
  • Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten
  • Bank of New York Mellon
  • Bank Ten Cate & Cie. N.V.
  • Binck N.V.
  • Demir Halk Bank N.V.
  • Deutsche Bank
  • F. van Lanschot Bankiers N.V.
  • Friesland Bank N.V.
  • Knab
  • Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)
  • NIBC Bank
  • SNS Bank N.V.
  • Triodos Bank
  • Van Lanschot

Defunct or merged banks[]

See also: List of defunct banks of the Netherlands

Northern Cyprus[]

Main article: List of banks in Northern Cyprus

Norway[]

Main article: List of banks in Norway

Central bank[]

  • Norges Bank

Commercial banks[]

  • Bank Norwegian
  • DnB NOR
    • DnB NOR Bank
    • Nordlandsbanken
    • Postbanken
  • Fokus Bank (subsidiary of Danske Bank)
  • Glitnir
  • Handelsbanken (subsidiary of Svenska Handelsbanken)
  • Landkreditt Bank
  • Nordea
  • Santander Consumer Bank (subsidiary of Banco Santander)
  • (subsidiary of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken)
  • Skandiabanken (subsidiary of Skandia)
  • Storebrand Bank
  • Voss Veksel- og Landmandsbank

Public banks[]

Savings banks[]

Poland[]

Central bank[]

  • Narodowy Bank Polski

Commercial banks[]

  • Bank BPH SA
  • Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego
  • Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA (Citigroup)
  • Bank Millennium SA
  • Bank Ochrony Środowiska
  • Bank Pocztowy
  • Bank Pekao SA
  • Bank Zachodni WBK SA
  • Euro Bank
  • Getin Noble Bank
  • Idea Bank
  • ING Bank Śląski
  • mBank
  • Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polski SA
  • BNP PARIBAS SA Oddział w Polsce
  • BNP Paribas Bank Polska SA
  • Danske Bank A/S SA Oddział w Polsce
  • Deutsche Bank PBC
  • Deutsche Bank Polska
  • Bank DnB NORD Polska SA
  • Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (Polska) SA
  • HSBC Bank Polska SA
  • NORDEA BANK POLSKA SA
  • RCI Bank Polska SA
  • Santander Consumer Bank
  • Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SA) - Oddział w Polsce
  • Société Générale SA Oddział w Polsce
  • Svenska Handelsbanken AB SA Oddział w Polsce

Portugal[]

Central bank[]

  • Banco de Portugal

Major banks[]

Romania[]

Main article: List of banks in Romania

Central bank[]

Commercial banks[]

Russia[]

Main article: List of banks in Russia

San Marino[]

Main article: List of banks in San Marino

Serbia[]

Main article: List of banks in Serbia

Central bank[]

  • National Bank of Serbia

Commercial banks[]

Defunct banks[]

Slovakia[]

Main article: List of banks in Slovakia

Central banks[]

  • National Bank of Slovakia

Commercial and savings banks[]

Branch offices of foreign banks[]

Slovenia[]

Main article: List of banks in Slovenia

Spain[]

Main article: List of banks in Spain

Sweden[]

Main article: List of banks in Sweden

Switzerland[]

Main article: List of banks in Switzerland
For banks in Switzerland, see Swiss bank.

Defunct or merged banks[]

  • Banca Unione di Credito acquired by
  • merged Clariden
  • merged Clariden
  • merged Coutts & Co.
  • merged EFG Privatebank SA
  • SA merged UBS
  • Schweizerische Volksbank (SVB) bought (Credit Suisse Group)
  • Swiss Bank Corporation (SBE/SBS) merged
  • Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS/SBG) merged
  • Wegelin & Co

Turkey[]

Main article: List of banks in Turkey

Ukraine[]

Main article: List of banks in Ukraine

Central bank[]

  • National Bank of Ukraine

Major banks[]

Local banks[]

United Kingdom[]

Main article: Banks of the United Kingdom

Central bank[]

  • Bank of England

Major banks[]

  • Bank of Scotland, part of Lloyds Banking Group
  • Barclays Bank, part of Barclays Plc
  • Clydesdale Bank, part of the Virgin Money UK
  • The Co-operative Bank
  • Northern Bank, trading as Danske Bank, part of Danske Bank Group, Denmark
  • Halifax (a trading name of Bank of Scotland), part of Lloyds Banking Group
  • HSBC UK, part of HSBC Holdings
  • Lloyds Bank, part of Lloyds Banking Group
  • National Westminster Bank, part of NatWest Group
  • The Royal Bank of Scotland, part of NatWest Group
  • Santander UK, part of Banco Santander, Spain
  • Standard Chartered Bank (trading overseas)
  • TSB Bank, part of Banco Sabadell, Spain
  • Ulster Bank, part of NatWest Group
  • Yorkshire Bank (a trading name of Clydesdale Bank), part of the Virgin Money UK

Other banks[]

Previous building societies converted to banks[]

  • Abbey (previously Abbey National), now Santander UK
  • Alliance & Leicester, now Santander UK
  • Bradford & Bingley, savings and branch network now Santander UK; mortgage and loans books nationalised by HM Government
  • Britannia, now part of the Co-operative Bank
  • Cheltenham & Gloucester, savings and branch network now TSB Bank; mortgage and loans books part of Lloyds Bank
  • Northern Rock, savings and branch network now Virgin Money; mortgage and loans books nationalised by HM Government
  • The Woolwich, now part of Barclays Bank

See Building Society for list of current building societies. In particular, Nationwide Building Society would be included in the top 10 largest UK retail banks if demutualised.

Merged or defunct banks[]

An extensive list of British banks can be found in Wellings and Gibb, Bibliography of Banking Histories Vol. I: Domestic Banks (1995) ISBN 0 9526727 0 7

Vatican City[]

  • Vatican Bank

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