List of banks in Finland

This list of banks in Finland below was assembled using publicly available information from the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority^[1] and the .^[2] In 2014, according to the calculations of the National Bank, Finland had 5641 branches of cooperative banks.

Government banks[]

Bank of Finland, the central bank of Finland, a member of the Eurosystem and the European System of Central Banks
The Nordic Investment Bank is an international financial institution owned by the eight NIB member countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. The NIB does not do retail banking, only long-term loans and guarantees to private and public projects to strengthen competitiveness and enhance the environment.

Commercial banks[]

Aktia Savings Bank [1]
Bank of Åland [2]
eQ Bank [3]
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Helsinki OP Bank [5]
Nordea Bank Finland [6]
OP-Kotipankki [7]
Pohjola Bank [8]
S-Bank [9]
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Suomen AsuntoHypoPankki (Mortgage Society of Finland) [11]
Tapiola Bank [12]

Foreign banks[]

Carnegie Investment Bank
Citibank
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
Danske Bank (Finnish operations acquired through a merger with the originally Finnish Sampo Bank)
Deutsche Bank
DnB NOR
Handelsbanken
Forex Bank
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
Swedbank

Savings banks[]

The Finnish Savings Banks Group consists of 40 savings banks, each of which operates in its own region and is an independent legal entity. They share a common inheritance and common operating practices. The primary strategy for the banks in the group is to serve clients on a regional basis and thus not compete. The market share of the Finnish Savings Banks is about 8,5% as measured by deposits.^[3]

Co-operative banks[]

OP-Pohjola Group[]

The OP-Pohjola Group is a central corporation of co-operative banks. The member cooperative banks of the OP-Pohjola Group are independent, local deposit banks that are engaged in retail banking. There are 229 member cooperative banks, each operating in a local region.^[4]

Local Cooperative Bank Group[]

The Finnish Local Cooperative Bank Group consists of 42 independent co-operative banks, each operating in its own region. The group was established in 1997 to enable the member banks to continue operating independently as the other co-operative bank group in Finland was seen as too centrally administered.^[5]

Defunct banks[]

(1919–1924) - acquired by Helsingin Osakepankki
(1918–1929) (Pohjois-Suomen Pankki Osakeyhtiö 1918-1923) - acquired by Helsingin Osakepankki
(1842–1992) - merged with Aktia Bank
(1917–1928) - acquired by Liittopankki
(Helsingin Kansanpankki Oy) (1889–1896) - reorganized as Privatbanken i Helsingfors
(1825–1991) - merged with Bromarf-, Hangö-, Ingå-, Karis-Pojo-, Sibbo-, Sjundeå- and Tenala Sparbank to form Aktia Bank
(1918–1921) - bankrupted
(1912–1986) - acquired by Suomen Yhdyspankki
(1901–1992) - merged with Suomen Säästöpankki SSP
(1909–1970) - merged with other banks to form Suomen Työväen Säästöpankki
(1914–1970) - merged with other banks to form Suomen Työväen Säästöpankki
(1988–1998) - merged with Mandatum Bank
(1939–1951) - merged with Helsingin Suomalainen Säästöpankki
Kansallis-Osake-Pankki (1889–1995) - merged with Suomen Yhdyspankki, forming Merita Bank
(1909–1970) (1909–1945 Kyminlaakson Työväen Säästöpankki, 1946–1955 Kotkan Työväen Säästöpankki) - merged with other banks to form Suomen Työväen Säästöpankki
(1909–1920) - merged with Wasa Aktie Bank and Turun Osake-Pankki, forming Suomen Liittopankki
(1912–1970) (1912–1932 Etelä-Saimaan Työläisten Osuuspankki) - merged with other banks to form Suomen Työväen Säästöpankki
(1997–2000) - merged with Sampo Insurance to form Sampo-Leonia, in 2001 renamed Sampo Pankki
(1919–1923) - remains of Liikepankki and Suomen Vakuus Oy, continued operating as Turunmaan Pankki
(1920–1931) - acquired by Helsingin Osakepankki
(1917–1933) - acquired by Kansallis-Osake-Pankki
(1912–1929) - merged with Tampereen Osake-Pankki and Maakuntain Keskus-Pankki, forming Maakuntain Pankki
(Landsfastighetsbanken Ab) (1916–1934)
(1929–1932) - acquired by Kansallis-Osake-Pankki
(1992–2001) - acquired by Sampo Pankki, Mandatum name used within Sampo Pankki until 2008
Merita Bank (1995–2002) - merged in 1997 with Swedish Nordbanken, forming MeritaNordbanken
MeritaNordbanken - merged in 2000 with Danish Unibank and Norwegian Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, forming Nordea
(1898–1913) - bankrupted
(Uudenmaan Osake-Pankki) (1912–1919) - acquired by Helsingin Osakepankki
(1932–1970) - merged with other banks to form Suomen Työväen Säästöpankki
(1963–1990) - merged with STS-pankki
(1916–1949/1971) - acquired by Kansallis-Osake-Pankki
(1912–1919) - acquired by Suomen Yhdyspankki
Postipankki (1887–1997) (Postisäästöpankki 1887–1970) - merged with Suomen Vientiluotto, forming Leonia Pankki
(1896–1922) - acquired by Suomen Yhdyspankki
(1903–1939?) - merged with Kannaksen Yhtyneet Säästöpankit and then Helsingin Suomalainen Säästöpankki after the war
(1916–1952) - liquidated
(2009–2010) - bankrupted
STS-Pankki (1970–1992) (1970–1989 Suomen Työväen Säästöpankki) - acquired by Kansallis-Osake-Pankki
(1912–1924) - acquired by Helsingin Osakepankki
(Fastighetsbanken i Finland Ab) (1912–44)
(1917–1945) - acquired by Suomen Yhdyspankki
- renamed to in 1924
(1916–1958) - acquired by Kansallis-Osake-Pankki
(1992–1993) - liquidated
(Suomen Teollisuus-Hypoteekkipankki 1924–1976) (1924-1998) - merged with Merita Pankki
(1920–1931) (1920–1923 Paloheimo & Co Pankki Osakeyhtiö) - bankrupted
Suomen Yhdyspankki (1862–1995) - merged with Kansallis-Osake-Pankki, forming Merita Bank
(1908–1991) - liquidated by Bank of Finland
(1898–1929) - merged with Länsi-Suomen Osake-Pankki and Maakuntain Keskus-Pankki, forming Maakuntain Pankki
(Åbolands Bank) (1923–1934) - bankrupted
(1896–1920) - merged with Wasa Aktie Bank and Landtmannabanken, forming Suomen Liittopankki
(1902-1940/1948) - merged with Kotkan Säästöpankki
(1910–1944) - merged with Kyminlaakson Työväen Säästöpankki
(1879–1920) - merged with Turun Osakepankki and Landtmannabanken, forming Suomen Liittopankki
(1847–1992) - merged with Aktia Bank
(1846–?)

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References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-05-21. Retrieved 2007-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Finanssiala ry". www.pankkiyhdistys.fi.
^ "Yksityisasiakkaiden pankkipalvelut - Säästöpankki". www.saastopankkiliitto.fi.
^ "OP-verkkopalvelu, op.fi, on uudistunut". www.osuuspankki.fi.
^ "Henkilöasiakkaat". www.paikallisosuuspankit.fi.
^ (information about old Finnish companies (including banks), in Finnish)

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-05-21. Retrieved 2007-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Finanssiala ry". www.pankkiyhdistys.fi.

[3] "Yksityisasiakkaiden pankkipalvelut - Säästöpankki". www.saastopankkiliitto.fi.

[4] "OP-verkkopalvelu, op.fi, on uudistunut". www.osuuspankki.fi.

[5] "Henkilöasiakkaat". www.paikallisosuuspankit.fi.

[6] (information about old Finnish companies (including banks), in Finnish)

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