List of banks in Europe

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, 2023.[1]

Rank Bank Total assets
(billions of
US dollars)
Headquarter city
1 Same position United Kingdom HSBC 2,919.84 London
2 Same position France BNP Paribas 2,867.44 Paris
3 Same position France Crédit Agricole 2,736.95 Paris
4 Same position Spain Banco Santander 1,986.36 Santander (legal);
Madrid (operations)
5 Same position United Kingdom Barclays 1,891.72 London
6 Rise France Société Générale 1,717.49 Paris
7 Fall Switzerland UBS 1,717.225 Zürich
8 Fall France Groupe BPCE 1,706.80 Paris
9 Same position Germany Deutsche Bank 1,450.57 Frankfurt
10 Same position France Crédit Mutuel Group 1,262.95 Paris
11 Same position United Kingdom Lloyds Banking Group 1,122.76 Edinburgh (legal);
London (operations)
12 Rise Netherlands ING Group 1,078.35 Amsterdam
13 Fall Italy Intesa Sanpaolo 1,066.74 Turin
14 Rise United Kingdom NatWest Group 882.30 Edinburgh
15 Fall Italy UniCredit 872.90 Milan
16 Rise Spain Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria 857.25 Bilbao (legal);
Madrid (operations)
17 Fall United Kingdom Standard Chartered 822.84 London (legal);
Shanghai (operations)
18 Fall France La Banque Postale 815.91 Paris
19 Rise Germany DZ Bank 712.49 Frankfurt
20 Fall Netherlands Rabobank 678.45 Utrecht

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Central bank

Major banks

Minor banks

  • Antwerpse Diamantbank
  • Banca Monte Paschi Belgio
  • Bank Degroof
  • Bank Delen & de Schaetzen Bank Delen of Bank de Schaetzen or "DDS Bank"
  • Bank J. Van Breda en Co
  • Banque Eni
  • Banque Transatlantique Belgium
  • Beobank
  • bpost bank
  • Byblos Bank Europe
  • CBC Banque
  • Commerzbank
  • Delta Lloyd Bank
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Ethias Bank
  • Euroclear Bank
  • Europabank
  • Goffin Bank
  • Keytrade Bank
  • MeDirect Bank Belgium (subsidiary of MeDirect Bank Malta - see List of banks in Malta)
  • Petercam
  • Puilaetco Dewaay Private Bankers
  • Puilaetco Private Bankers
  • Santander Benelux
  • SG Private Banking
  • Shizuoka Bank (Europe)
  • Triodos Bank
  • UBS Belgium
  • United Taiwan Bank
  • van de Put & Co Banque de Titres/Effectenbank S.C.A.
  • Van Lanschot Bankiers België

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Licensed banks

Licensed savings banks

  • Tesla štedna banka

Licensed housing savings banks

  • HPB-Stambena štedionica
  • PBZ stambena štedionica
  • Prva stambena štedionica
  • Raiffeisen stambena štedionica
  • Wüstenrot stambena štedionica

Other licensed institutions with full authorization

Representative offices of foreign banks

Cyprus

Central Bank

Banks incorporated in Cyprus

Branches of foreign banks in Cyprus

Representative offices of foreign banks in Cyprus

  • AtlasMont banka
  • Bank Zenit[22]

Defunct Banks

Czech Republic

Central bank

Commercial and savings banks

Branch offices of foreign banks

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

See the exhaustive list of banks operating in France, on the FBF website[23]

Georgia

Germany

Gibraltar

Greece

Guernsey

Hungary

The headquarters of the Hungarian National Bank

Iceland

Ireland

Central bank

Commercial banks

Isle of Man

Italy

Jersey

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

North Macedonia

Malta

Complete list as of June 6, 2012, based on official lists available at Malta Financial Services Authority[47]

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Central bank

Commercial banks

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,[48] the oldest independent bank in the Benelux[49][50] and one of the oldest independent banks in the world.[51]

Central bank

Development Bank

  • FMO (Netherlands)

Major banks

Savings and other banks

Defunct or merged banks

Northern Cyprus

Norway

Central bank

Commercial banks

Public banks

Savings banks

Poland

Central bank

Commercial banks

Portugal

Central bank

Major banks

Romania

Central bank

Commercial banks

Russia

San Marino

Serbia

Central bank

Commercial banks

Defunct banks

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Defunct or merged banks

Turkey

Ukraine

Central bank

Major banks

Local banks

United Kingdom

Central bank

Major banks

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

See also

  • iconEconomics portal
  • mapEurope portal

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