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 2019.
RankBankTotal assets
Headquarter city
1HSBC2,419London
2BNP Paribas2,165Paris
3Crédit Agricole2,011Paris
4Banco Santander1,517Madrid, Santander
5Société Générale1,356Paris
6Barclays1,346London
7Groupe BPCE1,338Paris
8Deutsche Bank1,298Frankfurt
9Lloyds Banking Group984Edinburgh, London
10Intesa Sanpaolo943Turin
11ING Group892Amsterdam
12UBS866Zürich, Basel
13UniCredit856Milan
14NatWest Group853Edinburgh
15Crédit Mutuel Group853Strasbourg
16Credit Suisse724Zürich
17Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria697Madrid, Bilbao
18Standard Chartered642London
19Rabobank591Utrecht
20DZ Bank559Frankfurt

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Belarus

Belgium

Central bank

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Licensed banks

Central Bank

Central bank

Estonia

Finland

France

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

Georgia

Germany

Gibraltar

Guernsey

Hungary

Ireland

Central bank

Italy

Jersey

Latvia

Liechtenstein

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

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Central bank

Central bank

Norway

Central bank

Central bank

Central bank

Central bank

Serbia

Central bank

Central banks

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

Central bank

Central 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

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