This is a list of banks in Europe.
The 20 largest banks in Europe by total assets, as of December 31, 2022. [1]
Rank | Bank | Total assets (billions of US dollars) | Headquarter city |
---|---|---|---|
1 | HSBC | 2,864.59 | London |
2 | BNP Paribas | 2,849.61 | Paris |
3 | Crédit Agricole | 2,542.61 | Paris |
4 | Banco Santander | 1,853.86 | Santander (legal); Madrid (operations) |
5 | Barclays | 1,823.84 | London |
6 | UBS | 1,679.36 | Zürich |
7 | Groupe BPCE | 1,636.65 | Paris |
8 | Société Générale | 1,588.99 | Paris |
9 | Deutsche Bank | 1,428.65 | Frankfurt |
10 | Crédit Mutuel Group | 1,180.22 | Paris |
11 | Lloyds Banking Group | 1,057.69 | Edinburgh (legal); London (operations) |
12 | Intesa Sanpaolo | 1,042.73 | Turin |
13 | ING Group | 1,034.32 | Amsterdam |
14 | UniCredit | 916.72 | Milan |
15 | NatWest Group | 867.59 | Edinburgh |
16 | Standard Chartered | 819.92 | London (legal); Shanghai (operations) |
17 | La Banque Postale | 796.88 | Paris |
18 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria | 762.15 | Bilbao (legal); Madrid (operations) |
19 | Rabobank | 671.70 | Utrecht |
20 | DZ Bank | 670.13 | Frankfurt |
More information can be found at diplobel.us. [2]
See the exhaustive list of banks operating in France, on the FBF website [24]
Complete list as of June 6, 2012, based on official lists available at Malta Financial Services Authority [50]
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.
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
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