This is a list of banks in Spain. Spain has 10 banking groups that are directly supervised by the European Central Bank. As of September 2021, the "big four" in Spain are:
There were formerly a "big six" (los seis grandes) composed of three banks that are now part of BBVA (Banco de Bilbao, Banco de Vizcaya, and state-owned Banco Argentaria) and three now combined as Santander (Banco Central, Banco Hispanoamericano, and Banco de Santander).
List of banks by total assets[edit]
| Rank | Company | Global assets (bn €)[1] | Local assets (bn €)[2] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banco Santander | 1,444 | 610 | Global systemically important bank (Bucket 1) identified by Financial Stability Board.[3] Supervised by the European Central Bank[4] |
| 2 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria | 732 | 409 | |
| 3 | Caixabank | 601 | 508 | |
| 4 | Banco de Sabadell | 213 | 178 | |
| 5 | Unicaja | 104 | 104 | |
| 6 | Bankinter | 82 | 82 | |
| 7 | Abanca | 56 | 56 | |
| 8 | Kutxabank | 49 | 49 | |
| 9 | Ibercaja Banco | 48 | 48 | |
| Global assets as of December 31, 2017 / Local assets as of December 31, 2019 | ||||
Central bank[edit]
Major banks[edit]
- Banco Santander
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
- CaixaBank
- Banco Sabadell
- Bankinter
- Kutxabank
- Abanca
- Banca March
Smaller banks[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ España, Business Insider (10 June 2018). "Los 50 mayores bancos de Europa por activos totales". Business Insider.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ HelpMyCash. "Ranking bancos españoles - ¿Cuál es el mejor?". HelpMyCash.com.
- ^ "2018 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs)" (Press release). Financial Stability Board. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "List of supervised entities" (PDF). European Central Bank. 1 January 2018. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 14 November 2018.