This is a list of all the banks incorporated in Romania as of 9 December 2023.[1][2]
Banks incorporated in Romania
Universal banks (foreign-owned banks)
Universal banks (domestically-owned banks)
Romanian branches of international banks
Universal banks
Corporate banks
List of systemic banks
As of 2024, the National Committee of Macroprudential Oversight of Romania has identified 9 locally-incorporated banks as systematically important and thus have to meet more stringent requirements:[10]
Market share of banks
The market share of banks in terms of assets (above 1%):[11][12][13][14][15]
|
Bank
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
|
2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
|
2015
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2014
|
2013
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| 1
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Banca Transilvania
|
20.15%
|
19.11%
|
19.55%
|
18.46%
|
17.72%
|
16.48%[a]
|
13.87%
|
13.15%
|
12.60%[b]
|
9.80%
|
8.90%
|
| 2
|
Banca Comercială Română
|
13.44%
|
13.95%
|
13.93%
|
14.20%
|
14.43%
|
15.05%
|
15.83%
|
16.28%
|
15.80%
|
16.20%
|
17.50%
|
| 3
|
CEC Bank
|
10.41%
|
8.83%
|
7.92%
|
7.37%
|
6.64%
|
6.50%
|
7.41%
|
7.16%
|
7.30%
|
7.70%
|
7.40%
|
| 4
|
BRD – Groupe Société Générale
|
10.13%
|
10.20%
|
10.48%
|
11.01%
|
11.28%
|
11.99%
|
12.50%
|
12.87%
|
13.00%
|
12.40%
|
13.00%
|
| 5
|
ING Bank
|
8.93%
|
9.00%
|
9.27%
|
9.55%
|
9.01%
|
8.51%
|
7.87%
|
7.08%
|
6.30%
|
5.10%
|
5.00%
|
| 6
|
Raiffeisen Bank
|
8.73%
|
8.85%
|
9.25%
|
9.16%
|
8.66%
|
8.88%
|
8.44%
|
8.49%
|
8.40%
|
7.90%
|
7.30%[d]
|
| 7
|
UniCredit Bank
|
8.43%
|
8.62%
|
7.84%
|
8.11%
|
8.99%
|
9.21%
|
8.78%
|
8.30%
|
8.10%[c]
|
7.90%
|
7.60%
|
| 8
|
Exim Banca Românească
|
3.29%
|
3.28%
|
2.30%
|
2.11%[i]
|
1.57%
|
1.60%
|
1.30%
|
1.09%
|
1.00%
|
1.10%
|
1.10%
|
| 9
|
Alpha Bank
|
2.93%
|
3.01%
|
2.92%
|
3.20%
|
3.60%
|
3.76%
|
3.66%
|
3.74%
|
4.00%
|
4.60%
|
4.50%
|
| 10
|
OTP Bank
|
2.46%
|
2.84%
|
2.89%
|
2.65%
|
2.68%
|
2.45%
|
2.14%
|
2.09%
|
2.30%[e]
|
1.30%
|
1.30%
|
| 11
|
Garanti BBVA
|
1.90%
|
1.91%
|
1.78%
|
1.91%
|
2.19%
|
2.27%
|
2.33%
|
2.28%
|
2.50%
|
2.20%
|
2.00%
|
| 12
|
Citibank[f]
|
1.77%
|
2.05%
|
1.91%
|
1.98%
|
2.06%
|
1.78%
|
1.57%
|
1.73%
|
2.30%
|
2.40%
|
1.80%
|
| 13
|
Libra Internet Bank
|
1.39%
|
1.39%
|
1.50%
|
1.31%
|
1.32%
|
1.21%
|
1.08%
|
0.86%
|
0.60%
|
0.50%
|
0.30%
|
| 14
|
Vista Bank
|
1.18%
|
1.16%[i]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 15
|
First Bank[g]
|
1.04%
|
1.10%
|
1.09%
|
1.31%
|
1.30%
|
1.50%
|
1.51%
|
1.67%
|
1.90%
|
2.50%
|
2.50%
|
| 16
|
Intesa Sanpaolo
|
0.92%
|
1.09%
|
1.09%
|
1.15%
|
1.33%
|
1.26%
|
1.05%[h]
|
1.04%
|
1.10%
|
1.20%
|
1.40%
|
| Notes
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| a Banca Transilvania acquired Bancpost in 2018 from Eurobank.
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| b Banca Transilvania acquired Volksbank Group's Romanian subsidiary in 2015.
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| c UniCredit Bank acquired Royal Bank of Scotland's Romanian subsidiary in 2015.
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| d Raiffeisen Bank acquired Citibank's retail banking operations in 2013.
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| e OTP Bank acquired Millennium BCP's Romanian subsidiary in 2015.
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| f Citibank sold its retail banking operations to Raiffeisen Bank in 2015, and currently only has corporate banking operations on the local market.
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| g First Bank was known as Piraeus Bank until 2018, when the Piraeus Bank Group left the Romanian market and sold its subsidiary to J.C. Flowers & Co.
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| h Intesa Sanpaolo acquired Veneto Banca, including its Romanian subsidiary, in 2017.
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| i EximBank acquired Banca Românească, a subsidiary of National Bank of Greece, in 2020 and completed the merger in 2022.
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| j Vista Bank acquired Credit Agricole's Romanian subsidiary in 2021.
|
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Discontinued operations
| Bank
|
Licence withdrawn
|
Fate
|
Date
|
| Credit Bank
|
18 April 1997
|
Bankruptcy
|
9 November 2000
|
| Albina Bank
|
13 May 1999
|
Bankruptcy
|
25 May 1999
|
| Bancorex
|
31 July 1999
|
Merged with Banca Comercială Română
|
30 July 1999
|
| Bankcoop
|
8 February 2000
|
Bankruptcy
|
8 February 2000
|
| Columna Bank
|
22 June 2000
|
Bankruptcy
|
18 March 2003
|
| International Religion Bank
|
10 July 2000
|
Bankruptcy
|
10 July 2000
|
| Discount Romanian Bank
|
28 February 2002
|
Bankruptcy
|
19 April 2002
|
| Investment and Development Bank
|
29 March 2002
|
Dissolved
|
11 March 2002
|
| Turkish-Romanian Bank
|
30 April 2002
|
Bankruptcy
|
3 July 2002
|
| HVB Bank
|
|
Merged with Banca Comerciala Ion Tiriac as HVB Tiriac Bank
|
31 August 2006
|
| Banca di Roma
|
|
The group, including its Romanian branch, merged with Unicredit
|
12 June 2008
|
| Anglo-Romanian Bank
|
|
Merged with Erste Group and BCR
|
1 July 2011
|
| Banca CR Firenze
|
|
The group, including its Romanian subsidiary, merged with Intesa Sanpaolo.
|
1 October 2012
|
| The Royal Bank of Scotland
|
|
Sold retail and corporate portfolio to Unicredit Bank and closed.
|
August 2015
|
| Millenium Bank
|
1 November 2015
|
Merged with OTP Bank
|
31 October 2015
|
| Volksbank Group (Romanian subsidiary)
|
1 January 2016
|
Merged with Banca Transilvania
|
31 December 2015
|
| Banca Comercială Carpatica
|
2 May 2017
|
Merged with Patria Bank
|
3 May 2017
|
| Veneto Banca
|
8 June 2018
|
The group, including its Romanian branch, merged with Intesa Sanpaolo.
|
27 June 2017
|
| Piraeus Bank
|
|
The Romanian subsidiary of Piraeus Bank was acquired by J.C. Flowers & Co., whom later changed the bank's name to First Bank on 30 October 2018.
|
28 June 2018
|
| Bancpost
|
1 January 2019
|
The Romanian subsidiary of Eurobank Ergasias merged with Banca Transilvania.
|
31 December 2018
|
| Bank of Cyprus
|
1 January 2019
|
Sold its assets and liabilities to Marfin Bank (now known as Vista Bank) in 2013, and closed in 2018.
|
31 December 2018
|
| National Bank of Greece
|
|
The Romanian subsidiary of National Bank of Greece, Banca Românească, was acquired by the Romanian state-owned corporate bank EximBank.
|
23 January 2020
|
| Bank Leumi
|
30 April 2020
|
Bank Leumi's Romanian subsidiary merged with First Bank.
|
31 April 2020
|
| Crédit Agricole
|
30 September 2022
|
Crédit Agricole's Romanian subsidiary merged with Vista Bank.
|
1 October 2022
|
| Banca Românească
|
10 May 2023
|
Merged with EximBank as Exim Banca Românească.
|
31 December 2022
|
| First Bank
|
|
Merged with Intesa Sanpaolo.
|
31 May 2024
|
| OTP Bank
|
|
The Romanian subsidiary of OTP Bank merged with Banca Transilvania.
|
30 July 2024
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