Banks in Spain


Banco Santander	Banco Sabadell	BBVA	Banesto	Bancaja Group	la Caixa

Bancaja – The largest financial institution in the Autonomous Community of Valencia and the third largest institution in the savings bank sector as measured by total assets.
Bankia – A banking conglomerate created in 2010, through the integration of seven regional savings banks. Shares of Bankia began trading on the Spanish stock exchange in July 2011, under the symbol BKIA.
Banco de Valencia (BVA) – A Spanish banking institution, founded in 1900. It has a network of over 400 branches located in Valencia, Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid, Zaragoza, Tarragona, Castellon, Navarra, Murcia etc. As of December 31, 2010, BVA has total assets of EUR 23.7 billion.
Banco Financiero y de Ahorros (BFA) was established on 3 December 2010 and began operating on 1 January 2011. BFA was created through the alliance of seven savings banks (Caja Madrid, Bancaja, La Caja de Canarias, Caja de Ávila, Caixa Laietana, Caja Segovia and Caja Rioja), each a market leader in their respective region of influence. The Caja Madrid share weight in BFA is of 52.06%, corresponding 37.70% to Bancaja, 2.45% to La Caja de Canarias, 2.33% to Caja de Ávila, 2.11% to Caixa Laietana, 2.01% to Caja Segovia and 1.34% to Caja Rioja. Banco Financiero y de Ahorros (BFA) is only shareholder of Bankia.
Bank of Spain (Banco de España) – The national central bank of Spain, established in Madrid in 1782 by Charles III. It belongs to the European System of Central Banks. While the introduction of the single currency and the setting up of the Eurosystem have led to a redefinition of some of Banco de España’s functions, the institution continues to perform the tasks assigned to it under the Law of Autonomy as the National Central Bank.
Banesto (Spanish credit bank) – One of the fifth largest banks in Spain, operating around 1,800 branches. Banesto's main activity in Spain is commercial banking, particularly retail banking and business with small- and medium-sized enterprises and shops. It also conducts wholesale banking and activities in the capital markets.
Banco Popular Español – The third largest commercial banking group in Spain with total consolidated assets of approximately €130 billion. The bank provides wholesale and retail banking services through a network of branches in Spain, Portugal, and France and representative offices in Asia, Latin America, Canada and elsewhere in Europe.
Banco Sabadell – Spain's fourth largest banking group after Banco Santander, BBVA and Banco Popular Español.
Banco Santander – The largest bank in Spain. In 2008, Santander became the third largest bank in the world in terms of profits and the seventh in stock market capitalisation.
Bankinter – A Spanish commercial bank. It was founded in 1965 as a Spanish industrial bank through a joint venture by Banco Santander and Bank of America. In 1972, the bank became fully independent of its founders and transformed itself into a commercial bank.
Bankpime – A private savings and loan institution with interests in every type of banking operation. It is currently part of the Barcelona Stock Exchange, as well as Latibex, the international market for Latin-American securities valued in Euros.
BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) – BBVA is a multinational Spanish financial group with a presence in more than 30 countries. It operates in Europe, Latin America, United States, China and Turkey.
Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa (BBK) – The first savings bank in the Basque country. Today it is the leading bank in Biscay with total assets of 29.11 billion euro and net profit of 231.9 million euro as at 31 December 2010.
Caja Madrid – The oldest of the Spanish savings banks, founded on December 3, 1702. With total assets of EUR 189.1 billion (12/2010), It serves over 7 million customers through a network of more than 2,000 branches.
Caixa Balears “SA NOSTRA” – The leading savings bank of the Balearic Islands.
Caixa Catalunya – It was the fifth largest savings bank in Spain and the second largest banking institution in Catalonia. On 1 July 2010, CAIXA CATALUNYA merged with CAIXA TARRAGONA and CAIXA MANRESA to form a new entity under the name CatalunyaCaixa.
CatalunyaCaixa
Caixa Galicia was the trading name of Caja de Ahorros de Galicia, a Spanish savings bank based in A Coruña, Galicia. On December 1, 2010, Caixa Galicia merged with Caixanova to form Novacaixagalicia.
Caja Mediterraneo – CAM is a savings bank in Spain with over 3 million customers and about 1000 branches across the country. It also has operations in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and elsewhere in Europe.
Kutxa (Caja Gipuzkoa San Sebastian) – Kutxa is the main financial institution operating in Guipúzcoa, one of the three provinces of northern Spain's Basque Country.
la Caixa – The leading European savings bank and the third largest Spanish financial group by business and results.
Novacaixagalicia – The fourth largest Spanish caja in terms of savings volume, with a turnover of 108.4 billion euros. Novacaixagalicia has a retail network of more than 1,000 offices, staff of about 8,000 employees and over three million customers.