The following table shows the largest banks in Europe ranked by total assets at December 31, 2010. BNP Paribas is currently the largest bank in Europe with assets of about US$2.7 trillion.

Rank Bank Country Assets ($b, 12/2010)
1 BNP Paribas France 2,674.6
2 Deutsche Bank Germany 2,551.3
3 HSBC Holdings UK 2,454.7
4 Barclays UK 2,325.7
5 Royal Bank of Scotland Group UK 2,267.9
6 Credit Agricole SA France 2,133.0
7 ING Group Netherlands 1,647.0
8 Banco Santander Spain 1,613.4
9 Lloyds Banking Group UK 1,549.5
10 Societe Generale France 1,515.3
11 Groupe BPCE France 1.403,4
12 UBS Switzerland 1,400.1
13 UniCredit S.p.A. Italy 1,244.2
14 Credit Suisse Group Switzerland 1,096.9
15 Commerzbank Germany 1,009.7
16 Intesa Sanpaolo Italy 881.78
17 Rabobank Group Netherlands 873.45
18 Nordea Bank Sweden 769.73
19 Dexia Belgium 751.04
20 BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) Spain 732.49
21 Natixis France 613.07
22 KfW Bankengruppe Germany 591.37
23 CM5-CIC Group France 581.28
24 Danske Bank Denmark 571.75
25 Standard Chartered UK 516.54
26 DZ Bank Group Germany 513.29
27 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel (BFCM) France 502.30
28 Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg (LBBW) Germany 501.15
29 Hypo Real Estate Germany 439.20
30 KBC Group Belgium 425.16
31 Bayerische Landesbank Germany 423.38
32 CIC Group France 323.98
33 Montepaschi Group Italy 326.98
34 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) Sweden 321.31
35 Svenska Handelsbanken Sweden 317.43
36 DnB NOR Norway 315.36
37 Sberbank Russia 308.90
38 Norddeutsche Landesbank (Nord/LB) Germany 305.89
39 Deutsche Postbank Germany 284.50
40 Erste Group Bank Austria 272.91
41 Swedbank Sweden 252.89
42 Bank of Ireland Ireland 223.54
43 Allied Irish Banks Ireland 192.45
44 Landesbank Berlin Holding Germany 175.99
45 Raiffeisen Bank International AG Germany 175.58
46 UBI Banca Italy 174.76
47 Banco Popular Espanol Spain 174.14
48 SNS Reaal N.V. Netherlands 170.89
49 National Bank of Greece Greece 161.62
50 Banco Comercial Português (BCP) Portugal 133.87
51 Banco Sabadell Spain 129.97