List of oldest banks in continuous operation

The merchant banker Cornelius Berenberg, a member of the Berenberg family, whose grandfather founded Berenberg Bank in 1590

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena headquarters in Siena today

This list of the oldest banks includes financial institutions in continuous operation, operating with the same legal identity without interruption since their establishment until the present time.

Depending on the definition, the world's oldest bank is either Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena or Berenberg Bank. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena was founded in its present form in 1624, but traces its history to a mount of piety founded in 1472. The Berenberg company was founded in 1590 and has operated continuously ever since with the same family as owners or major co-owners. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena is today a large Italian retail bank, while Berenberg Bank is primarily involved in investment banking and private banking for wealthy customers; in any event Berenberg Bank is the world's oldest merchant bank or investment bank. The world's oldest central bank is the Sveriges Riksbank, which was founded in 1668.

Banks established before 1600

Banks established in the 17th century

Banks established in the 18th century

Banks established in the 19th century

Year	Company	Country (historic)	Country (modern)	Notes
1800	Banque de France	France	France
1804	Schroders	UKGBI	United Kingdom
1805	Pictet & Cie	Geneva	Switzerland
1806	State Bank of India	Calcutta	India
1808	Banco do Brasil	Brazil	Brazil
1810	Brown, Shipley & Co.	UKGBI	United Kingdom
1811	N M Rothschild & Sons	UKGBI	United Kingdom
1811	Bank of Finland	Finland	Finland
1812	Citibank	United States	United States	Originally City Bank of New York and then National City Bank of New York.
1812	Sparkasse Schwyz	Schwyz	Switzerland
1814	De Nederlandsche Bank	Netherlands	Netherlands
1815	Banque Bonhôte	Neuchâtel	Switzerland
1817	SNS Bank	Netherlands	Netherlands
1817	Bank of Montreal	Lower Canada	Canada
1817	Bank of New South Wales	New South Wales	Australia
1818	Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.	United States	United States
1818	Groupe Caisse d'Épargne	restoration	France
1818	Berliner Sparkasse	1803	Germany
1818	Danmarks Nationalbank	Denmark	Denmark
1819	Mirabaud & Cie	Geneva	Switzerland
1819	Erste Bank	Austrian Empire	Austria
1820	Nordea	Sweden	Sweden
1820	Swedbank	Sweden	Sweden
1820	Institution for Savings	United States	United States
1822	Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires	Argentina	Argentina
1822	DNB	Norway	Norway	as Christiania Sparebank
1824	Stadtsparkasse München	Bavaria	Germany
1825	Česká spořitelna	Bohemia	Czech Republic
1826	AEK Bank 1826	Bern	Switzerland
1827	Hamburger Sparkasse	Hamburg	Germany
1828	Bankhaus Spängler	Austrian Empire	Austria
1828	De Curaçaosche Bank	Curaçao	Curaçao
1828	Citizens Financial Group	United States	United States
1828	Centreville Bank	United States	United States
1828	Javasche Bank	Dutch East Indies	Indonesia
1829	Clientis Caisse d’Epargne CEC	Bern	Switzerland
1831	Dedham Institution for Savings	United States	United States
1831	National Grand Bank	United States	United States
1832	Wilmington Savings Fund Society	United States	United States
1832	Scotiabank	Lower Canada	Canada
1833	Chemung Canal Trust Company	United States	United States
1834	Bank BSU	Zürich	Switzerland
1834	Old National Bank	United States	United States
1835	Australia and New Zealand Banking Group	British Empire	Australia
1836	The Honesdale National Bank	United States	United States
1838	Ballston Spa National Bank	United States	United States
1838	Clydesdale Bank	UKGBI	United Kingdom
1838	First National Bank	1801	South Africa
1838	Mauritius Commercial Bank	British Empire	Mauritius
1839	Ionian Bank	Ionian Islands	Greece	Continued operations in Greece until 1999, then merged with Alpha Credit Bank to form Alpha Bank
1839	Provident Bank of New Jersey	United States	United States
1840	Montepio	Portugal	Portugal
1841	National Bank of Greece	Kingdom of Greece	Greece
1841	Sberbank	Russian Empire	Russia
1844	Bordier & Cie	Geneva	Switzerland
1844	CaixaBank	Spain	Spain	as Caixa de Barcelona
1847	Auckland Savings Bank	New Zealand	New Zealand
1846	Banco de Portugal	Portugal	Portugal
1848	Lazard	United States	United States
1849	Oddo et Cie	France	France
1849	Hoerner Bank	1848	Germany
1849	Australian Mutual Provident Society	New South Wales	Australia
1850	Spar- und Leihkasse Bucheggberg	Switzerland	Switzerland
1850	Bank Sparhafen Zürich	Switzerland	Switzerland
1850	Volksbank	Austrian Empire	Austria
1851	Essex Savings Bank	United States	United States
1852	PNC Bank	United States	United States
1851	Bank of the Philippine Islands	Philippines	Philippines
1852	Crédit Foncier de France	France	France
1852	Wells Fargo	United States	United States
1853	Beneficial Bank	United States	United States
1854	Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank	United States	United States
1854	UBS	Switzerland	Switzerland
1855	Salem Five Cents Bank	United States	United States
1856	Credit Suisse	Switzerland	Switzerland
1856	Banque et Caisse d'Épargne de l'État	Luxembourg	Luxembourg
1856	Ottoman Bank	Ottoman Empire	Turkey
1856	M&T Bank	United States	United States
1856 1869	Regions Bank	United States	United States	as 1st National Bank of Huntsville as Union Planters
1857	Santander	Spain	Spain
1857	Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria	Spain	Spain
1858	Fifth Third Bank	United States	United States
1858	Bendigo Bank	Victoria	Australia
1858	Standard Chartered	British Raj	India
1859	National Bank of Canada	Canada	Canada
1860	State Bank of the Russian Empire	1858	Russia
1861	Caixa Econômica Federal	Empire of Brazil	Brazil
1861	Bank of New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand
1861	Associated Bank	United States	United States
1862	Bank Spółdzielczy w Brodnicy	1803	Poland
1862	Standard Bank	1801	South Africa
1863	Crédit Lyonnais	France	France
1863	Ziraat Bankası	Ottoman Empire	Turkey
1864	First Horizon National Corporation	United States	United States	as First National Bank
1864	Royal Bank of Canada	Canada	Canada
1864	Société Générale	France	France
1864	CEC Bank	1848	Romania
1864	Banco de Londres y México	Mexico	Mexico
1865	HSBC	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
1865	Allahabad Bank	British Raj	India
1867	Bank of Stockton	United States	United States
1867	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	Canada	Canada	The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was formed through the 1 June 1961, merger of the Canadian Bank of Commerce (founded 1867) and the Imperial Bank of Canada (founded 1873)
1868	Busey Bank	United States	United States
1868	Vojvođanska banka	1867	Serbia
1868	Sandy Spring Bank	United States	United States
1868	Oldenburgische Landesbank	Oldenburg	Germany
1868	The Bank of Edwardsville	United States	United States
1868	Živnostenská banka	Bohemia	Czech Republic
1869	Goldman Sachs	United States	United States
1869	Mellon Bank	United States	United States	as T. Mellon & Sons' Bank
1870	Banco de Bogotá	Colombia	Colombia
1870	Bank Handlowy	Poland	Poland
1870	Commerzbank	1803	Germany
1870	Deutsche Bank	1803	Germany
1870	Dominick & Dominick	United States	United States
1871	Banco Nacional de Bolivia	Bolivia	Bolivia
1871	Danske Bank	Denmark	Denmark
1871	Handelsbanken	Sweden	Sweden
1871	Wayne Bank	United States	United States
1872	BB&T	United States	United States
1873	The Daishi Bank (ja)	Empire of Japan	Japan
1873	Zions Bank	United States	United States
1874	Bank of Queensland	Queensland	Australia
1875	Toowoomba Permanent Building Society	Queensland	Australia
1875	Standard Chartered Bank	1874	Malaysia
1876	Pharaon & Chiha Bank	Ottoman Empire	Lebanon
1876	Caixa Geral de Depósitos	Portugal	Portugal
1877	POSB Bank	1874	Singapore
1877	Banco de Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica
1877	QNB Bank	United States	United States
1877	The Juroku Bank (ja)	Empire of Japan	Japan
1877	The Eighteenth Bank (ja)	Empire of Japan	Japan
1878	Close Brothers Group	UKGBI	United Kingdom
1878	Bank of the City of Buenos Aires	Argentina	Argentina
1878	The Hyakujushi Bank (ja)	Empire of Japan	Japan
1878	The 77 Bank	Empire of Japan	Japan
1878	The Hyakugo Bank (ja)	Empire of Japan	Japan
1879	Bulgarian National Bank	Bulgaria	Bulgaria
1879	Kakegawa Shinkin Bank (ja)	Empire of Japan	Japan
1880	National Bank of Romania	Romania	Romania
1881	Oppenheimer	United States	United States
1881	Banc Sabadell	Spain	Spain
1881	Bank of Clarke County	United States	United States
1882	Crédit Mutuel	France	France
1882	Bank of Japan	Empire of Japan	Japan
1883	Bank Mendes Gans	Netherlands	Netherlands
1883	Hancock Bank	United States	United States
1884	National Bank of Serbia	Serbia	Serbia
1884	Banque de Tunisie	Tunisia	Tunisia
1884	Banco Nacional de Mexico	Mexico	Mexico
1885	HSBC El Salvador	El Salvador	El Salvador
1886	Banca Sella Group	Kingdom of Italy	Italy	as Gaudenzio Sella & C.
1886	E. Gutzwiller & Cie. Banquiers	Switzerland	Switzerland
1886	Banco Francés del Río de la Plata	Argentina	Argentina
1888	Powell Valley National Bank	United States	United States
1889	Bryn Mawr Trust	United States	United States
1889	Northern Trust	United States	United States
1889	First National Bank of Berryville	United States	United States
1890	Banco de Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela
1891	Banco de la Nación Argentina	Argentina	Argentina
1893	Banca d'Italia	Kingdom of Italy	Italy
1893	Banco de Chile	Chile	Chile
1893	Blue Ridge Bank	United States	United States
1893	National Australia Bank	Victoria	Australia
1894	First Bank of Nigeria	Lagos Colony	Nigeria
1895	Punjab National Bank	British Raj	India
1895	Agricultural Bank of Western Australia	1870	Australia
1895	Bank Rakyat Indonesia	Dutch East Indies	Indonesia
1896	The Awa Bank (ja)	Empire of Japan	Japan
1896	Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay	Uruguay	Uruguay
1896	Kenya Commercial Bank Group	British East Africa	Kenya	As a subsidiary of National Bank of India
1898	National Bank of Egypt	Egypt	Egypt	as Ottoman Empire Bank
1899	Bank of Cyprus	Cyprus	Cyprus
1899	Fukui Bank (ja)	Empire of Japan	Japan

See also

• History of banking
• List of oldest companies
• Lindy effect

References

• Manfred Pohl, Sabine Freitag, Handbook on the History of European Banks, European Association for Banking History, 1994