List of banks in Romania

This is a list of all the banks incorporated in Romania as of 7 January 2019.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Banks incorporated in Romania

Retail banks (foreign-owned banks)

Retail banks (domestically-owned banks)

Corporate banks
  • EximBank

Romanian branches of international banks

Retail banks

Corporate banks

List of systemic banks

As of 2018, the National Committee of Macroprudential Oversight of Romania has identified 9 banks as systematically important and thus have to meet more stringent requirements:[7]

Market share of banks

The market share of banks in terms of assets (above 1%):[8]


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Bank 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Banca Transilvania 16.48%[a] 13.87% 13.15% 12.60%[b] 9.80% 8.90%
Banca Comercială Română 15.05% 15.83% 16.28% 15.80% 16.20% 17.50%
BRD – Groupe Société Générale 11.99% 12.50% 12.87% 13.00% 12.40% 13.00%
UniCredit Bank 9.21% 8.78% 8.30% 8.10%[c] 7.90% 7.60%
Raiffeisen Bank 8.88% 8.44% 8.49% 8.40% 7.90% 7.30%[d]
ING Bank 8.51% 7.87% 7.08% 6.30% 5.10% 5.00%
CEC Bank 6.50% 7.41% 7.16% 7.30% 7.70% 7.40%
Alpha Bank 3.76% 3.66% 3.74% 4.00% 4.60% 4.50%
OTP Bank 2.45% 2.14% 2.09% 2.30%[e] 1.30% 1.30%
Garanti BBVA 2.27% 2.33% 2.28% 2.50% 2.20% 2.00%
Citibank[f] 1.78% 1.57% 1.73% 2.30% 2.40% 1.80%
EximBank 1.60% 1.30% 1.09% 1.00% 1.10% 1.10%
First Bank[g] 1.50% 1.51% 1.67% 1.90% 2.50% 2.50%
Banca Românească 1.50% 1.46% 1.62% 1.80% 1.90% 1.90%
Intesa Sanpaolo 1.25% 1.05%[h] 1.04% 1.10% 1.20% 1.40%
Libra Internet Bank 1.21% 1.08% 0.86% 0.60% 0.50% 0.30%
a Banca Transilvania acquired Bancpost in 2018 from Eurobank.
b Banca Transilvania acquired Volksbank's Romanian subsidiary in 2015.
c UniCredit Bank acquired Royal Bank of Scotland's Romanian subsidiary in 2015.
d Raiffeisen Bank acquired Citibank's retail banking operations in 2013.
e OTP Bank acquired Millennium BCP's Romanian subsidiary in 2015.
f Citibank sold its retail banking operations to Raiffeisen Bank in 2015, and currently only has corporate banking operations on the local market.
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..
h Intesa Sanpaolo acquired Veneto Banca, including its Romanian subsidiary, in 2017.

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Bank Licence withdrawn Fate Date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 portofolio to Unicredit Bank and closed. August 2015
Millenium Bank 1 November 2015 Merged with OTP Bank 31 October 2015
Volksbank 1 January 2016 Merged with Banca Transilvania 31 December 2015
Banca Comercială Carpatica Merged with Patria Bank 2 May 2017
Veneto Banca 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 Bank Leumi's Romanian subsidiary merged with First Bank. 31 April 2020

References
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