List of banks in Romania

This is a list of all the banks incorporated in Romania as of 21 May 2016.

Banks incorporated in Romania

Retail banks (foreign-controlled banks)

• Alpha Bank
• Banca Comercială Română (of the Erste Group)
• Banca Românească (of the National Bank of Greece Group)
• Bancpost (of the Eurobank Ergasias Group)
• Bank Leumi
• BRD – Groupe Société Générale
• Crédit Agricole (formerly Emporiki Bank)
• Credit Europe Bank
• Garanti Bank
• Idea Bank (formerly Romanian International Bank)
• Intesa Sanpaolo
• Marfin Bank (formerly Egnatia Bank)
• OTP Bank
• Patria Bank
• Piraeus Bank
• Porsche Bank
• ProCredit Bank
• Raiffeisen Bank
• UniCredit Bank

Retail banks (local-controlled banks)

• Banca Comercială Carpatica
• Banca Comerciala Feroviara
• Banca Romana de Credite si Investitii (formerly ATEbank Romania)
• Banca Transilvania
• CEC Bank
• Libra Internet Bank

Corporate banks

• EximBank (Export-Import Bank of Romania)

Romanian branches of international banks

Retail banks

• ING Bank N.V. (of ING Group)
• Veneto Banca

Corporate banks

• Bank of Cyprus
• Blom Bank France
• BNP Paribas Fortis
• Citibank Europe (of Citigroup)
• Montepio Credito - Instituicao Financeira de Credito
• The Royal Bank of Scotland
• TBI Bank

Market share of banks

The market share of the banks in terms of assets at the end of 2014:

1. BCR: 16.2%
2. BRD: 12.4%
3. Banca Transilvania: 9.8%
4. Raiffeissen: 7.9%
5. UniCredit Tiriac: 7.9%
6. CEC Bank: 7.7%
7. ING: 5.1%
8. Alpha Bank: 4.6%
9. Volksbank: 3.4%
10. Bancpost: 3.1%
11. Piraeus Bank: 2.5%
12. Garanti Bank: 2.2%
13. Banca Romaneasca: 1.9%
14. OTP Bank: 1.3%
15. Veneto Banca: 1.3%
16. Credit Europe Bank: 1.5%
17. Intesa Sanpaolo Bank: 1.2%
18. Eximbank: 1.1%
19. Carpatica: 0.9%

Banks out of business after 1989

Bank	Licence withdrawn	Fate	Date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
Columna Bank	22 June 2000	Bankruptcy	18 March 2003
Bankcoop	8 February 2000	Bankruptcy	8 February 2000
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
Millenium Bank	1 November 2015	Merged with OTP Bank	31 October 2015
Turkish-Romanian Bank	30 April 2002	Bankruptcy	3 July 2002
Volksbank	1 January 2016	Merged with Banca Transilvania	31 December 2015

References

• "British bank launches new branch" The Diplomat Bucharest
• "Bank makes first venture abroad - Portugal" The Diplomat Bucharest
• "Doha Bank opens office in Bucharest" Gulf Times