List of banks in Slovakia


The following list of banks in Slovakia is to be understood within the framework of the European single market and European banking union, which means that Slovakia's banking system is more open to cross-border banking operations than peers outside of the EU.

Policy framework

European banking supervision distinguishes between significant institutions and less significant institutions, with SI/LSI designations updated regularly by the European Central Bank. Significant institutions are directly supervised by the ECB using joint supervisory teams that involve the national competent authorities of individual participating countries. Less significant institutions are supervised by the relevant NCA on a day-to-day basis, under the supervisory oversight of the ECB. In Slovakia's case, the NCA is the National Bank of Slovakia.

Significant institutions

As of, the list of supervised institutions maintained by the ECB included no Slovak banking groups as SIs. Instead, banking groups based in other euro-area countries have significant operations in the country. A study published in 2024 assessed that the largest banking group by assets in Slovakia at end-2023 were:
Other euro-area banks that operate in Slovakia include:
Crédit Mutuel and ING are also present via branches.

Less significant institutions

As of, the ECB's list of supervised institutions included nine Slovak LSIs.

High-impact LSIs

Of these, the following two were designated by the ECB as "high-impact" on the basis of several criteria including size:
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Other Slovak LSIs

The remaining three domestic LSIs were:

Non-euro-area-controlled LSIs

Three other Slovak LSIs were branches of financial groups based outside of the euro area:
As of October 2025, there were no branches of banks located outside the European Economic Area in Slovakia, based on data compiled by the European Banking Authority.

Other institutions

The National Bank of Slovakia and are public-sector credit institutions that do not hold a banking license under EU law.

Defunct banks

A few former Slovak banks, defined as having been headquartered in the present-day territory of Slolvakia, are documented on Wikipedia. They are listed below in chronological order of establishment.
Additional banks that left the Slovak market included, by chronological order of exit: