Bigbank

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Bigbank AS
Company type Private company
Industry Financial services
Founded1992;32 years ago (1992) in Tartu, Estonia
Headquarters,
Area served
Northern Europe
Products Loans
Number of employees
385 (2020)
Website www.bigbank.eu

Bigbank AS is an Estonian bank which headquarters are located in Tallinn, Estonia. The bank is focusing on loans. The bank operates in Baltic States, Bulgaria, Finland and Sweden and to some extent in Germany, Austria and Netherlands. [1]

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The bank was established in 1992, and as of 2020, had 385 employees. [1]

Bigbank has been designated as a Significant Institution since the entry into force of European Banking Supervision in late 2014, and as a consequence is directly supervised by the European Central Bank. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Oleme 1992. aastal Eestis asutatud tähtajalistele hoiustele ja tarbimislaenudele keskendunud pank". Bigbank (in Estonian).
  2. "The list of significant supervised entities and the list of less significant institutions" (PDF). European Central Bank. 4 September 2014.
  3. "List of supervised entities" (PDF). European Central Bank. 1 January 2023.