List of banks in Spain

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This is a list of banks in Spain. Spain has 10 banking groups that are directly supervised by the European Central Bank. As of September 2021, the "big four" in Spain are:

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There were formerly a "big six" (los seis grandes) composed of three banks that are now part of BBVA (Banco de Bilbao, Banco de Vizcaya, and state-owned Banco Argentaria) and three now combined as Santander (Banco Central, Banco Hispanoamericano, and Banco de Santander).

List of banks by total assets

RankCompanyGlobal assets (bn €) [1] Local assets (bn €) [2] Notes
1 Banco Santander 1 802,259710Global systemically important bank (Bucket 1) identified by Financial Stability Board. [3] Supervised by the European Central Bank [4]
2 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria 775,558409
3 Caixabank 607,167508
4 Banco de Sabadell 259,909178
5 Bankinter 113,012104
6 Unicaja 97,15382
7 Abanca 74,82956
8 Kutxabank 63,04049
9 Cajamar Cooperative Group 60,96549
10 Ibercaja Banco 53,68948
Global assets as of December 31, 2023 / Local assets as of December 31, 2019

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