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 (SIs) and less significant institutions (LSIs), with SI/LSI designations updated regularly by the European Central Bank (ECB). Significant institutions are directly supervised by the ECB using joint supervisory teams that involve the national competent authorities (NCAs) 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 (as opposed to total consolidated assets) at end-2023 were: Erste Group (€26 billion), via Slovenská Sporiteľňa Intesa Sanpaolo (€24 billion), via Všeobecná Úverová Banka Raiffeisen Bank International (€22 billion), via Tatra Banka and KBC (€15 billion), via ČSOB and 365.bank as

Other euro-area banks that operate in Slovakia include: Commerzbank, via Société Générale, via Komerční Banka Bratislava UniCredit, via UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia"." hnonline.sk. Retrieved on May 21, 2022. "UniBanka a HVB Bank dokončujú zlúčenie."

Crédit Mutuel (via Cofidis) 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:

, majority-owned by Penta Investments

Other Slovak LSIs

The remaining three domestic LSIs were:

, known as Banka Slovakia until 2005,"." trend.sk. Retrieved on April 4, 2023. "Banka Slovakia zmenila obchodné meno na Privatbanka." majority-owned by Penta Investments Slovenská Záručná a Rozvojová Banka as, a public development bank Wüstenrot Stavebná Sporiteľňa as, subsidiary of Wüstenrot-Gruppe

Non-euro-area-controlled LSIs

Three other Slovak LSIs were branches of financial groups based outside of the euro area:

Slovak branch of Slovak branch of J&T Banka Slovak branch of PKO BP SA

As of October 2025, there were no branches of banks located outside the European Economic Area ("third-country branches" in EU parlance) 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 Slovakia, are documented on Wikipedia. They are listed below in chronological order of establishment.

(1884–1948) Slovak National Bank (1939–1945) (1991–2017), which had absorbed Ľudová / Volksbank cooperative banks"." sme.sk. Retrieved on May 21, 2022. "Ľudová banka mení názov na Volksbank Slovensko.""." Trend. Retrieved on May 21, 2022. "Značka Volksbank na Slovensku v budúcom roku skončí.""." Prima Banka. Retrieved on May 21, 2022. "Sberbank Slovensko sa zlúčila s Prima bankou Slovensko." Istrobanka (1992–2009)"." Pravda. Retrieved on May 21, 2022. "Istrobanka končí, od júla sa zlúči s ČSOB." (1994–2007), integrating the successive Slovenská Poľnohospodárska Banka (1994–1996), Poľnobanka (1996–2002), and UniBanka (2002–2007)"." sme.sk. Retrieved on May 21, 2022. "Poľnobanka začala oddnes pôsobiť pod novým názvom UniBanka." (2002–2020)"." zive.sk. Retrieved on May 21, 2022. "Slovenskú OTP Banku kupuje ČSOB." UniCredit Bank Slovakia (2007–2013) ZUNO Bank (2010–2017)"." sme.sk. Retrieved on May 21, 2022. "Zuno banka na Slovensku skončila."

Additional banks that left the Slovak market included, by chronological order of exit: AG Banka, failed in 1999"." sme.sk. Retrieved on February 25, 2023. "AG Banka ako prvá v SR skončila svoju činnosť odobraním bankovej licencie a čaká ju likvidácia." Priemyselná Banka, merged with Slovenská sporiteľňa in 1999"." sme.sk. Retrieved on April 4, 2023. "Priemyselnou bankou sa zaoberá polícia." Dopravná Banka, failed in 2000"." profini.sk. Retrieved on Retrieved on April 4, 2023. "Dopravná banka je štvrtou bankou v nútenej správe." Slovenská Kreditná Banka, failed in 2000"." sme.sk. Retrieved on February 25, 2023. "Slovenská kreditná banka." Devín Banka, failed in 2001"." sme.sk. Retrieved on February 25, 2023. "Devín banka skrachovala." Investičná a Rozvojová Banka, purchased by OTP in 2002"." sme.sk. Retrieved on April 4, 2023. "IRB začne od 1. augusta pôsobiť pod novým nazvom OTP Banka Slovensko." Prvá Komunálna Banka, purchased by Dexia in 2003"." trend.sk. Retrieved on April 4, 2023. "Banky a ich vlastníci: Kto, s kým a od kedy...." The Slovak operation of HSBC, ended in 2012"." sme.sk. Retrieved on May 21, 2022. "Britská banka HSBC odchádza zo Slovenska." Dexia Slovakia, subsidiary of Dexia (2003–2012)"." Prima Banka. Retrieved on May 21, 2022. "Slovenská Dexia sa v novom roku zmení na Prima banka Slovensko, a.s.." Branch of Axa Bank Europe (subsidiary of Axa), left in 2013"." sme.sk. Retrieved on February 25, 2023. "Axa Bank u nás končí, spoluprácu ponúkol UniCredit." Branch of Royal Bank of Scotland, left in 2015"." teraz.sk. Retrieved on April 4, 2023. "Zo Slovenska odchádza pobočka zahraničnej banky Royal Bank of Scotland." Branch of Cetelem (subsidiary of BNP Paribas), left in 2023"." finreport.sk. Retrieved on April 4, 2023. "Spoločnosť Cetelem na Slovensku končí. BNP Paribas, pod ktorú patrí, sa už stiahla aj z ďalších krajín." Branch of KDB Bank Europe, subsidiary of Korea Development Bank, left in 2024"." sk.kdbbank.eu. Retrieved on January 4, 2024. "Oznámenie o plánovanom ukončení činnosti a zatvorení KDB Bank Europe Ltd., pobočka zahraničnej banky na Slovensku."

See also List of banks in the euro area List of banks in Europe

References

External links National Bank of Slovakia official site Slovak Banking Association official site