List of banks in the Czech Republic

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

The Czech National Bank (ČNB) is the country's banking supervisor.

Systemically important banks

As of 2025, the following Czech banks were designated as systemically important, listed here by decreasing score of systemic importance:

Československá Obchodní Banka, a.s. (ČSOB), subsidiary of KBC Group Česká Spořitelna, a.s., subsidiary of Erste Group Komerční Banka, a.s., subsidiary of Société Générale UniCredit Bank CZ and SK, a.s., subsidiary of UniCredit , subsidiary of Raiffeisen Bank International J&T Finance Group SE PPF Financial Holdings a.s., subsidiary of PPF

Other commercial banks

In addition to the above, the list of banks maintained by the ČNB indicated the following banks as of :

, majority-owned by PPF

, 30-percent-owned by PPF , subsidiary of Moneta Bank

Národní Rozvojová Banka, a.s., a state-owned policy bank

, subsidiary of Raiffeisenbank , subsidiary of Česká Spořitelna

, subsidiary of ČSOB , subsidiary of ČSOB (state-owned)

Credit unions

Also as of , the ČNB's list featured four credit unions ():

Citfin Credit Union NEY Credit Union Peněžní Dům Credit Union

Branches

EEA branches Also as of , the following credit institutions established in the European Economic Area (EEA) operated a branch in the Czech Republic:

AS Inbank BNP Paribas SA Bank Gutmann AG Bank of China (CEE) Ltd, subsidiary of Bank of China Banking Circle SA, controlled by EQT AB Commerzbank AG Citibank Europe plc, subsidiary of Citigroup Deutsche Bank AG FCM Bank HSBC Continental Europe, subsidiary of HSBC ING Bank NV mBank SA, subsidiary of Commerzbank Oberbank AG Partner Bank AG PKO BP SA , subsidiary of Penta Investments SMBC Bank EU AG, subsidiary of SMBC Group Saxo Bank A/S

Všeobecná úverová banka a.s., subsidiary of Intesa Sanpaolo

Third-country branches As of , the following banks established outside the European Economic Area had branches in the Czech Republic ("third-country branches" in EU parlance):

Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd

Defunct banks

(1856-1948) Böhmische Escompte-Bank (1863-1945) (1865-1945) (1867-1921) Živnostenská Banka (1868-1950) Prague Credit Bank (1870-1930) Böhmische Union Bank (1872-1945) (1875-1948) Zemská Banka (1890-1948) Böhmische Industriebank (1898-1943) Legiobanka (1919-1948) Czech Commercial Bank (1921-1930) Anglo-Czechoslovak Bank (1922-1930) National Bank of Czechoslovakia (1926-1939 and 1945-1950) Anglo-Czechoslovak and Prague Credit Bank (1930-1948) State Bank of Czechoslovakia (1950-1993) (1990-1998) (1990-2008) Max Banka (1991-2024) (1991-2003) Equa Bank (1993-2021) Investiční a Poštovní Banka (1993-2000) (1993-2022)

See also List of banks in Europe

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