Bigbank AS is an
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
n bank which headquarters are located in
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...
, Estonia. The bank is focusing on loans. The bank operates in
Baltic States
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, Bulgaria, Finland and Sweden and to some extent in Germany, Austria and Netherlands.
The bank was established in 1992, and as of 2020, had 385 employees.
Bigbank has been designated as a Significant Institution since the entry into force of
European Banking Supervision
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in late 2014, and as a consequence is directly supervised by the
European Central Bank
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the prime component of the monetary Eurosystem and the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) as well as one of seven institutions of the European Union. It is one of the world's Big Four (banking)#Intern ...
.
See also
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Bigbank Tartu
BIGBANK Tartu is an Estonian professional volleyball club based in Tartu, Estonia, that competes in the Baltic Men Volleyball League.
Founded in 1999, the team has won 4 Baltic League championships, 5 Estonian League championships and 4 Estonia ...
(volleyball club)
References
External links
*{{official website
Banks of Estonia