This list of banks in

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below was assembled using publicly available information from the

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and the Finnish Bankers' Association. In 2014, according to the calculations of the National Bank, Finland had 5641 branches of cooperative banks.

Government banks

* Bank of Finland, the central bank of Finland, a member of the

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and the

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* The

Nordic Investment Bank The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is an international financial institution founded in 1975 by the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). In 2005, the three Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) also beca ...

is an

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owned by the eight NIB member countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. The NIB does not do retail banking, only long-term loans and guarantees to private and public projects to strengthen competitiveness and enhance the environment.

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s

Foreign banks

Carnegie Investment Bank Carnegie Investment Bank AB is a Swedish financial services group with activities in securities brokerage, investment banking and private banking. Founded in 1803, Carnegie is headquartered in Stockholm with offices across the Nordic region, a ...

* Citibank *

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole CIB, formerly Crédit Agricole Indosuez then Calyon) is Crédit Agricole's corporate and investment banking entity. With a staff of 8,940 employeesActivity report 2021 (excludin ...

* Danske Bank (Finnish operations acquired through a merger with the originally Finnish Sampo Bank) *

Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG (), sometimes referred to simply as Deutsche, is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Sto ...

* DnB NOR *

Handelsbanken Svenska Handelsbanken AB is a Swedish bank providing banking services including traditional corporate transactions, investment banking and trading as well as consumer banking including insurance. Handelsbanken is one of the major banks in Sweden ...

Forex Bank FOREX Bank is currently thmarket-leading foreign exchange bureau in the Nordic region The company was started in 1927 providing currency exchange for travellers, at the main Stockholm Central train station. Legend says that it started by the ow ...

* Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken * Swedbank

Savings banks

The Finnish Savings Banks Group consists of 40

savings bank A savings bank is a financial institution whose primary purpose is accepting savings deposits and paying interest on those deposits. They originated in Europe during the 18th century with the aim of providing access to savings products to al ...

s, each of which operates in its own region and is an independent legal entity. They share a common inheritance and common operating practices. The primary strategy for the banks in the group is to serve clients on a regional basis and thus not compete. The market share of the Finnish Savings Banks is about 8,5% as measured by deposits.

Co-operative banks

OP-Pohjola Group

The OP-Pohjola Group is a central corporation of co-operative banks. The member cooperative banks of the OP-Pohjola Group are independent, local deposit banks that are engaged in retail banking. There are 229 member cooperative banks, each operating in a local region.

Local Cooperative Bank Group

The Finnish Local Cooperative Bank Group consists of 42 independent co-operative banks, each operating in its own region. The group was established in 1997 to enable the member banks to continue operating independently as the other co-operative bank group in Finland was seen as too centrally administered.

Defunct banks

* Aktiebanken för Utrikeshandel (1919–1924) - acquired by Helsingin Osakepankki * Atlas Pankki (1918–1929) (Pohjois-Suomen Pankki Osakeyhtiö 1918-1923) - acquired by Helsingin Osakepankki * Borgå Sparbank (1842–1992) - merged with Aktia Bank * Etelä-Suomen Pankki (1917–1928) - acquired by Liittopankki * Helsingfors Folkbank (Helsingin Kansanpankki Oy) (1889–1896) - reorganized as Privatbanken i Helsingfors * Helsingfors Sparbank (1825–1991) - merged with Bromarf-, Hangö-, Ingå-, Karis-Pojo-, Sibbo-, Sjundeå- and Tenala Sparbank to form Aktia Bank * Helsingin Diskonttopankki (1918–1921) - bankrupted * Helsingin Osakepankki (1912–1986) - acquired by Suomen Yhdyspankki * Helsingin Suomalainen Säästöpankki (1901–1992) - merged with Suomen Säästöpankki SSP * Helsingin Työväen Säästöpankki (1909–1970) - merged with other banks to form Suomen Työväen Säästöpankki * Hämeen Työväen Säästöpankki (1914–1970) - merged with other banks to form Suomen Työväen Säästöpankki * Interbank Osakepankki (1988–1998) - merged with Mandatum Bank * Kannaksen Yhtyneet Säästöpankit (1939–1951) - merged with Helsingin Suomalainen Säästöpankki *

Kansallis-Osake-Pankki Kansallis-Osake-Pankki (KOP) was a Finnish commercial bank operating from 1889 to 1995. It was created by the fennoman movement as a Finnish language alternative to the largely Swedish language bank, Suomen Yhdyspankki (''Swedish: Föreningsbank ...

(1889–1995) - merged with Suomen Yhdyspankki, forming Merita Bank * Kymenlaakson Työväen Säästöpankki (1909–1970) (1909–1945 Kyminlaakson Työväen Säästöpankki, 1946–1955 Kotkan Työväen Säästöpankki) - merged with other banks to form Suomen Työväen Säästöpankki * Landtmannabanken (1909–1920) - merged with Wasa Aktie Bank and Turun Osake-Pankki, forming Suomen Liittopankki * Lappeenrannan Työväen Säästöpankki (1912–1970) (1912–1932 Etelä-Saimaan Työläisten Osuuspankki) - merged with other banks to form Suomen Työväen Säästöpankki * Leonia Pankki (1997–2000) - merged with Sampo Insurance to form Sampo-Leonia, in 2001 renamed Sampo Pankki * Liikepankki (1919–1923) - remains of Liikepankki and Suomen Vakuus Oy, continued operating as Turunmaan Pankki * Liittopankki (1920–1931) - acquired by Helsingin Osakepankki * Luotto-Pankki (1917–1933) - acquired by Kansallis-Osake-Pankki * Länsi-Suomen Osake-Pankki (1912–1929) - merged with Tampereen Osake-Pankki and Maakuntain Keskus-Pankki, forming Maakuntain Pankki * Maakiinteistöpankki (Landsfastighetsbanken Ab) (1916–1934) * Maakuntain-Pankki (1929–1932) - acquired by Kansallis-Osake-Pankki * Mandatum Pankki (1992–2001) - acquired by Sampo Pankki, Mandatum name used within Sampo Pankki until 2008 * Merita Bank (1995–2002) - merged in 1997 with Swedish Nordbanken, forming MeritaNordbanken *

MeritaNordbanken Nordea Bank Abp, commonly referred to as Nordea, is a European financial services group operating in northern Europe and based in Helsinki, Finland. The name is a blend of the words "Nordic" and "idea". The bank is the result of the successive m ...

- merged in 2000 with Danish

Unibank uniBank (Ghana) Limited, commonly known as uniBank, was an indigenous private bank in Ghana, West Africa. The bank was placed in administration in March 2018 and subsequently consolidated as part of the Ghana Government's handling of its banking ...

and Norwegian

Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, branded domestically as Kreditkassen or K-Bank and internationally as Christiania Bank was a Norwegian bank that existed between 1848 and 2000 when it merged with MeritaNordbanken and became Nordea. The bank had ...

, forming

Nordea Nordea Bank Abp, commonly referred to as Nordea, is a European financial services group operating in northern Europe and based in Helsinki, Finland. The name is a blend of the words "Nordic" and "idea". The bank is the result of the successive m ...

* Nykarleby Aktiebank (1898–1913) - bankrupted * Nylands Aktiebank (Uudenmaan Osake-Pankki) (1912–1919) - acquired by Helsingin Osakepankki * Oulun Työväen Säästöpankki (1932–1970) - merged with other banks to form Suomen Työväen Säästöpankki * Peruspankki (1963–1990) - merged with STS-pankki * Pohjolan Osake-Pankki (1916–1949/1971) - acquired by Kansallis-Osake-Pankki * Pohjoismaiden Osakepankki Kauppaa ja Teollisuutta varten (1912–1919) - acquired by Suomen Yhdyspankki * Postipankki (1887–1997) (Postisäästöpankki 1887–1970) - merged with Suomen Vientiluotto, forming Leonia Pankki * Privatbanken i Helsingfors (1896–1922) - acquired by Suomen Yhdyspankki * Sakkolan Säästöpankki (1903–1939?) - merged with Kannaksen Yhtyneet Säästöpankit and then Helsingin Suomalainen Säästöpankki after the war * Savo-Karjalan Osake-Pankki (1916–1952) -

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Sofia Bank Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and has ...

(2009–2010) - bankrupted * STS-Pankki (1970–1992) (1970–1989 Suomen Työväen Säästöpankki) - acquired by Kansallis-Osake-Pankki * Suomen Kauppapankki (1912–1924) - acquired by Helsingin Osakepankki * Suomen Kiinteistöpankki (Fastighetsbanken i Finland Ab) (1912–44) * Suomen Käsityöläis-Osakepankki (1917–1945) - acquired by Suomen Yhdyspankki * Suomen Liittopankki - renamed to Liittopankki in 1924 * Suomen Maatalous-Osake-Pankki (1916–1958) - acquired by Kansallis-Osake-Pankki * Suomen Säästöpankki SSP (1992–1993) - liquidated * Suomen Teollisuuspankki (Suomen Teollisuus-Hypoteekkipankki 1924–1976) (1924-1998) - merged with Merita Pankki * Suomen Vienti-Pankki (1920–1931) (1920–1923 Paloheimo & Co Pankki Osakeyhtiö) - bankrupted *

Suomen Yhdyspankki Nordea Bank Abp, commonly referred to as Nordea, is a European Finance, financial services group operating in northern Europe and based in Helsinki, Finland. The name is a blend of the words "Nordic" and "idea". The bank is the result of the suc ...

(1862–1995) - merged with Kansallis-Osake-Pankki, forming Merita Bank * Säästöpankkien Keskus-Osake-Pankki (1908–1991) - liquidated by Bank of Finland * Tampereen Osake-Pankki (1898–1929) - merged with Länsi-Suomen Osake-Pankki and Maakuntain Keskus-Pankki, forming Maakuntain Pankki * Turunmaan Pankki (Åbolands Bank) (1923–1934) - bankrupted * Turun Osakepankki (1896–1920) - merged with Wasa Aktie Bank and Landtmannabanken, forming Suomen Liittopankki * Viipurin Suomalainen Säästöpankki (1902-1940/1948) - merged with Kotkan Säästöpankki * Viipurin Työväen Säästöpankki (1910–1944) - merged with Kyminlaakson Työväen Säästöpankki *

Wasa Aktie Bank Wasa may refer to any of the following: *Wasa, British Columbia, a settlement in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia *Wasa Lake, a place in British Columbia, Canada *Wasabröd, a brandname used by the Swedish company AB Wasabröd *IK Wasa, ...

(1879–1920) - merged with Turun Osakepankki and Landtmannabanken, forming Suomen Liittopankki * Vasa Sparbank (1847–1992) - merged with Aktia Bank * Viborgs Sparbank (1846–?) (information about old Finnish companies (including banks), in Finnish)

References

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