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:[1]
- 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 🇮🇹
- Raiffeisenbank Czechia, 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 2026-3-14:[2]
- Air Bank, majority-owned by PPF
- Banka Creditas
- Fio Banka
- Moneta Bank, 30-percent-owned by PPF
- Moneta Building Society, subsidiary of Moneta Bank
- Modra Pyramida Building Society
- Národní Rozvojová Banka, a.s., a state-owned policy bank
- Partners Banka
- Raiffeisen Building Society, subsidiary of Raiffeisenbank 🇦🇹
- Česká Spořitelna Building Society, subsidiary of Česká Spořitelna 🇦🇹
- Trinity Bank
- ČSOB Mortgage Bank, subsidiary of ČSOB 🇧🇪
- ČSOB Building Society, subsidiary of ČSOB 🇧🇪
- Czech Export Bank (state-owned)
Credit unions
Also as of 2026-3-14, the ČNB's list featured four credit unions :[3]
- Artesa Credit Union
- Citfin Credit Union
- NEY Credit Union
- Peněžní Dům Credit Union
Branches
EEA branches
Also as of 2026-3-14, the following credit institutions established in the European Economic Area (EEA) operated a branch in the Czech Republic:[2]
- 🇪🇪 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
- 🇸🇰 Privatbanka, subsidiary of Penta Investments 🇸🇰
- 🇩🇪 SMBC Bank EU AG, subsidiary of SMBC Group 🇯🇵
- 🇩🇰 Saxo Bank A/S
- 🇩🇪 Volksbank Raiffeisenbank Nordoberpfalz
- 🇸🇰 Všeobecná úverová banka a.s., subsidiary of Intesa Sanpaolo 🇮🇹
Third-country branches
As of 2025-10-13, the following banks established outside the European Economic Area had branches in the Czech Republic ("third-country branches" in EU parlance):[4]
Defunct banks
- České Budějovice City Savings Bank (1856-1948)
- Böhmische Escompte-Bank (1863-1945)
- Czech Mortgage Bank (1865-1945)
- Economic Credit Bank for the Czechs (1867-1921)
- Živnostenská Banka (1868-1950)
- Prague Credit Bank (1870-1930)
- Böhmische Union Bank (1872-1945)
- Moravské Budějovice CIty Savings Bank (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)
- Agrobanka (1990-1998)
- eBanka (1990-2008)
- Max Banka (1991-2024)
- Union Banka (Prague) (1991-2003)
- Equa Bank (1993-2021)
- Investiční a Poštovní Banka (1993-2000)
- Sberbank CZ (1993-2022)
See also
- List of banks in Europe
References
- The EBA updates list of other systemically important institutions European Banking Authority, 2025-5-15^
- Banks and branches of foreign banks (at 14.03.2026) Czech National Bank, retrieved 2026-3-14^
- Credit unions (at 14.03.2026) Czech National Bank, retrieved 2026-3-14^
- The EBA updates list of third-country groups and branches operating in the European Union and the European Economic Area European Banking Authority, 2025-10-13^