Commercial Bank

64 entries

Bank of America

Commercial BankInstitution1904

Originally the Bank of Italy, founded by A P Giannini in San Francisco in 1904 to serve immigrants. ...

JPMorgan Chase

Commercial BankInstitution1799

The largest bank in the United States by assets, with roots tracing to 1799. The Bank of the Manhatt...

Deutsche Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1870

Founded in Berlin in 1870 to finance German foreign trade. Deutsche Bank funded the Baghdad Railway,...

UBS

Commercial BankInstitution1862

Switzerlands largest bank, formed through the 1998 merger of Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Ban...

Credit Suisse

Commercial BankInstitution1856

Founded in 1856 to finance Switzerlands industrialization. Credit Suisse pioneered the Swiss model o...

Barclays

Commercial BankInstitution1690

One of the oldest British banks, tracing roots to 1690 when John Freame began trading as a goldsmith...

HSBC

Commercial BankInstitution1865

Founded in Hong Kong in 1865 as the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation to finance trade betwe...

Lloyds Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1765

Founded in Birmingham in 1765 by John Taylor and Sampson Lloyd as a button manufacturing business th...

Mitsubishi UFJ

Commercial BankInstitution1880

The largest bank in Japan and one of the largest in the world, with over 3 trillion in assets. Forme...

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

Commercial BankInstitution1984

The largest bank in the world by total assets, with over 6 trillion. ICBC was established in 1984 wh...

Citigroup

Commercial BankInstitution1812

Founded as the City Bank of New York in 1812. Under Moses Taylor in the 19th century, City Bank beca...

Wells Fargo

Commercial BankInstitution1852

Founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo in 1852 as an express transport and banking company serving...

BNP Paribas

Commercial BankInstitution1848

The largest bank in France and one of the largest in Europe. BNP Paribas was formed from the 2000 me...

Santander

Commercial BankInstitution1857

Spains largest bank, founded in Santander in 1857. Santander expanded aggressively through Latin Ame...

Standard Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1862

The largest bank in Africa by assets, founded in Port Elizabeth in 1862 as The Standard Bank of Brit...

State Bank of India

Commercial BankInstitution1806

The largest bank in India, tracing its origins to the Bank of Calcutta founded in 1806. The bank bec...

Standard Chartered

Commercial BankInstitution1969

Formed from the 1969 merger of Standard Bank of British South Africa and Chartered Bank of India, Au...

Toronto Dominion Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1955

Canadas second largest bank, formed from the merger of the Bank of Toronto and Dominion Bank in 1955...

ING Group

Commercial BankInstitution1991

ING was formed in 1991 from the merger of Nationale Nederlanden insurance and NMB Postbank. ING pion...

BBVA

Commercial BankInstitution1857

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria was formed from mergers of several Spanish banks, with roots to 1857...

Commonwealth Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1911

Founded as a government owned savings and trading bank in 1911. The Commonwealth Bank served as Aust...

Itau Unibanco

Commercial BankInstitution1945

The largest bank in Latin America by assets, formed from the 2008 merger of Banco Itau and Unibanco....

National Australia Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1858

Founded as the National Bank of Australasia in 1858 during the Australian gold rush. NAB acquired ba...

Royal Bank of Canada

Commercial BankInstitution1864

Founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1864 to finance the timber and shipping trades. RBC moved its he...

Mashreq Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1967

Founded in 1967 in Dubai as the Bank of Oman. Mashreq was the first UAE bank to install ATMs and lau...

Banco do Brasil

Commercial BankInstitution1808

Founded in 1808 by Prince Regent Joao VI of Portugal, who had fled to Brazil during the Napoleonic W...

Bradesco

Commercial BankInstitution1943

Banco Bradesco was founded in Marilia in 1943 by Amador Aguiar. Starting as Banco Brasileiro de Desc...

PNC Financial

Commercial BankInstitution1852

PNC traces its origins to the Pittsburgh Trust and Savings Company, founded in 1852. PNC grew throug...

Truist Financial

Commercial BankInstitution2019

Truist was formed from the 2019 merger of BB&T and SunTrust Banks, creating the sixth largest US ban...

US Bancorp

Commercial BankInstitution1863

US Bancorp traces its origins to the First National Bank of Cincinnati, chartered in 1863 during the...

HDFC Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1994

Founded in 1994 as a subsidiary of Housing Development Finance Corporation. HDFC Bank became the lar...

Canara Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1906

Founded in 1906 in Mangalore by Ammembai Subba Rao Pai. Canara Bank started as the Canara Hindu Perm...

Commerzbank

Commercial BankInstitution1870

Founded in 1870 in Hamburg. Commerzbank merged with Mitteldeutsche Creditbank in 1920 and Dresdner B...

UniCredit

Commercial BankInstitution1998

UniCredit was formed from the 1998 merger of several Italian banks including Credito Italiano and Ro...

Nubank

Commercial BankInstitution2013

Nubank was founded in 2013 by David Velez in Sao Paulo as a digital first credit card company. Nuban...

Tinkoff Bank

Commercial BankInstitution2006

Tinkoff Bank was founded by Oleg Tinkov in 2006 as a branchless bank. Tinkoff pioneered digital bank...

Sberbank

Commercial BankInstitution1841

Sberbank, founded in 1841 as a savings bank of the Russian Empire, is the largest bank in Russia. Th...

Capitec Bank

Commercial BankInstitution2001

Capitec was founded in 2001 by Jannie Mouton as a microlender. The bank targeted lower income South ...

Revolut

Commercial BankInstitution2015

Revolut was founded in 2015 by Nikolay Storonsky and Vlad Yatsenko as a multi currency debit card. T...

Societe Generale

Commercial BankInstitution1864

Founded in 1864 to finance French industry. Societe Generale grew into one of Frances largest banks....

Credit Agricole

Commercial BankInstitution1894

Founded in 1894 as a network of local agricultural credit cooperatives. Credit Agricole grew into th...

NatWest Group

Commercial BankInstitution1968

Originally the National Westminster Bank, formed in 1968 from the merger of National Provincial Bank...

China Construction Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1954

Founded in 1954 as the Peoples Construction Bank of China to manage state infrastructure investment....

Agricultural Bank of China

Commercial BankInstitution1951

Founded in 1951 to finance rural development and agriculture. The Agricultural Bank of China served ...

KBC Group

Commercial BankInstitution1935

Founded in 1935 as the Kredietbank in Brussels. KBC Group was formed in 1998 from the merger of Kred...

Equity Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1984

Equity Bank was founded in 1984 as Equity Building Society in Kenya, initially targeting low income ...

Monzo Bank

Commercial BankInstitution2015

Monzo was founded in 2015 as Mondo by Tom Blomfield, a former Starling Bank executive. Monzo launche...

Al Rajhi Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1957

Al Rajhi Bank, founded in 1957, is the largest Islamic bank in the world by assets. The Al Rajhi fam...

Starling Bank

Commercial BankInstitution2014

Starling Bank was founded by Anne Boden in 2014 after she left her job as head of transaction servic...

Grameen Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1983

Grameen Bank, founded by Muhammad Yunus in 1983, pioneered microfinance and microcredit. Grameen mad...

Banco Santander Detail

Commercial BankInstitution1857

See Santander entry. The bank grew from a small regional bank in Cantabria to a global banking power...

Rabobank

Commercial BankInstitution1898

Rabobank is a Dutch cooperative bank founded in 1898 by farmers as the Cooperative Agricultural Cred...

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1985

ADCB was formed in 1985 from the merger of Emirates Commercial Bank and Federal Commercial Bank. ADC...

Emirates NBD

Commercial BankInstitution1963

Emirates NBD was formed in 2007 from the merger of Emirates Bank International and National Bank of ...

Meezan Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1997

Meezan Bank is the largest Islamic bank in Pakistan, founded in 1997 as the first purely Islamic com...

N26 Bank

Commercial BankInstitution2013

N26 was founded in Berlin in 2013 by Maximilian Tayenthal and Valentin Stalf. N26 launched its mobil...

DBS Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1968

The Development Bank of Singapore was established in 1968 by the Singapore government to finance ind...

Intesa Sanpaolo

Commercial BankInstitution2007

Intesa Sanpaolo was formed from the 2007 merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI. The bank became th...

Qatar National Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1964

Founded in 1964 as the first domestically owned commercial bank in Qatar. QNB grew into the largest ...

Nedbank

Commercial BankInstitution1831

One of South Africas largest banks, tracing roots to 1831 when the Cape of Good Hope Bank was founde...

FirstRand Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1970

FirstRand was formed from the 1998 merger of Anglo American Corporation and RMB Holdings. FirstRand ...

VTB Bank

Commercial BankInstitution1990

VTB Bank was established in 1990 as Vneshtorgbank, the Bank for Foreign Trade of Russia. VTB grew in...

Chime

Commercial BankInstitution2013

Chime is a US neobank founded by Chris Britt and Ryan King in 2013. Chime offers fee free banking th...

Varo Bank

Commercial BankInstitution2017

Varo became the first US neobank to receive a full national bank charter from the OCC in 2020. Found...