List of banks in Bulgaria
Template:Short description Typically for Eastern European countries, Bulgarian banking sector is characterized by relatively small size, small number of banks with wide business focus, high degree of concentration and high share of foreign capital.
The most commonly used ratio to measure the size of a banking sector, namely the ratio of consolidated banking assets to gross domestic product, for Bulgaria shows that its banking sector is roughly the same size as its national economy (the ratio is 107.09%). Most of the banks operating in Bulgaria are universal banks providing products and services in retail and corporate banking. Although there are no pure direct banks in Bulgaria, all banks offer their services via the Internet. There are also several digital-first banks that offer their services mainly online. Bulgaria is also part of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) and T2 systems.
Since 1 October 2020 Bulgaria is part of European Banking Union and since 10 July 2020 it is participant into ERM II Mechanism, a step before adopting the Euro as a national currency.
The central bank is Bulgarian National Bank and there is one development bank – Bulgarian Development Bank. The following is a list of commercial banks in Bulgaria, based on the quarterly issue - "Banks in Bulgaria", published by the central bank.
Commercial banks
Аll amounts are in BGN thousand.
| Rank
(2024) |
Name | SWIFT (BIC) | Assets Dec 2023[1] | Assets Mar 2024[2] | Assets Jun 2024[3] | Assets Sep 2024[4] | Assets Dec 2024[5] | Shareholders - over 10% (Dec 2024)[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United Bulgarian Bank | UBBSBGSF | 34 041 583 | 34 676 690 | 34 844 252 | 35 670 048 | 37 462 639 | KBC BANK N.V., Template:Flagdeco Kingdom of Belgium – 99,96% |
| 2. | DSK Bank | STSABGSF | 32 773 713 | 33 541 571 | 34 261 479 | 35 260 167 | 36 460 957 | OTP Bank RT, Template:Flagdeco Hungary – 99.92% |
| 3. | UniCredit Bulbank | UNCRBGSF | 32 124 499 | 32 651 025 | 31 951 253 | 32 806 588 | 34 896 854 | UNICREDIT S.P.A., Template:Flagdeco Republic of Italy – 99.45% |
| 4. | Eurobank Bulgaria (Postbank) | BPBIBGSF | 19 389 819 | 20 073 514 | 20 339 225 | 20 908 841 | 22 558 029 | Eurobank Ergasias S.A., Template:Flagdeco Greece – 99,99% |
| 5. | First Investment Bank (Fibank) | FINVBGSF | 13 888 895 | 14 047 714 | 14 528 429 | 14 695 599 | 15 733 464 | Tzeko Todorov Minev, Template:Flagdeco Republic of Bulgaria – 27.33%
Ivaylo Dimitrov Mutafchiev, Template:Flagdeco Republic of Bulgaria – 27.33% Bulgarian Development Bank, Template:Flagdeco Republic of Bulgaria - 18.35% |
| 6. | Central Cooperative Bank | CECBBGSF | 8 189 817 | 8 404 738 | 8 713 044 | 8 822 199 | 9 083 178 | CCB Group EAD, Template:Flagdeco Republic of Bulgaria – 61.05% |
| 7. | ProCredit Bank, Bulgaria | PRCBBGSF | 4 175 426 | 4 243 843 | 4 378 800 | 4 478 376 | 4 587 295 | ProCredit Holding AG, Template:Flagdeco Federal Republic of Germany – 100% |
| 8. | Allianz Bank Bulgaria | BUINBGSF | 3 945 650 | 4 066 706 | 4 169 829 | 4 140 064 | 4 407 619 | Allianz Bulgaria Holding JSC, Template:Flagdeco Republic of Bulgaria – 99.9% |
| 9. | TBI Bank | TBIBBGSF | 2 906 515 | 3 102 841 | 3 233 460 | 3 352 984 | 3 497 589 | TBIF Financial Services B.V., Template:Flagdeco Kingdom of the Netherlands – 100% |
| 10. | Investbank | IORTBGSF | 3 164 646 | 3 288 191 | 3 262 768 | 3 407 648 | 3 489 352 | Festa Holding JSC, Template:Flagdeco Republic of Bulgaria – 83.8%
Petya Ivanova Barakova-Slavova, Template:Flagdeco Republic of Bulgaria – 10.68% |
| 11. | Bulgarian Development Bank | NASBBGSF | 2 800 224 | 2 632 661 | 2 785 815 | 2 911 424 | 3 148 130 | Ministry of Innovation and Growth, Template:Flagdeco Republic of Bulgaria – 100% |
| 12. | International Asset Bank | IABGBGSF | 2 486 860 | 2 490 416 | 2 614 562 | 2 811 994 | 2 780 470 | Dynatrade International Ltd, Template:Flagdeco Republic of Bulgaria – 33% |
| 13. | Bulgarian-American Credit Bank | BGUSBGSF | 2 790 176 | 2 880 758 | 2 892 490 | 2 693 172 | 2 751 998 | CSIF JSC, Template:Flagdeco Republic of Bulgaria – 45.67%
LTBI HOLDINGS LLC, Template:Flagdeco USA – 33.45% |
| 14. | Municipal Bank PLC | SOMBBGSF | 2 368 046 | 2 435 404 | 2 546 155 | 2 571 586 | 2 483 091 | NOVITO OPPORTUNITIES FUND AGMVK, Template:Flagdeco Principality of Liechtenstein – 96.51% |
| 15. | D Commerce Bank | DEMIBGSF | 1 660 030 | 2 240 672 | 2 196 000 | 2 151 190 | 2 162 669 | Fuat Güven (Fuat Hyusniev Osmanov), Template:Flagdeco Republic of Bulgaria – 55.52%
FORTERA EAD, Template:Flagdeco Republic of Bulgaria – 44.48% |
| 16. | Citibank Europe, Bulgaria Branch | CITIBGSF | 1 746 407 | 1 913 291 | 1 892 688 | 1 986 011 | 2 050 018 | Citibank Europe Plc., Template:Flagdeco Republic of Ireland – 100% |
| 17. | ING Bank N.V., Sofia Branch | INGBBGSF | 1 255 596 | 1 341 679 | 1 489 072 | 1 350 720 | 1 427 064 | ING Bank N.V., Template:Flagdeco Kingdom of the Netherlands – 100% |
| 18. | BNP Paribas S.A. – Sofia Branch | BNPABGSX | 728 392 | 678 282 | 637 227 | 604 212 | 701 072 | BNP Paribas S.A., Template:Flagdeco Republic of France – 100% |
| 19. | Texim Bank | TEXIBGSF | 645 410 | 630 154 | 659 470 | 681 057 | 690 789 | Web Finance Holding AD, Template:Flagdeco Republic of Bulgaria – 16.64% |
| 20. | Tokuda Bank | CREXBGSF | 485 465 | 498 475 | 503 381 | 510 893 | 516 470 | Tokushukai Incorporated, Template:Flagdeco Japan – 100% |
| 21. | T.C. Ziraat Bank, Sofia Branch | TCZBBGSF | 416 158 | 410 836 | 390 775 | 442 268 | 481 982 | T.C. Ziraat Bankasi A.Ş., Ankara, Template:Flagdeco Republic of Turkey – 100% |
| 22. | Varengold Bank AG, Sofia Branch | VGAGBGSF | 72 468 | 76 202 | 96 738 | 119 062 | 160 384 | Varengold Bank AG, Template:Flagdeco Federal Republic of Germany – 100% |
| 23. | Bigbank AS, Bulgaria Branch | BIGKBGSF | 20 906 | 23 397 | 33 800 | 32 082 | 46 474 | Bigbank AS, Template:Flagdeco Estonia – 100% |
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