List of oldest banks in continuous operation

The merchant banker Cornelius Berenberg, a member of the Berenberg family, whose grandfather founded Berenberg Bank in 1590

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena headquarters in Siena today

This list of the oldest banks includes financial institutions in continuous operation, operating with the same legal identity without interruption since their establishment until the present time. While there are seven banks founded in the 17th century still remaining and 16 banks founded in the 18th century, the list is topped by the only two banks founded in the 15th and 16th centuries respectively, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena and Berenberg Bank. Monte dei Paschi di Siena was founded as a mount of piety in 1472 and today is one of Italy's largest retail banks, while Berenberg Bank was founded as a merchant house in Hamburg in 1590 and today is a merchant bank and private bank, and still owned by the descendants of its founders, the Berenberg family.

Banks established before 1600

Year	Company	Country (modern)
1472	Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena	Italy
1590	Berenberg Bank	Germany

Banks established in the 17th century

Year	Company	Country (modern)
1668	Sveriges Riksbank	Sweden
1672	C. Hoare & Co	England
1674	Metzler Bank	Germany
1690	Barclays	England
1692	Coutts	England
1694	Bank of England	England
1695	Bank of Scotland	Scotland

Banks established in the 18th century

Year	Company	Country (modern)
1702	Caja Madrid (now Bankia)	Spain
1717	Banco Etcheverría	Spain
1717	Drummonds Bank	United Kingdom
1727	The Royal Bank of Scotland	United Kingdom
1736	Kurantbanken	Denmark
1737	Van Lanschot	Netherlands
1747	Banque Nagelmackers	Belgium
1760	Banque Courtois	France
1765	Lloyds Bank	United Kingdom
1780	Landolt & Cie	Switzerland
1782	Bank of Spain	Spain
1783	Bank of Ireland	Ireland
1784	Bank of New York	United States
1785	Trinkaus & Burkhardt	Germany
1786	Hottinger & Cie	France
1787	La Roche & Co.	Switzerland
1787	Raphaels Bank	United Kingdom
1789	Sal. Oppenheim	Germany
1792	State Street Corporation	United States
1796	Hauck & Aufhäuser	Germany
1796	Lombard Odier & Cie	Switzerland
1798	Donner & Reuschel	Germany
1798	M. M. Warburg & Co.	Germany
1799	Bank of the Manhattan Company	United States

Banks established in the 19th century

Year	Company	Country (modern)
1800	Banque de France	France
1804	Schroders	United Kingdom
1805	Pictet & Cie	Switzerland
1806	State Bank of India	India
1808	Banco do Brasil	Brazil
1810	Brown, Shipley & Co.	United Kingdom
1810	Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.	United States
1811	N M Rothschild & Sons	United Kingdom
1811	Bank of Finland	Finland
1812	Citibank	United States
1812	Sparkasse Schwyz	Switzerland
1814	De Nederlandsche Bank	Netherlands
1815	Banque Bonhôte	Switzerland
1817	SNS Bank	Netherlands
1817	Bank of Montreal	Canada
1817	Bank of New South Wales	Australia
1818	Groupe Caisse d'Épargne	France
1818	Berliner Sparkasse	Germany
1818	Danmarks Nationalbank	Denmark
1819	Mirabaud & Cie	Switzerland
1819	Erste Bank	Austria
1820	Nordea	Sweden, Finland
1820	Swedbank	Sweden
1820	Institution for Savings	United States
1822	Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires	Argentina
1822	DNB (as Christiania Sparebank)	Norway
1824	Stadtsparkasse München	Germany
1825	Česká spořitelna	Czech Republic
1826	AEK Bank 1826	Switzerland
1828	Bankhaus Spängler	Austria
1828	De Curaçaosche Bank	Curaçao
1828	Citizens Financial Group	United States
1828	Centreville Bank	United States
1828	Javasche Bank	Indonesia
1829	Clientis Caisse d’Epargne CEC	Switzerland
1831	Dedham Institution for Savings	United States
1831	Template:National Grand Bank	United States
1832	Wilmington Savings Fund Society	United States
1832	Scotiabank	Canada
1834	Bank BSU	Switzerland
1835	Australia and New Zealand Banking Group	Australia
1838	Ballston Spa National Bank	United States
1838	Clydesdale Bank	United Kingdom
1838	First National Bank	South Africa
1838	Mauritius Commercial Bank	Mauritius
1839	Provident Bank of New Jersey	United States
1840	Montepio	Portugal
1841	National Bank of Greece	Greece
1841	Sberbank	Russia
1844	Bordier & Cie	Switzerland
1844	Caixa de Barcelona (now CaixaBank)	Spain
1845	PNC Bank	United States
1847	Auckland Savings Bank	New Zealand
1846	Banco de Portugal	Portugal
1848	Lazard	United States
1849	Oddo et Cie	France
1849	Hoerner Bank	Germany
1849	Australian Mutual Provident Society	Australia
1850	Spar- und Leihkasse Bucheggberg	Switzerland
1850	Bank Sparhafen Zürich	Switzerland
1850	Volksbank	Austria
1851	Essex Savings Bank	United States
1851	Bank of the Philippine Islands	Philippines
1852	Crédit Foncier de France	France States
1852	Wells Fargo	United States
1853	Beneficial Bank	United States
1854	UBS	Switzerland
1855	Template:Salem Five Cents Bank	United States
1856	Credit Suisse	Switzerland
1856	Banque et Caisse d'Épargne de l'État	Luxembourg
1856	Ottoman Bank	Turkey
1856	M&T Bank	United States
1856	Regions Financial Corporation – 1st National Bank of Huntsville, 1856, Union Planters, 1869	United States
1856	Toronto-Dominion Bank	Canada
1857	Santander	Spain
1857	Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria	Spain
1858	Fifth Third Bank	United States
1858	Bendigo Bank	Australia
1858	Standard Chartered	British India
1859	National Bank of Canada	Canada
1860	State Bank of the Russian Empire	Russia
1861	Caixa Econômica Federal	Brazil
1861	Bank of New Zealand	New Zealand
1861	Associated Bank	United States
1862	Bank Spółdzielczy w Brodnicy	Poland
1863	Crédit Lyonnais	France
1863	Ziraat Bankası	Turkey
1864	First Horizon National Corporation – First National Bank, 1864	United States
1864	Royal Bank of Canada	Canada
1864	Société Générale	France
1865	CEC Bank	Romania
1865	HSBC (The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited)	Hong Kong
1865	Allahabad Bank	India
1867	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	Canada
1868	Busey Bank	United States
1868	Vojvođanska banka	Serbia
1868	Sandy Spring Bank	United States
1868	Oldenburgische Landesbank	Germany
1868	The Bank of Edwardsville	United States
1868	Živnostenská banka	Czech Republic
1869	Goldman Sachs	United States
1870	Banco de Bogotá	Colombia
1870	Bank Handlowy	Poland
1870	Commerzbank	Germany
1870	Deutsche Bank	Germany
1870	Dominick & Dominick	United States
1871	Banco Nacional de Bolivia	Bolivia
1871	Danske Bank	Denmark
1871	Handelsbanken	Sweden
1872	BB&T	United States
1873	The Daishi Bank (ja)	Japan
1873	Zions Bank	United States
1874	Bank of Queensland	Australia
1875	Toowoomba Permanent Building Society	Australia
1875	Standard Chartered Bank	Malaysia
1876	Caixa Geral de Depósitos	Portugal
1877	POSB Bank	Singapore
1877	Banco de Costa Rica	Costa Rica
1877	QNB Bank	United States
1878	Close Brothers Group	United Kingdom
1878	Bank of the City of Buenos Aires	Argentina
1879	Bulgarian National Bank	Bulgaria
1880	National Bank of Romania	Romania
1881	Oppenheimer	United States
1881	Banc Sabadell	Spain
1881	Bank of Clarke County	United States
1882	Crédit Mutuel	France
1883	Bank Mendes Gans	Netherlands
1883	Whitney National Bank	United States
1884	National Bank of Serbia	Serbia
1884	Banque de Tunisie	Tunisia
1884	Banco Nacional de Mexico	Mexico
1885	Sage Bank	United States
1886	Gaudenzio Sella & C., (the current Banca Sella Group)	Italy
1886	E. Gutzwiller & Cie. Banquiers	Switzerland
1886	Banco Francés del Río de la Plata	Argentina
1889	Bryn Mawr Trust	United States
1889	Northern Trust	United States
1889	First National Bank of Berryville	United States
1890	Banco de Venezuela	Venezuela
1891	Banco de la Nación Argentina	Argentina
1893	Banca d'Italia	Italy
1893	Banco de Chile	Chile
1893	Blue Ridge Bank	United States
1893	National Australia Bank	Australia
1894	First Bank of Nigeria	Nigeria
1895	Punjab National Bank	India
1895	Agricultural Bank of Western Australia	Australia
1895	Bank Rakyat Indonesia	Indonesia
1896	Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay	Uruguay
1896	Kenya Commercial Bank Group	Kenya
1898	National Bank of Egypt (as Ottoman Empire Bank)	Egypt
1899	Bank of Cyprus	Cyprus

See also

• History of banking
• List of oldest companies

References

• Manfred Pohl, Sabine Freitag, Handbook on the History of European Banks, European Association for Banking History, 1994