Total banking assets in CEE15* exceeded EUR 1.4 trillion in December 2019, after adding over 6% last year. Markets in the Southern part of the region including Serbia and North Macedonia have been growing most rapidly. In a few largest markets, e.g. in Poland and Czech Republic the nominal growth in assets has been boosted by appreciating currency.
The profitability of major CEE banks remained almost unchanged in 2019 with ROA and ROE stabilizing at 1.15% and 10.4% respectively.
The top banking groups in the region: Erste, KBC and UniCredit did not change. However, the consolidation processes continued with regional players getting stronger, e.g. OTP and PKO and a few foreign players reducing their presence in the region, e.g. Société Générale or Raiffeisen.
------------------------------------------------------------------ *CEE15 include: Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovak Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, and North Macedonia.
Table of contents
1. CEE-15 Banking Markets Slide 1: Report coverage: Number of large banks by country, 2019
Slide 2: CEE banking markets: size vs. growth matrix, 2017-2019
Slide 3: Bank assets per capita, bank assets per GDP, 2019
Slide 4: Changes in bank assets by country, 2018-2019
Slide 5: Top 10 banking groups in CEE, 2019
Slide 6: CEE-15 and Top 200 assets evolution 2013-2019
Slide 7: Profitability of Top CEE banks, 2019: ROA, ROE
2. List of 200 major banks in CEE-15 as of 2019 Slide 8: Top 200 - League table: Banks 1-25
Slide 9: Top 200 - League table: Banks 26-50
Slide 10: Top 200 - League table: Banks 51-75
Slide 11: Top 200 - League table: Banks 76-100
Slide 12: Top 200 - League table: Banks 101-125
Slide 13: Top 200 - League table: Banks 126-150
Slide 14: Top 200 - League table: Banks 151-175
Slide 15: Top 200 - League table: Banks 176-200
Note on methodology