European Banking Federation

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European Banking Federation

Abbreviation	EBF
Formation	1960; 64 years ago (1960)
Legal status	non-profit organization
Location	Brussels, Belgium
Region served	Europe
Membership	32 national associations
President	Ana Botin[1]
Website	ebf.eu

The European Banking Federation (EBF) is a trade association representing national banking associations in countries of the European Union and the European Free Trade Association. It represents over 3,500 banks and about 2.6 million employees.^{[citation needed]} It was established in 1960 as the Fédération bancaire européenne.^[2]

As of January 2024^[update], the EBF's members were:^[3]

• Austria - Verband österreichischer Banken und Bankiers (Bankenverband)
• Belgium - Febelfin
• Bulgaria - Асоциация на банките в България / Association of Banks in Bulgaria (ABB)
• Croatia - Hrvatska udruga banaka / Croatian Banking Association (HUB)
• Cyprus - Association of Cyprus Banks (ACB)
• Czech Republic - Czech Banking Association [cs] (CBA)
• Denmark - Finance Denmark^[4]
• Estonia - Estonian Banking Association
• Finland - Finance Finland^[5]
• France - Fédération Bancaire Française (FBF)
• Germany - Bundesverband deutscher Banken (BdB) and Association of German Public Banks (VÖB)
• Greece - Ελληνική Ένωση Τραπεζών / Hellenic Bank Association (HBA)
• Hungary - Magyar Bankszövetség [hu]
• Iceland - Samtök fjármálafyrirtækja [is] (SFF)
• Ireland - Banking and Payments Federation Ireland
• Italy - Associazione Bancaria Italiana (ABI)
• Latvia - Finance Latvia Association
• Liechtenstein - Liechtensteinische Bankenverband / Liechtenstein Bankers Association
• Lithuania - Lietuvos Bankų Asociacija / Lithuanian Banking Association (LBA)
• Luxembourg - Association des Banques et Banquiers Luxembourg [fr] (ABBL)
• Malta - Malta Bankers' Association (MBA)
• Netherlands - Dutch Banking Association [nl]
• Norway - Finance Norway
• Poland - Związek Banków Polskich [pl] (ZBP)
• Portugal - Associação Portuguesa de Bancos (APB)
• Romania - Romanian Association of Banks (ARB)
• Slovakia - Slovak Banking Association [sk] (SBA)
• Slovenia - Združenje bank Slovenije / The Bank Association of Slovenia
• Spain - Asociación Española de Banca [es] (AEB)
• Sweden - Swedish Bankers' Association [sv]
• Switzerland - Swiss Bankers Association
• United Kingdom - UK Finance

At the same date, ten countries had associate status: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.

• Association for Financial Markets in Europe
• Eurofi
• Bank Policy Institute