Year
|
Company
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Country (historic)
|
Country (modern)
|
Notes
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1800
|
The Washington Trust Company
|
United States
|
United States
|
United States' oldest commercial bank Rhode Island community bank
|
1800
|
Banque de France
|
French Republic
|
France
|
|
1804
|
Schroders
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
|
1805
|
Pictet & Cie
|
France (Léman/annexed Geneva)
|
Switzerland
|
|
1808
|
Banco do Brasil
|
Kingdom of Portugal (State of Brazil)
|
Brazil
|
Brazil's oldest bank
|
1810
|
Brown, Shipley & Co.
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
|
1811
|
N M Rothschild & Sons
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
|
1811
|
Bank of Finland
|
Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
|
Finland
|
|
1812
|
Citibank
|
United States
|
United States
|
Originally City Bank of New York and then National City Bank of New York
|
1812
|
Sparkasse Schwyz
|
Swiss Confederation
|
Switzerland
|
|
1814
|
Caisse d'Epargne Riviera [de]
|
Switzerland
|
Switzerland
|
One of the oldest active banks in Switzerland.
|
1814
|
De Nederlandsche Bank
|
Netherlands
|
Netherlands
|
Precursor: Amsterdam Wisselbank, founded in 1609 and the first Central bank in the world
|
1815
|
Banque Bonhôte
|
Swiss Confederation
|
Switzerland
|
|
1816
|
Norges Bank
|
Norway
|
Norway
|
Central bank of Norway, founded on the capital of privately owned silver which was delivered to the bank
|
1816
|
Cater Allen Private Bank
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
|
1817
|
Bank of Montreal
|
Lower Canada
|
Canada
|
|
1817
|
Westpac
|
New South Wales
|
Australia
|
as Bank of New South Wales
|
1818
|
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1818
|
Groupe Caisse d'Épargne
|
Kingdom of France
|
France
|
Merged with Groupe Banque Populaire in 2009 to form Groupe BPCE
|
1818
|
Berliner Sparkasse
|
Prussia
|
Germany
|
|
1818
|
Danmarks Nationalbank
|
Denmark
|
Denmark
|
|
1819
|
Mirabaud & Cie
|
Swiss Confederation
|
Switzerland
|
|
1819
|
Erste Bank
|
Austrian Empire
|
Austria
|
|
1819
|
BankNewport
|
United States
|
United States
|
as Newport Savings Bank
|
1820
|
Nordea
|
Finland
|
Finland
|
|
1820
|
Swedbank
|
Sweden
|
Sweden
|
|
1820
|
Institution for Savings
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1822
|
Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires
|
Buenos Aires Province, United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
|
Argentina
|
|
1822
|
DNB
|
Norway
|
Norway
|
as Christiania Sparebank
|
1824
|
Stadtsparkasse München
|
Bavaria
|
Germany
|
|
1825
|
Česká spořitelna
|
Bohemia, Austrian Empire
|
Czech Republic
|
|
1825
|
Millbury National Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1825
|
Key Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
Oldest ancestor chartered as Commercial Bank of Albany
|
1826
|
AEK Bank 1826
|
Restored Swiss Confederacy
|
Switzerland
|
|
1827
|
Hamburger Sparkasse
|
Hamburg
|
Germany
|
|
1828
|
Bankhaus Spängler
|
Austrian Empire
|
Austria
|
|
1828
|
De Curaçaosche Bank
|
Curaçao
|
Curaçao
|
|
1828
|
Citizens Financial Group
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1828
|
Centreville Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1828
|
Bank Indonesia
|
Dutch East Indies
|
Indonesia
|
as De Javasche Bank, the current form was nationalized and officially founded in 1953
|
1829
|
Clientis Caisse d’Epargne CEC
|
Restored Swiss Confederacy
|
Switzerland
|
|
1831
|
Dedham Institution for Savings
|
United States
|
United States
|
The Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves has an account at the bank, opened in 1832, that is believed to be the oldest account in the nation.[5][6] The bank is also called Dedham Savings.[7]
|
1831
|
National Grand Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1832
|
Wilmington Savings Fund Society
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1832
|
Scotiabank
|
Nova Scotia
|
Canada
|
|
1833
|
Chemung Canal Trust Company
|
United States
|
United States
|
Merged with Elmira Trust Company in 1902, originally named Chemung Canal Bank.[8]
|
1833
|
Arbuthnot Latham
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
|
1834
|
Hingham Institution for Savings
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1834
|
Bank BSU
|
Restored Swiss Confederacy
|
Switzerland
|
|
1834
|
First Financial Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
as Terre Haute branch of the Second State Bank of Indiana
|
1834
|
Old National Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1835
|
ANZ Bank
|
Colony of New South Wales
|
Australia
|
founded in London as Bank of Australasia; first branch in Sydney
|
1836
|
The Honesdale National Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1836
|
Ulster Bank
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom & Ireland
|
Now a subsidiary of NatWest and operates in two countries
|
1838
|
Ballston Spa National Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1838
|
Clydesdale Bank
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
|
1838
|
First National Bank
|
Cape Colony
|
South Africa
|
|
1838
|
Mauritius Commercial Bank
|
British Mauritius
|
Mauritius
|
|
1839
|
Provident Bank of New Jersey
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1840
|
Montepio
|
Portugal
|
Portugal
|
|
1841
|
National Bank of Greece
|
Kingdom of Greece
|
Greece
|
|
1844
|
Bordier & Cie
|
Restored Swiss Confederacy
|
Switzerland
|
|
1844
|
CaixaBank
|
Spain
|
Spain
|
as Caixa de Barcelona. Its predecessor institution Caja Madrid was founded as Monte de Piedad de Madrid in 1702.
|
1846
|
Banco de Portugal
|
Portugal
|
Portugal
|
|
1846
|
Laurentian Bank
|
Lower Canada
|
Canada
|
As the Montreal City and District Savings Bank
|
1847
|
Auckland Savings Bank
|
New Zealand
|
New Zealand
|
|
1847
|
National Iron Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
Oldest private bank in New England
|
1848
|
Lazard
|
United States
|
United States
|
Founded as Lazard Frères & Co., a merchant goods store that expanded into banking and foreign exchange.[9]
|
1849
|
Oddo et Cie
|
France
|
France
|
|
1849
|
Hoerner Bank
|
Baden
|
Germany
|
|
1849
|
Australian Mutual Provident Society
|
New South Wales
|
Australia
|
|
1850
|
Spar- und Leihkasse Bucheggberg
|
Switzerland
|
Switzerland
|
|
1850
|
Nationale Bank van België
|
Belgium
|
Belgium
|
|
1850
|
Bank Sparhafen Zürich
|
Switzerland
|
Switzerland
|
|
1850
|
Volksbank
|
Austrian Empire
|
Austria
|
|
1851
|
Bank of the Philippine Islands
|
Spanish Philippines
|
Philippines
|
Oldest bank in Southeast Asia
|
1851
|
Essex Savings Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1852
|
PNC Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1852
|
Crédit Foncier de France
|
France
|
France
|
|
1852
|
Wells Fargo
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1854
|
Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1854
|
UBS
|
Switzerland
|
Switzerland
|
|
1855
|
Salem Five Cents Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1855
|
Toronto-Dominion Bank
|
Province of Canada
|
Canada
|
as Bank of Toronto; merged with The Dominion Bank in 1955
|
1856
|
Credit Suisse
|
Switzerland
|
Switzerland
|
|
1856
|
Banque et Caisse d'Épargne de l'État
|
Luxembourg
|
Luxembourg
|
|
1856
|
Garanti Bank
|
Ottoman Empire
|
Turkey
|
as Ottoman Bank; merged 2001
|
1856
|
M&T Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1856
|
Regions Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
as 1st National Bank of Huntsville; merged with two other banks in 1971
|
1856
|
Exchange Bank & Trust[10]
|
United States
|
United States
|
Founding date of 1/1/1856 comes from predecessor bank - First National Bank of Leavenworth, Kansas. Exchange was founded in Atchison, Kansas in 1857.
|
1857
|
Baraboo State Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1857
|
Santander
|
Spain
|
Spain
|
|
1857
|
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
|
Spain
|
Spain
|
|
1857
|
First National Bank Omaha
|
United States
|
United States
|
founded as Kountze Brothers Bank; became First National Bank Omaha in 1865.
|
1858
|
Fifth Third Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1858
|
Bendigo & Adelaide Bank
|
Victoria
|
Australia
|
as Bendigo Bank
|
1858
|
Standard Chartered
|
British Raj
|
India
|
|
1859
|
National Bank of Canada
|
Province of Canada
|
Canada
|
|
1859
|
Standard Chartered (Singapore)
|
Straits Settlement
|
Singapore
|
First few foreign banks established in Singapore.
|
1860
|
State Bank of the Russian Empire
|
Russian Empire
|
Russia
|
|
1861
|
Caixa Econômica Federal
|
Empire of Brazil
|
Brazil
|
|
1861
|
Bank of New Zealand
|
New Zealand
|
New Zealand
|
|
1861
|
Associated Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1862
|
Bank Spółdzielczy w Brodnicy
|
Prussia
|
Poland
|
|
1862
|
Standard Bank
|
Cape Colony
|
South Africa
|
|
1863
|
Crédit Lyonnais
|
Second French Empire
|
France
|
|
1863
|
First Financial Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1863
|
U.S. Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
through merger with The First National Bank of Cincinnati (National Charter #24)
|
1863
|
Ziraat Bankası
|
Ottoman Empire
|
Turkey
|
|
1864
|
First National Bank of Pennsylvania
|
United States
|
United States
|
as First National Bank of West Greenville
|
1864
|
First Horizon National Corporation
|
United States
|
United States
|
Founded as First National Bank of Memphis, or First National Bank, and also later went by First Tennessee Bank.[11]
|
1864
|
Royal Bank of Canada
|
Province of Canada
|
Canada
|
|
1864
|
Société Générale
|
Second French Empire
|
France
|
|
1864
|
CEC Bank
|
Romanian United Principalities
|
Romania
|
|
1864
|
The First National Bank & Trust Company of Newtown
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1865
|
HSBC
|
British Hong Kong
|
Hong Kong
|
as The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank
|
1865
|
Allahabad Bank
|
British Raj
|
India
|
|
1865
|
Isle of Man Bank
|
Isle of Man
|
Isle of Man
|
The bank was acquired by National Provincial Bank in 1961
|
1866
|
Huntington Bancshares
|
United States
|
United States
|
as The Huntington National Bank
|
1867
|
Bank of Stockton
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1867
|
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
|
Province of Canada[a]
|
Canada
|
as Canadian Bank of Commerce; merged on 1 June 1961 with the Imperial Bank of Canada
|
1868
|
Busey Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
both Busey Brothers Bank, and bought-out The Bank of Edwardsville, date back to 1868
|
1868
|
Sandy Spring Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1868
|
Oldenburgische Landesbank
|
Oldenburg
|
Germany
|
|
1869
|
The Savings Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
founded as the Wakefield Savings Bank
|
1869
|
Goldman Sachs
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1869
|
Baker Boyer Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1869
|
Jefferson Security Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
Founded as Jefferson Savings Bank[12]
|
1870
|
Banco de Bogotá
|
Colombia
|
Colombia
|
|
1870
|
Bank Handlowy
|
Congress Poland, Russian Empire
|
Poland
|
|
1870
|
Commerzbank
|
Kingdom of Prussia
|
Germany
|
|
1870
|
Deutsche Bank
|
Kingdom of Prussia
|
Germany
|
|
1870
|
Dominick & Dominick
|
United States
|
United States
|
Founded as Dominick & Dickerman, renamed several times.[13]
|
1870
|
Zürcher Kantonalbank
|
Switzerland
|
Switzerland
|
|
1871
|
Banco Nacional de Bolivia
|
Bolivia
|
Bolivia
|
|
1871
|
Danske Bank
|
Denmark
|
Denmark
|
|
1871
|
Handelsbanken
|
Sweden
|
Sweden
|
|
1871
|
Wayne Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1872
|
Truist Financial
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1872
|
Sparkasse Schwaz
|
Austrian Empire
|
Austria
|
|
1873
|
The Daishi Bank (ja)
|
Japan
|
Japan
|
|
1873
|
Zions Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1873
|
Bank of the Province of Córdoba
|
United Provinces
|
Argentina
|
|
1874
|
Bank of Queensland
|
Queensland
|
Australia
|
|
1874
|
The Bank of Marion
|
United States
|
United States
|
Third oldest bank in Virginia
|
1875
|
Toowoomba Permanent Building Society
|
Queensland
|
Australia
|
|
1875
|
Standard Chartered Bank
|
Straits Settlements
|
Malaysia
|
Malaysia's oldest bank
|
1876
|
Pharaon & Chiha Bank
|
Ottoman Empire
|
Lebanon
|
Oldest bank in Lebanon; acquired by Byblos Bank in 2016[14]
|
1876
|
Caixa Geral de Depósitos
|
Portugal
|
Portugal
|
|
1877
|
POSB Bank
|
Straits Settlements
|
Singapore
|
Singapore's oldest local bank
|
1877
|
Banco de Costa Rica
|
Costa Rica
|
Costa Rica
|
|
1877
|
QNB Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1877
|
The Juroku Bank (ja)
|
Japan
|
Japan
|
|
1877
|
Eighteenth Bank (ja)
|
Japan
|
Japan
|
|
1877
|
Bank of Washington
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1878
|
Close Brothers Group
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
|
1878
|
Bank of the City of Buenos Aires
|
Argentina
|
Argentina
|
|
1878
|
The Hyakujushi Bank (ja)
|
Japan
|
Japan
|
|
1878
|
The 77 Bank
|
Japan
|
Japan
|
|
1878
|
The Hyakugo Bank (ja)
|
Japan
|
Japan
|
|
1879
|
Alpha Bank
|
Kingdom of Greece
|
Greece
|
|
1879
|
Bulgarian National Bank
|
Principality of Bulgaria
|
Bulgaria
|
|
1879
|
Kakegawa Shinkin Bank (ja)
|
Japan
|
Japan
|
|
1880
|
Illawarra Mutual Building Society
|
New South Wales
|
Australia
|
|
1880
|
National Bank of Romania
|
Romania
|
Romania
|
|
1881
|
Oppenheimer
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1881
|
Banc Sabadell
|
Spain
|
Spain
|
|
1881
|
Bank of Clarke County
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1882
|
Crédit Mutuel
|
French Third Republic
|
France
|
|
1882
|
Bank of Japan
|
Japan
|
Japan
|
|
1883
|
Bank Mendes Gans
|
Netherlands
|
Netherlands
|
|
1883
|
Hancock Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1884
|
National Bank of Serbia
|
Kingdom of Serbia
|
Serbia
|
|
1884
|
Banque de Tunisie
|
French protectorate of Tunisia
|
Tunisia
|
|
1884
|
Banco Nacional de Mexico
|
Mexico
|
Mexico
|
|
1885
|
Banco Davivienda El Salvador
|
El Salvador
|
El Salvador
|
|
1886
|
Banca Sella Group
|
Kingdom of Italy
|
Italy
|
as Gaudenzio Sella & C.
|
1886
|
E. Gutzwiller & Cie. Banquiers
|
Switzerland
|
Switzerland
|
|
1886
|
Obwaldner Kantonalbank
|
Switzerland
|
Switzerland
|
|
1886
|
Banco Francés del Río de la Plata
|
Argentina
|
Argentina
|
|
1887
|
Banco Nacional de la República Oriental del Uruguay
|
Uruguay
|
Uruguay
|
The only part of the bank that did not go into bankruptcy, the mortgage section, became in 1892 the Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay, nationalized in 1912 and still in operation.
|
1888
|
Hatton National Bank
|
Ceylon
|
Sri Lanka
|
Established in 1888 as the “Hatton Bank” to cater to the flourishing tea industry in the central region of Sri Lanka.[15]
|
1888
|
Powell Valley National Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1889
|
Bryn Mawr Trust
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1889
|
Northern Trust
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1889
|
First National Bank of Berryville
|
United States
|
United States
|
Later named the First National Bank of Arkansas and then in 2022, the Bank of 1889.[16]
|
1890
|
Banco de Venezuela
|
Venezuela
|
Venezuela
|
Founded as a government institution as Banco Comercial, then renamed in 1890 to Banco de Venezuela.
|
1891
|
Banco de la Nación Argentina
|
Argentina
|
Argentina
|
|
1893
|
Banca d'Italia
|
Kingdom of Italy
|
Italy
|
|
1893
|
Banco de Chile
|
Chile
|
Chile
|
|
1893
|
Blue Ridge Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1893
|
National Australia Bank
|
Victoria
|
Australia
|
as Commercial Banking Company of Sydney
|
1894
|
First Bank of Nigeria
|
Lagos Colony
|
Nigeria
|
|
1895
|
Punjab National Bank
|
British Raj
|
India
|
|
1895
|
Bankwest
|
Western Australia
|
Australia
|
as Agricultural Bank of Western Australia
|
1895
|
Bank Rakyat Indonesia
|
Dutch East Indies
|
Indonesia
|
|
1895
|
Bay State Savings Bank
|
United States
|
United States
|
|
1896
|
The Awa Bank (ja)
|
Japan
|
Japan
|
|
1896
|
Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay
|
Uruguay
|
Uruguay
|
|
1896
|
Kenya Commercial Bank Group
|
East Africa Protectorate
|
Kenya
|
as a subsidiary of National Bank of India
|
1897
|
Shinhan Bank
|
Joseon
|
South Korea
|
|
1898
|
National Bank of Egypt
|
Egypt
|
Egypt
|
|
1899
|
Bank of Cyprus
|
British Cyprus
|
Cyprus
|
|
1899
|
Woori Bank
|
Korean Empire
|
South Korea
|
|
1899
|
Fukui Bank (ja)
|
Japan
|
Japan
|
|
1899
|
Bank of Taiwan
|
Japan-administered Formosa
|
Taiwan
|
|
1899
|
First Commercial Bank
|
Japan-administered Formosa
|
Taiwan
|
|