Table 3.3.   Total number of banks in 15 EU countries
 


 

 1990

 1993

 1995

 1996

 1997


Savings banks

 1 650

 1 270

 1 120

 1 060

 1 010

Cooperative banks

10 600

 9 600

 5 640

 5 600

 5 100

Commercial banks

 2 390

 2 600

 2 640

 2 700

 2 710

Total

14 640

13 470

 9 400

 9 360

 8 820


Source: H. Koskenkylä: Threats and opportunities for today’s European banks (Bank of Finland, 2000), paper submitted to the Institute of Economic Affairs Conference on European Retail Banking, Geneva, 22-23 Feb. 2000.