European Banking Federation
{{Short description|Banking industry organization}}
{{More citations needed|date=September 2008}}
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| abbreviation = EBF
| formation = {{start date and age|1960}}
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| status = non-profit organization
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| location = Brussels, Belgium
| region_served = Europe
| membership = 32 national associations
| leader_title = President
| leader_name = Ana Botin{{cite web |url=https://www.ebf.eu/ebf-media-centre/ana-botin-appointed-as-new-ebf-president |title=Ana Botín appointed as new EBF President |publisher=European Banking Federation |date=February 18, 2021}}
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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.{{cn|date=January 2024}} It was established in 1960 as the {{lang|fr|Fédération bancaire européenne}}.{{cite web |website=Practical Law |url=https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/3-201-0307?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 |title=European Banking Federation (EBF)}}
Members
{{As of| January 2024}}, the EBF's members were:{{cite web |website=European Banking Federation |url=https://www.ebf.eu/about-us/ |title=EBF Members}}
- 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 - {{ill|Czech Banking Association|cs|Česká bankovní asociace}} (CBA)
- Denmark - Finance Denmark{{cite web|url=http://financedenmark.dk/|title=Home|website=financedenmark.dk}}
- Estonia - Estonian Banking Association
- Finland - Finance Finland{{Cite web|url=http://www.fkl.fi/en/Pages/default.aspx|title=Finanssiala}}
- 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 - {{ill|Hungarian Banking Association{{!}}Magyar Bankszövetség|hu|Magyar Bankszövetség}}
- Iceland - {{ill|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 - {{ill|Association des Banques et Banquiers Luxembourg|fr|Association des banques et banquiers, Luxembourg}} (ABBL)
- Malta - Malta Bankers' Association (MBA)
- Netherlands - {{ill|Dutch Banking Association|nl|Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken}}
- Norway - Finance Norway
- Poland - {{ill|Związek Banków Polskich|pl}} (ZBP)
- Portugal - Associação Portuguesa de Bancos (APB)
- Romania - Romanian Association of Banks (ARB)
- Slovakia - {{ill|Slovak Banking Association|sk|Slovenská banková asociácia}} (SBA)
- Slovenia - Združenje bank Slovenije / The Bank Association of Slovenia
- Spain - {{ill|Asociación Española de Banca|es}} (AEB)
- Sweden - {{ill|Swedish Bankers' Association|sv|Svenska Bankföreningen}}
- 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.
See also
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References
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