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We are excited to announce that the Significant Bank Database has grown once again! Two Hungarian O-SII banks — OTP Bank and MBH Bank — have now been added to our collection. With these additions, the database now includes 153 banks in total. Keep an eye out because...
We’re pleased to announce a new addition to the Significant Bank Database: Morgan Stanley Europe! As its name suggests, this institution is the European subsidiary of the global investment banking giant Morgan Stanley. It is among the significant institutions directly...
We’re pleased to inform you that the 2024 annual update of the Significant Bank Database is well underway and progressing smoothly. The necessary data has been collected, and we are now moving into the construction phase for the 2024 edition. We expect to publish the...
We were proud to take part in the 41st Summer Seminar of Finnish Economists, where experts gathered to share and explore developments in economic research. Held in Jyväskylä, the event offered a valuable opportunity for dialogue, and for us, direct engagement with the...
Dávila and Walther (2020) argue in their theoretical paper that large banks leverage more because they are aware that their decisions affect bailout policies. Dávila and Walther suggest that the optimal regulation features size-dependent policies that...
We are proud to announce that Polish O-SII banks have been added to the Significant Bank Database—welcome aboard! The newly included banks are Bank BPS, Bank Handlowy w Warszawie, Bank Pekao, PKO Bank, SGB Bank, and mBank. With their addition, the total number of...
We at Significant Bank Database were honoured to participate in the Annual Meeting of the Finnish Economic Association at TalTech (Tallinn University of Technology). The event gave us the opportunity to promote our database for economists and financial professionals...
Does GDP growth, or the business cycle, influence bank profitability? And if so, how significant is its impact? In this blog post, we explore these questions using the Significant Bank Database. To uncover the relationship, we apply Ordinary Least Squares (OLS)...
Ever wondered which European banks emerged as the most profitable in 2023, according to the Significant Bank Database? Let’s dive into the numbers! When listing the ten most profitable banks (including subsidiaries), Eastern European banks dominate the leaderboard,...
Exciting news! The Significant Bank Database now includes a Slovakian bank: 365.bank. Welcome aboard! While Slovakia was already represented in our dataset (since most of its O-SII banks are subsidiaries of significant institutions designated by the ECB), this new...