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25 European banks failed 'stress test' conducted by the ECB and EBA

25 European banks failed a "stress test" of their capital strength
25 European banks failed a "stress test" of their capital strength

Some 25 European banks failed a "stress test" of their capital strength conducted by European authorities. 

Under a European Bank Authority healthcheck, 24 banks fell short of a target to hold common equity of 5.5% or more of their risk-weighted assets under a stressed three-year recession scenario, based on their balance sheets at the end of 2013. 

Any bank falling short of that level needs to take action to get to that target, and the EBA said 14 banks still had work to do at the end of September 2014.

Another bank, Spain's Liberbank, narrowly passed the EBA's target but its capital starting point was deemed to have been below a target set by the European Central Bank for banks in the euro zone.

AUSTRIA

Volksbanken                                        

BELGIUM

AXA Bank Europe                                
Dexia                                                      

CYPRUS

Bank of Cyprus

Co-operative Central Bank

Hellenic Bank 

GERMANY

Munchener Hypothekenbank 

FRANCE

crh       

GREECE

Eurobank    

National Bank of Greece

Piraeus Bank                   

IRELAND

Permanent TSB    

ITALY

Banca Carige     

Banca Monte dei Paschi    

Banca Piccolo Credito Valtellinese  

Banca Pop Dell'Emilia Romagna  

Banca Pop di Milano 

Banca Pop di Sondrio 

Banca Pop di Vicenza 

Banca Pop Societa Cooperativa  

Veneto Banca 

PORTUGAL
Banco Comercial Portugues

SLOVENIA

Nova Kreditna Banka Maribor

Nova Ljubljanska banka   

SPAIN

Liberbank

SELECTED 'NARROW' PASSES 

GERMANY

HSH Nordbank  

ITALY

Mediobanca    

UK

Lloyds Banking Group