Market share of leading British-owned banks in the United Kingdom 2017

In 2017, the United Kingdom’s three largest banks accounted for approximately 50 percent of assets held by banks in the region. The UK’s largest bank had total assets valued at 2.1 trillion euros in 2017 and held a market share of 25 percent. In 2017, HSBC was also the largest bank in Europe.The fall of Europe’s banksSince the financial crisis, banks need to enhance profitability and ensure financial stability has seen the number of credit institutions fall. This alongside the rise in online banking, the need for physical bank branches has become less relevant. In 2017, Estonia’s physical banks had an average of over 14.5 thousand customers per branch. The United Kingdom’s finance sectorIn 2017, the United Kingdom’s financial services sector employed more than one million employees. Despite the rise of employment in the UK’s financial services sector, bank branches have seen a similar decline to the rest of Europe, with the North West seeing the largest number of branches closed in recent years. Between 1981 and 2018, some banks have seen as much as an 80 percent fall in branches nationwide.

于2017年，英国三家最大的银行在该地区的银行资产中占据了大约50%的份额。英国最大的银行在2017年的总资产估值达到2.1万亿欧元，并占据了25%的市场份额。同年，汇丰银行也是欧洲最大的银行。自金融危机以来，银行需提升盈利能力并确保金融稳定，导致信贷机构数量下降。伴随网络银行的兴起，实体银行分行的需求变得不再那么重要。2017年，爱沙尼亚的实体银行平均每个分行拥有超过14.5千名客户。英国的金融领域在2017年，英国的金融服务行业雇佣了超过一百万名员工。尽管英国金融服务行业的就业人数有所增加，但银行分行数量的下降与欧洲其他地区相似，其中西北地区近年来关闭的分行数量最多。在1981年至2018年期间，一些银行的分行数量在全国范围内下降了高达80%。