EU structural financial indicators: End of 2018 (preliminary results)

EU structural financial indicators: End of 2018 (preliminary results)

• The decline in the number of bank branches continued in most EU countries, on average by 7.5%.
• Also the number of bank employees decreased, on average by 2.3%.
• The degree of concentration of the banking sector differs across national markets very widely, with the share of assets of the five largest banks at national level varying from 26% to 97%. (...)