Banking Supervision

Supervised institutions

The Banco de España supervises solvency and compliance with the specific regulations of the following institutions:

• Banks.
• Savings banks.
• Credit co-operatives.
• Branches of foreign credit institutions.
• Specialised credit institutions.
• e-Money issuing entities.
• Mutual guarantee and reguarantee companies.
• Currency exchange bureaux.
• Appraisal companies.

In the case of branches of institutions from European Union (EU) countries, their powers are limited to controlling branch liquidity and compliance with regulations of general interest.