# VÚB Banka (Slovakia)

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/vub-banka
> research date 2026-05-30 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [VÚB Banka — official](https://www.vub.sk/)

## Key details

- **Parent:** assets

## Overview

**VÚB Banka (Slovakia)** is **Intesa Sanpaolo Italian parent ~97% controlling** + **Slovakia's #2 commercial bank by assets** + **~1.5M+ customers** <sup>[1][1], [Slovakia report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/SK)</sup>.

## History

**1990 — VÚB Všeobecná úverová banka founded as Slovak state-owned commercial bank post-Czechoslovakia banking restructuring**.

**2001 — Intesa Sanpaolo Italian parent VÚB acquisition ~97% controlling** distinctive Italian-Slovak banking acquisition.

**2014 — VÚB Mobile Banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **VÚB Banka a.s.** (PSE: VUB; Intesa Sanpaolo Italian parent ~97% controlling; Slovakia's #2 commercial bank by assets).

**Major shareholders**: **Intesa Sanpaolo (BIT: ISP; Italy's largest commercial bank by assets) ~97% controlling + minority Slovak retail + institutional investors**.

**Regulators**: **NBS Slovakia (Národná banka Slovenska) + ECB**.

## Technical integration

VÚB Mobile Banking app (iOS + Android; ~1.5M+ customers) + vub.sk online + VÚB branch network across Slovakia + Czech Republic + VÚB Visa + Mastercard cards; SEPA + SEPA Instant + EPC-QR + Wero (post-EPI launch).

## Implementations & partners

**Intesa Sanpaolo parent**: [Intesa Sanpaolo + isybank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/intesa-isybank) (Intesa Sanpaolo's Isybank Italian neobank + Intesa Sanpaolo Italy's largest commercial bank by assets; BIT: ISP) + [VÚB Banka (Slovakia)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/vub-banka) (VÚB Banka Slovakia Intesa Sanpaolo subsidiary) + [PBZ (Privredna banka Zagreb)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/pbz) (Privredna banka Zagreb Croatia Intesa Sanpaolo subsidiary).

**Major Slovak banking + payments competitors**: [Slovenská sporiteľňa / George Slovakia](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/slovenska-sporitelna) (Slovenská sporiteľňa; Erste Group Austrian parent subsidiary; Slovakia's largest commercial bank by assets) + [ČSOB Slovakia](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/csob-sk) (ČSOB Slovakia; KBC Belgian parent subsidiary) + [Tatra banka](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/tatra-banka) (Tatra banka; RBI Austrian parent subsidiary; Slovak commercial bank) + [Poštová banka](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/postova-banka) (Poštová banka; J&T Banka Slovakia subsidiary) + UniCredit Slovakia (UniCredit Slovakia; UniCredit Italian parent subsidiary).

**Regulators**: NBS Slovakia + ECB.

## Status

**Active, Intesa Sanpaolo Italian parent ~97% controlling + Slovakia's #2 commercial bank by assets + ~1.5M+ customers** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.vub.sk/ "VÚB Banka — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C5%A0eobecn%C3%A1_%C3%BAverov%C3%A1_banka "Všeobecná úverová banka — Wikipedia"
[sk-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/SK

- [1] [VÚB Banka — official][1]
- [2] [Všeobecná úverová banka — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Slovakia report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/SK)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/SK-slovakia.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [vub-banka.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/vub-banka). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.