Judging by the first announcements, almost all major banks in Europe and the United States of America achieved higher net profits in 2025 than in 2024, which was also, for many, a record.
Billions of dollars and euros in net income were achieved by American and European major banks, which is proof that 2025 was very successful for the financial sector.
The largest American banks, of course, make higher profits than the large European banks, due to the volume of operations and transactions. For example, when you add up the net profit of the six largest US banks, which they made together last year, you get an impressive sum of about 157 billion dollars in net profit.
At the same time, the combined net profit of six large European banks shows a significantly smaller amount – the total net profit is 53.7 billion euros.
According to the data officially published by the US banks on business operations in the financial year 2025, the highest profit was made by the bank JPMorgan Chase, which reported a net income of 57 billion dollars for the whole of 2025, which is slightly more than the net income realized in 2024.
In second place for net income in 2025 is Bank of America, which reported net income for all of 2025 of $30.5 billion. That is 19 percent more than the previous year.
The third place among American banks is occupied by Wells Fargo with a net profit of 21.3 billion dollars for 2025. The San Francisco-based bank is a diversified multinational company that operates in banking and mortgage lending, serving over 70 million customers.
In fourth place in terms of net profit in 2025 is Goldman Sachs – a financial institution that reported a net profit of $17.18 billion in 2025.
The Morgan Stanley bank took fifth place with a net profit of 16.9 billion dollars in 2025, which is about two billion more than in the previous year, reports Fena.
In sixth place among American banks in terms of net profit achieved in 2025 is Citibank, which made a net profit of 14.3 billion dollars.
Like the US, the largest European banks had a very successful 2025. European banks achieved a record net profit in 2025, higher compared to the previous year. But the total sums are significantly less than those realized by American banks.
