Industry & sector
Who lobbies the Parliament on finance?
Banks, insurers, asset managers and investors, stock exchanges, payment and fintech firms, their associations, and finance watchdogs.
Organisations classified under Finance account for 3,943 declared MEP meetings across the 2016–2026 full record for current MEPs, and the business lobbyists among them self-report about €145M a year in EU lobbying budgets. (As of 7 November 2026.)
Most active organisations
| Organisation | Type | Meetings | MEPs met |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deutsche Bank AG↗ | Company | 131 | 51 |
| Fédération bancaire française↗ | Business group | 97 | 24 |
| Finanssiala ry - Finance Finland↗ | Business group | 91 | 24 |
| Banco Santander, S.A.↗ | Company | 87 | 42 |
| BNP PARIBAS↗ | Company | 86 | 25 |
| Finance Watch↗ | NGO or non-profit | 85 | 30 |
| Association for Financial Markets in Europe↗ | Business group | 82 | 29 |
| Invest Europe↗ | Business group | 71 | 38 |
| Société Générale↗ | Company | 70 | 16 |
| Crédit Agricole S.A.↗ | Company | 68 | 20 |
| Euronext↗ | Company | 68 | 26 |
| Mastercard Europe↗ | Company | 65 | 51 |
Also active here: 29 organisations whose main sector is elsewhere but which this site also places in finance
- BASF SE
- Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- IVECO GROUP N.V.
- Stora Enso Oyj
- European Food Banks Federation
- Herbalife Europe Limited
- Nadacia Habitat for Humanity International
- Carbon Capture & Storage Europe
- ICEYE Oy
- Nordic Financial Unions
- Fingrid Oyj
- HelloFresh SE
- Stichting Sustainable Finance Lab
- Stichting World Benchmarking Alliance Foundation
- Enpal B.V.
- Ingka Services A.B.
- Puro.earth
- Talga Group
- Tencent International Service Europe B.V.
- Smurfit Westrock
- Capital European Affairs
- Green Finance Observatory
- Protection sociale française
- secunet Security Networks AG
- Canada EU Trade and Investment Association
- Climate Bonds Initiative Europe
- Davide Campari-Milano N.V.
- Ferroelectric Memory GmbH
- World Green Building Council
MEPs most met by finance organisations
Across the 2016–2026 full record for current MEPs. A member's own page counts this term only, so its sector figures can be lower.
Sector labels are this site's own: reviewers chose the sector for 131 of the 281 profiled organisations here, and the other 150 carry a keyword classification by this site over organisation names, goals and Register categories. See methodology.