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Opening of national banking sector always started discussions and disputes. It is a common knowledge that countries in transition needed capital and technological support to improve economic competitiveness but there were some concerns about control over banking sector. Currently, this debate has started again. The aim of this work is to analyse the development of banking sectors of Visehrad countries in 1999-2010. In the first part described the process of foreign investment in these sectors. In the second part measures of functions fulfilled by a well developed sector were estimated and index of development of banking sectors of Visehrad countries was constructed.