World 's Top 50 Banks
have been ranked by total assets in US$*.
Current
Rank
Previous
Rank
BANK Assets
US$m
+ or -
(local curr)
Capital
US$m
Balance
Sheet
1 (1) Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany *817,578 -1.16% 1,416.61 31.12.01
2 (-) Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Tokyo, Japan *814,917  +60.26% 10,010.53 31.03.02
3 (6) UBS AG, Zürich, Switzerland 769,489 +4.67% 726.84 31.12.02
4 (3) BNP Paribas SA, Paris, France *745,429 - 1,878.48 31.12.02
5 (5) Credit Suisse Group, Zürich, Switzerland *691,152 -6.54% 860.64 31.12.02
6 (-) Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG, Munich, Germany *648,357 - 1,432.64 31.12.01
7 (14) Barclays PLC, London, UK *637,125 +13.59% 2,648.10 31.12.02
8 (9) JP Morgan Chase Bank, New York, USA *622,388 +15.72% 1,785.00 31.12.02
9 (7) The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd, Tokyo, Japan *578,196 +0.33% 5,930.28 31.03.02
* Figures are consolidated
Current
Rank
Previous
Rank
BANK Assets
US$m
+ or -
(local curr)
Capital
US$m
Balance
Sheet
10 (-) Bank of America NA, Charlotte, USA *565,382 +2.48% 2,834.00 31.12.02
11 (10) The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, Edinburgh, UK *536,722 +15.24% 1,299.67 31.12.01
12 (11) ABN AMRO Holding NV, Amsterdam, Netherlands *531,888 +9.98% 1,493.19 31.12.01
13 (12) Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Beijing, China 521,720 +8.67% 20,227.75 31.12.01
14 (13) UFJ Bank Ltd, Tokyo, Japan 519,165 +25.07% 6,364.98 31.03.02
15 (16) Citibank NA, New York, USA *498,676 +10.24% 2,701.00 31.12.02
16 (15) Société Générale, Paris La Défense, France *456,325 - 479.92 31.12.01
17 (17) Dresdner Bank Group, Frankfurt am Main, Germany *451,147 +4.80% 1,332.03 31.12.01
18 (18) Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany *446,365 +9.06% 1,241.21 31.12.01
* Figures are consolidated
Current
Rank
Previous
Rank
BANK Assets
US$m
+ or -
(local curr)
Capital
US$m
Balance
Sheet
19 (19) Crédit Agricole, Paris, France *440,804 - 2,591.93 31.12.01
20 (20) The Norinchukin Bank, Tokyo, Japan 426,510 -4.10% 8,488.32 31.03.02
21 (21) Credit Suisse First Boston, Zürich, Switzerland 409,452 +1.50% - 31.12.01
22 (-) Lloyds TSB Group plc, London, UK *406,887 +7.19% 2,279.46 31.12.02
23 (22) ING Bank NV, Amsterdam, Netherlands *394,761 +9.10% - 31.12.01
24 (29) Rabobank Nederland, Utrecht, Netherlands *393,242 - 116.49 31.12.02
25 (23) Mizuho Bank Ltd, Tokyo, Japan 392,460 +0.38% 6,479.68 31.03.02
26 (24) Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd, Tokyo, Japan 376,589 -6.60% 7,843.54 31.03.02
27 (34) HSBC Bank plc, London, UK *351,542 +7.94% 1,283.00 31.12.02
* Figures are consolidated
Current
Rank
Previous
Rank
BANK Assets
US$m
+ or -
(local curr)
Capital
US$m
Balance
Sheet
28 (30) Banco Santander Central Hispano SA, Madrid, Spain *340,233 - 2,502.05 31.12.02
29 (26) China Construction Bank, Beijing, China 334,070 +9.21% 10,283.81 31.12.01
30 (32) Abbey National plc, London, UK *331,167 -4.05% 758.21 31.12.02
31 (27) Fortis Bank NV/SA, Brussels, Belgium *330,833 +11.88% 2,770.76 31.12.01
32 (28) DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany *324,677 - 2,380.91 31.12.01
33 (-) Wachovia Bank NA, Charlotte, USA *318,870 - 455.00 31.12.02
34 (31) Bank of China, Beijing, China 313,733 -3.29% 17,168.89 31.12.01
35 (33) The Agricultural Bank of China, Beijing, China *305,438 +15.70% 15,618.37 31.12.01
36 (37) Banca Intesa SpA, Milan, Italy *294,609 - 3,737.01 31.12.02
* Figures are consolidated
Current
Rank
Previous
Rank
BANK Assets
US$m
+ or -
(local curr)
Capital
US$m
Balance
Sheet
37 (39) Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Madrid, Spain *293,359 - 1,643.40 31.12.02
38 (35) Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Paris, France *292,274 +21.62% - 31.12.01
39 (36) Bayerische Landesbank, Munich, Germany *290,113 +6.81% 3,665.67 31.12.01
40 (38) National Westminster Bank Plc, London, UK *278,209 +0.27% 3,267.10 31.12.00
41 (40) Halifax plc, Halifax, UK *272,662 +12.61% 670.75 31.12.00
42 (41) Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany *267,135 +2.53% 4,247.65 31.12.01
43 (46) Nordea Group, Helsinki, Finland *261,957 - 1,241.47 31.12.02
44 (54) Danske Bank Aktieselskab, Copenhagen, Denmark *247,450 +13.84% 1,034.13 31.12.02
45 (42) Royal Bank of Canada, Montréal, Canada *245,001 +5.37% 5,487.20 31.10.02
* Figures are consolidated
Current
Rank
Previous
Rank
BANK Assets
US$m
+ or -
(local curr)
Capital
US$m
Balance
Sheet
46 (-) Eurohypo AG , Frankfurt am Main, Germany 239,760 - 883.27 31.12.02
47 (43) The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong *239,501 +7.17% 5,762.72 31.12.02
48 (44) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, USA 222,841 -2.49% 11,476.00 30.06.01
49 (45) Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Kfw), Frankfurt am Main, Germany 218,042 +9.78% 455.25 31.12.01
50 (-) Bank One NA, Chicago, USA *217,537 +35.10% 201.00 31.12.02
* Figures are consolidated
* These bank rankings are compiled from balance at 30th April 2003.