The Top 200 World Banking Companies

+++ Based on total assets at yearend 1994, or latest fiscal yearend, for bank holding companies and commercial and savings banks (dollar amounts in millions) part 1 of 4 Rank Dec-94 151 State Bank of India, Bombay, India 152 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States 153 Daishi Bank, Ltd., Niigata, Japan 154 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States 155 Shiga Bank, Ltd., Otsu, Japan 156 Korea Exchange Bank, Seoul, Korea 157 Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz Girozentrale, Mainz, Germany 158 Hokkaido Bank, Ltd., Sapporo, Japan 159 BHF-Bank, AG, Frankfurt, Germany 160 Unidanmark, Copenhagen, Denmark 161 Banco Nacional de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico 162 Land Bank of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan 163 First Fidelity Bancorp., Newark, New Jersey, United States 164 Bangkok Bank, Ltd., Thailand 165 San-in Godo Bank, Ltd., Matsue, Japan 166 Korea First Bank, Seoul, Korea (j) 167 Caja de Madrid, Spain 168 Kiyo Bank, Ltd., Wakayama, Japan 169 Bank Leumi le-Israel, Tel-Aviv, Israel 170 Suruga Bank, Ltd., Numazu, Japan 171 Seoulbank, Korea 172 Kansallis-Osake-Pankki, Helsinki, Finland 173 Hyakugo Bank, Ltd., Tsu, Japan 174 Comerica, Inc., Detroit, Michigan, United States 175 Bacob Bank, Brussels, Belgium 176 Allied Irish Banks Plc., Dublin, Ireland 177 Shawmut National Corp., Hartford, Connecticut, United States 178 CERA, Leuven, Belgium 179 First Commercial Bank, Taipei, Taiwan 180 National Bank of Canada, Montreal, Canada 181 Union Bank of Finland, Ltd., Helsinki, Finland 182 National City Corp., Cleveland, Ohio, United States 183 Tokyo Sowa Bank, Ltd., Japan 184 Higo Bank, Ltd., Kumamoto, Japan 185 Golden West Financial Corp., Oakland, California, United States 186 Ogaki-Kyoritsu Bank, Ltd., Ogaki, Japan 187 Development Bank of Singapore Ltd., Singapore 188 Bancomer, Mexico City, Mexico 189 Fukuoka City Bank, Ltd., Japan 190 Banco Ambrosiano Veneto, Milan, Italy 191 Bank of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland 192 Westdeutsche Genossenschafts-Zentralbank, Duesseldorf, Germany (k) 193 Cho Hung Bank Ltd., Seoul, Korea 194 Hanil Bank Ltd., Seoul, Korea 195 GiroCredit Bank A.G. der Sparkassen, Vienna, Austria 196 Hokkoku Bank, Ltd., Kanazawa, Japan 197 Hua Nan Commercial Bank, Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan 198 CoreStates Financial Corp., Philadelphia, United States 199 Boatmen s Bancschares, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., United States 200 Bank of Nagoya, Ltd., Japan

Totals for the Top 200 Banks part 2 of 4

Change Rank Total Assets Percent Rank in Dec-94 12/31/94 12/31/93 Change Dec-93 Rank 151 State Bank of I 38,795 35,802 8.4 148 -3 152 Wachovia Corp., 38,771 36,080 7.5 146 -6 153 Daishi Bank, Lt 38,603 32,889 17.4 160 7 154 Mellon Bank Cor 38,410 35,903 7 147 -7 155 Shiga Bank, Ltd 38,158 32,223 18.4 164 9 156 Korea Exchange 38,110 31,691 20.3 169 13 157 Landesbank Rhei 37,793 32,724 15.5 161 4 158 Hokkaido Bank, 37,572 33,039 13.7 158 0 159 BHF-Bank, AG, F 37,126 31,437 18.1 173 14 160 Unidanmark, Cop 36,374 36,563 -0.5 144 -16 161 Banco Nacional 36,345 43,016 -15.5 127 -34 162 Land Bank of Ta 36,135 31,963 13.1 167 5 163 First Fidelity 36,000 33,598 7.1 156 -7 164 Bangkok Bank, L 35,557 30,509 16.5 176 12 165 San-in Godo Ban 35,412 30,059 17.8 180 15 166 Korea First Ban 35,305 28,285 24.8 188 22 167 Caja de Madrid, 35,076 30,939 13.4 175 8 168 Kiyo Bank, Ltd. 34,463 29,396 17.2 183 15 169 Bank Leumi le-I 34,408 30,194 14 178 9 170 Suruga Bank, Lt 34,223 28,197 21.4 190 20 171 Seoulbank, Kore 34,163 32,056 6.6 166 -5 172 Kansallis-Osake 33,722 31,629 6.6 171 -1 173 Hyakugo Bank, L 33,416 28,517 17.2 187 14 174 Comerica, Inc., 33,396 30,304 10.2 177 3 175 Bacob Bank, Bru 33,297 23,369 42.5 215 40 176 Allied Irish Ba 32,516 29,428 10.5 182 6 177 Shawmut Nationa 32,393 27,375 18.3 192 15 178 CERA, Leuven, B 32,386 25,792 25.6 202 24 179 First Commercia 32,166 31,491 2.1 172 -7 180 National Bank o 32,161 32,350 -0.6 163 -17 181 Union Bank of F 32,014 25,366 26.2 204 23 182 National City C 32,012 31,000 3.3 174 -8 183 Tokyo Sowa Bank 31,931 26,491 20.5 197 14 184 Higo Bank, Ltd. 31,841 26,724 19.1 195 11 185 Golden West Fin 31,684 28,829 9.9 185 0 186 Ogaki-Kyoritsu 31,263 26,128 19.7 200 14 187 Development Ban 30,954 25,796 20 201 14 188 Bancomer, Mexic 30,619 36,137 -15.3 145 -43 189 Fukuoka City Ba 30,551 25,516 19.7 203 14 190 Banco Ambrosian 30,363 26,287 15.5 198 8 191 Bank of Ireland 30,280 24,388 24.2 206 15 192 Westdeutsche Ge 30,098 21,871 37.6 226 34 193 Cho Hung Bank L 30,053 32,183 -6.6 165 -28 194 Hanil Bank Ltd. 30,015 32,955 -8.9 159 -35 195 GiroCredit Bank 29,851 26,805 11.4 194 -1 196 Hokkoku Bank, L 29,822 25,133 18.7 205 9 197 Hua Nan Commerc 29,536 31,687 -6.8 170 -27 198 CoreStates Fina 28,983 23,372 24 214 16 199 Boatmen's Bancs 28,919 26,638 8.6 196 -3 200 Bank of Nagoya, 28,805 24,083 19.6 207 7

Totals for the 23,420,272 20,431,992 14.6 part 3 of 4

Percent Equity Capital Rank Change in Equity Capital Percent as a% of Assets Dec-94 Exch. Rate 12/31/94 12/31/93 Change 12/31/94 151 State Bank of I -0.9 151 152 -0.7 0.39 152 Wachovia Corp., ..... 3,287 3,006 9.3 8.48 153 Daishi Bank, Lt 16.3 1,424 1,191 19.6 3.69 154 Mellon Bank Cor ..... 4,122 3,313 24.4 10.73 155 Shiga Bank, Ltd 16.3 1,370 1,155 18.6 3.59 156 Korea Exchange 3.1 2,159 1,981 9 5.67 157 Landesbank Rhei 12.2 769 799 -3.8 2.03 158 Hokkaido Bank, 16.3 1,755 1,509 16.3 4.67 159 BHF-Bank, AG, F 12.2 2,388 1,673 42.7 6.43 160 Unidanmark, Cop 11.6 2,221 1,527 45.4 6.11 161 Banco Nacional -37.3 2,210 3,351 -34 6.08 162 Land Bank of Ta -2.6 1,852 967 91.5 5.13 163 First Fidelity ..... 2,877 2,737 5.1 7.99 164 Bangkok Bank, L 1.5 3,111 2,620 18.7 8.75 165 San-in Godo Ban 16.3 1,479 1,233 20 4.18 166 Korea First Ban 3.1 2,408 1,850 30.2 6.82 167 Caja de Madrid, 7.1 2,390 2,070 15.5 6.81 168 Kiyo Bank, Ltd. 16.3 1,468 1,239 18.5 4.26 169 Bank Leumi le-I -3.2 1,818 1,583 14.8 5.28 170 Suruga Bank, Lt 16.3 1,395 1,175 18.7 4.08 171 Seoulbank, Kore 3.1 1,761 1,404 25.4 5.15 172 Kansallis-Osake 22.7 1,526 1,180 29.3 4.53 173 Hyakugo Bank, L 16.3 1,305 1,084 20.4 3.91 174 Comerica, Inc., ..... 2,392 2,182 9.6 7.16 175 Bacob Bank, Bru 13.8 888 741 19.8 2.67 176 Allied Irish Ba 9.7 2,041 1,440 41.7 6.28 177 Shawmut Nationa ..... 2,197 1,786 23 6.78 178 CERA, Leuven, B 13.8 1,818 1,443 26 5.61 179 First Commercia 0.3 1,328 1,199 10.8 4.13 180 National Bank o -2.4 1,712 1,493 14.7 5.32 181 Union Bank of F 22.7 1,581 1,344 17.6 4.94 182 National City C ..... 2,601 2,763 -5.9 8.13 183 Tokyo Sowa Bank 16.3 1,108 955 16 3.47 184 Higo Bank, Ltd. 16.3 1,588 1,281 24 4.99 185 Golden West Fin ..... 2,000 2,066 -3.2 6.31 186 Ogaki-Kyoritsu 16.3 1,146 973 17.8 3.67 187 Development Ban 10.5 3,664 2,852 28.5 11.84 188 Bancomer, Mexic -37.3 1,764 2,916 -39.5 5.76 189 Fukuoka City Ba 16.3 1,391 1,165 19.4 4.55 190 Banco Ambrosian 5.7 1,468 1,269 15.7 4.83 191 Bank of Ireland 13.9 1,648 1,260 30.8 5.44 192 Westdeutsche Ge 12.2 1,247 1,004 24.2 4.14 193 Cho Hung Bank L 3.1 2,093 1,714 22.1 6.96 194 Hanil Bank Ltd. 3.1 2,383 1,878 26.9 7.94 195 GiroCredit Bank 13.1 1,533 1,336 14.7 5.14 196 Hokkoku Bank, L 16.3 1,656 1,349 22.8 5.55 197 Hua Nan Commerc -2.4 1,265 1,205 5 4.28 198 CoreStates Fina ..... 2,350 1,959 20 8.11 199 Boatmen's Bancs ..... 2,201 2,133 3.2 7.61 200 Bank of Nagoya, 16.3 1,115 923 20.8 3.87

Totals for the Top 200 978,694 852,644 14.8 4.18 part 4 of 4

Equity Capital Rank as a % of Assets BIS Capital Ratio Dec-94 12/31/93 12/31/94 12/31/93 151 State Bank of I 0.42 12.77 N.A. 152 Wachovia Corp., 8.33 12.73 12.88 153 Daishi Bank, Lt 3.62 9.11 9.45 154 Mellon Bank Cor 9.23 12.91 10.77 155 Shiga Bank, Ltd 3.58 8.68 9.28 156 Korea Exchange 6.25 9.06 9.23 157 Landesbank Rhei 2.44 8.9 8.9 158 Hokkaido Bank, 4.57 8.7 8.9 159 BHF-Bank, AG, F 5.32 11 11.8 160 Unidanmark, Cop 4.18 13.7 11.8 161 Banco Nacional 7.79 11.09 11.68 162 Land Bank of Ta 3.03 12.74 8.69 163 First Fidelity 8.15 11.76 13.42 164 Bangkok Bank, L 8.59 10.2 8.2 165 San-in Godo Ban 4.1 8.99 9.08 166 Korea First Ban 6.54 10.04 10.19 167 Caja de Madrid, 6.69 12.8 12.7 168 Kiyo Bank, Ltd. 4.21 9.4 N.A. 169 Bank Leumi le-I 5.24 9.76 10.1 170 Suruga Bank, Lt 4.17 8.84 7.21 171 Seoulbank, Kore 4.38 10.62 9.71 172 Kansallis-Osake 3.73 10.9 9.1 173 Hyakugo Bank, L 3.8 9.18 9.6 174 Comerica, Inc., 7.2 11.68 11.58 175 Bacob Bank, Bru 3.17 12.13 12.65 176 Allied Irish Ba 4.89 11.7 11.9 177 Shawmut Nationa 6.52 11.55 12.32 178 CERA, Leuven, B 5.59 13.3 12.2 179 First Commercia 3.81 10.84 9.66 180 National Bank o 4.62 11.1 10.6 181 Union Bank of F 5.3 10.7 10.5 182 National City C 8.91 12.46 11.62 183 Tokyo Sowa Bank 3.6 N.A. N.A. 184 Higo Bank, Ltd. 4.79 N.A. 10.29 185 Golden West Fin 7.17 13.54 17.42 186 Ogaki-Kyoritsu 3.72 9.34 9.71 187 Development Ban 11.06 22.2 17.6 188 Bancomer, Mexic 8.07 9.11 14.84 189 Fukuoka City Ba 4.57 8.54 8.71 190 Banco Ambrosian 4.83 9.8 8.09 191 Bank of Ireland 5.17 13.4 13.8 192 Westdeutsche Ge 4.59 12.5 14.3 193 Cho Hung Bank L 5.33 10.07 9.79 194 Hanil Bank Ltd. 5.7 11.04 11.09 195 GiroCredit Bank 4.98 12.08 10.64 196 Hokkoku Bank, L 5.37 9.62 N.A. 197 Hua Nan Commerc 3.8 N.A. 9.27 198 CoreStates Fina 8.38 12.45 13.7 199 Boatmen's Bancs 8.01 13.83 14.42 200 Bank of Nagoya, 3.83 N.A. N.A.

Totals for the 4.17 10.89 10.96 === Data Source: American Banker world bank survey. Data are checked against annual reports whenever possible. Consolidated data, including affiliates in which ownership exceeds 50%, are used whenever possible. The 1993 data are as reported in 1994 and have not been restated for mergers or changes in accounting principles. Date of figures: Data are for Dec. 31, 1994 or latest fiscal yearend. In the case of banks from India and Japan, all data are for the fiscal years ended March 31, 1995 and March 31, 1994. Total assets exclude contra accounts and contingent liabilities. Equity capital includes the value of common and perpetual preferred stock, surplus, undivided profits, and capital reserves. Minority interest is excluded. Percent change in exchange rate is the change in country s currency vis-a- vis the dollar from yearend 1993 to yearend 1994, or latest fiscal yearend. Equity capital/Assets is equity capital as a percentage of total assets. BIS capital ratio is total capital as a percentage of risk-adjusted assets. (j) -Total assets for 1993 were revised downward to exclude trust assets. (k)- The 1994 data are consolidated, but the 1993 data are unconsolidated.

Compiled by American Banker, 1995.

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