Foreign Holding Companies that Majority-Own U.S. Banks

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Foreign Holding Companies that Majority-Own U.S. Banks

Foreign Holding Companies that Majority-Own U.S. Banks
Ranked by deposits of those banks on Dec. 31, 2005. Dollars in thousands
Published April 11, 2006
    Deposits of U.S. bank(s)**  
  Foreign holding company Largest or sole U.S. bank Dec. 31 Year earlier Change
1 HSBC Holdings PLC* London HSBC Bank USA Wilmington, Del. $123,526,266 $107,120,763 15.31%
2 Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC* Edinburgh Citizens Bank Providence, R.I. 100,228,087 93,263,959 7.47
3 ABN Amro* Amsterdam LaSalle Bank Chicago 57,116,097 52,456,777 8.88
4 Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc.* Tokyo UnionBanCal San Francisco 43,589,724 42,804,046 1.84
5 BNP Paribas* Paris Bank of the West San Francisco 42,411,477 33,613,779 26.17
6 ING Direct NV Amsterdam ING Bank Wilmington, Del. 39,979,497 28,801,040 38.81
7 Toronto-Dominion Bank Toronto TD Banknorth Portland, Maine 29,322,738 28,573,870 2.62
8 Bank of Montreal* Toronto Harris Bank Chicago 26,212,892 25,186,851 4.07
9 UBS AG Zurich UBS Bank USA Salt Lake city 16,146,353 14,910,874 8.29
10 Deutsche Bank* Frankfurt Deutsche Bank New York 14,070,000 12,862,000 9.39
11 Royal Bank of Canada Toronto RBC Centura Bank Rocky Mount, N.C. 10,915,054 10,046,467 8.65
12 Israel Discount Bank Ltd. Tel Aviv Israel Discount Bank of New York 6,613,431 5,018,905 31.77
13 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argenta Bilbao, Spain Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Agenta San Juan, Puerto Rico 6,085,063 5,598,617 8.69
14 Banco Santander SA Madrid Banco Sandander Puerto Rico Hato Rey 5,347,518 4,748,530 12.61
15 Bank Leumi le-Israel BM Tel Aviv Bank Leumi USA New York 4,788,039 4,502,659 6.34
16 SNBNY Holdings Ltd. Gibraltar Safra National Bank of New York 3,678,247 3,324,742 10.63
17 Mercantil Servicios Financieros Caracas Commercebank Coral Gables, Fla. 3,123,686 2,892,342 8
18 National Bank of Greece SA Athens Atlantic Bank of New York 1,672,639 1,938,987 -13.74
19 Rabobank Nederland Utrecht Valley Independent Bank El Centro, Calif. 1,597,309 1,116,470 43.07
20 Mizuho Financial Group Inc.* Tokyo Mizuho Trust and Banking Co. New York 1,589,145 1,572,337 1.07
21 Sinopac Holdings Taipei, Taiwan Far East National Bank Los Angeles 1,329,892 1,354,946 -1.85
22 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. Tokyo Manufacturers Bank Los Angeles 1,207,122 1,214,779 -0.63
23 Bank of Nova Scotia Toronto Scotiabank de Puerto Rico Hato Rey 963,629 1,017,656 -5.31
24 Woori Finance Holdings Co. Ltd. Seoul Worri American Bank New York 717,324 620,890 15.53
25 Banco Comercial Portugues SA Porto BCPBank Newark, N.J. 601,901 431,716 39.42
26 Shinhan Financial Group Co. Inc. Seoul CHB America Bank New York 396,378 293,704 34.96
27 GroupFinanciero Popular SA Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic BPD International Bank New York 379,317 NA NA
28 Manulife Financial Corp. Toronto First Signature Bank and Trust Co. Portsmouth, N.H. 376,219 467,464 -19.52
29 Bank of East Asia Ltd. Hong Kong Bank of East Asia Ltd. Alhambra, Calif. 375,314 291,633 28.69
30 Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co. Limited Osaka Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co. USA Hoboken, N.J. 353,715 342,372 3.31
31 Banco Del Pacifico SA Guayaquil, Equador Ecuador Pacific National Bank Miami 323,704 303,850 6.53
32 First Financial Holding Co. Ltd. Taipei, Taiwan First Commercial Bank Alhambra, Calif. 300,068 266,425 12.63
33 Maham Beteiligungsgesellschaft AG Zurich Habib Bank New York 274,419 269,474 1.84
34 Delta Investment Co. George Town, Cayman Islands Delta National Bank and Trust Co. New York 246,033 343,981 -28.47
35 Caixa Geral de Depositos SA Lisbon Crown Bank Ocean City, N.J. 242,879 204,362 18.85
36 State Bank of India Bombay State Bank of India Los Angeles 138,373 120,095 15.22
37 Federation des Caisses Desjardubs du Quebec Desjardins Bank Hallandale, Fla. 132,876 116,718 13.84
38 Allied Banking Corp. Makati, Philippines Oceanic Bank San Francisco 110,464 118,203 -6.55
39 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. Melbourne Amerika Samoa Bank Pago Pago 88,851 76,269 16.5
40 National Bank of Canada Montreal NatBank Hollywood, Fla. 63,460 69,429 -8.6
41 Farmington Finance Corp. Road Town, British Virgin Islands Farmington State Bank Wash. 5,867 6,083 -3.55
42 Barclays PLC London Juniper Bank New York 4,820 168,486 -97.14


Note: Banks owned by holding companies in U.S. territories or Puerto Rico were not included.
*Owns or holds majority interest in more than one U.S. bank.
**For holding companies with more than one U.S. bank, sum is the combined total.
Source:

SNL Financial
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