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 assets of those banks on June 30, 2004. Dollars in thousands
Published December 14, 2004
Rank Foreign holding company Assets of the U.S. bank(s) Sole or largest U.S. bank Stake
June 30 Year earlier Change
1 HSBC Holdings PLC* London $114,541,024 $94,819,985 20.80% HSBC Bank USA Buffalo 100%
2 ABN Amro* Amsterdam 107,017,972 111,130,851 -3.7 LaSalle Bank Chicago 100
3 Royal Bank of Scotland Group* Edinburgh 82,641,965 69,872,792 18.3 Citizens Bank Providence, R.I. 100
4 Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group* Tokyo 51,621,886 47,997,872 7.6 Union Bank of California San Francisco 62
5 BNP Paribas* Paris 40,829,098 37,181,818 9.8 Bank of the West San Francisco 99
6 Bank of Montreal* Montreal 33,006,075 32,916,296 0.3 Harris Bank Chicago 100
7 Deutsche Bank* Frankfurt 31,696,124 42,103,653 -24.7 Deutsche Bank New York 100
8 Royal Bank of Canada* Montreal 21,491,966 19,093,132 12.6 RBC Centura Bank Rocky Mount N.C. NA
9 UBS AG Zurich 15,615,177 NA NA UBS Bank USA Salt Lake City 64
10 Toronto-Dominion Bank Toronto 9,296,049 6,680,877 39.1 TD Waterhouse Bank Jersey City, N.J. 95
11 Israel Discount Bank Ltd. Tel-Aviv 8,456,389 7,626,097 10.9 Israel Discount Bank of New York 100
12 Banco Santander SA Santander, Spain 7,881,046 6,567,647 20 Banco Santander Puerto Rico Hato Rey 60
13 Bank Leumi le-Israel BM Tel-Aviv 5,490,719 4,906,529 11.9 Bank Leumi USA New York 97
14 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argenta Bilbao, Spain 5,376,890 5,355,682 0.4 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentina San Juan, Puerto Rico 100
15 SNBNY Holdings Ltd. Gibraltar 4,040,895 4,108,479 -1.6 Safra National Bank of New York 99
16 Mercantil Servicios Financie Caracas 3,444,759 3,050,461 12.9 Commercebank Coral Gables, Fla. 99
17 National Bank of Greece SA Athens 3,394,063 3,073,765 10.4 Atlantic Bank of New York 100
18 Incus Co. Ltd. Road Town, Virgin Islands 3,332,128 3,476,243 -4.1 Laredo National Bank Tex. 100
19 Mizuho Holdings Inc.* Tokyo 3,088,840 3,781,853 -18.3 Mizuho Trust and Banking Co. New York 100
20 Bank Hapoalim Tel-Aviv 2,680,575 1,499,027 78.8 Signature Bank New York 60
21 Rabobank Nederland Utrecht 2,423,357 1,881,705 28.8 Valley Independent Bank El Centro, Calif. 100
22 Chinatrust Commercial Bank Taipei 1,863,815 1,750,656 6.5 ChinaTrust Bank USA Torrance, Callf. 100
23 Bank Sinopac Taipei 1,684,075 1,708,639 -1.4 Far East National Bank Los Angeles 100
24 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Tokyo 1,641,659 1,195,660 37.3 Manufacturers Bank Los Angeles 100
25 Bank of Nova Scotia Toronto 1,276,786 1,337,381 -4.5 Scotiabank de Puerto Rico Hato Rey 100
26 Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Co. Tokyo 693,232 483,756 43.3 Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corp. USA New York 100
27 Piraeus Bank SA Athens 674,820 311,746 116.5 Marathon National Bank of New York 78
28 Woori Bank Seoul 660,651 381,501 73.2 Woori American Bank New York 100
29 Manulife Financial Corp. Toronto 478,373 104,812 356.4 First Signature Bank and Trust Co. Portsmouth, N.H. 100
30 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Toronto 437,216 386,269 13.2 Juniper Bank Wilmington, Del. 73
31 Delta Investment Co. George Town, Cayman Islands 385,351 443,880 -13.2 Delta National Bank and Trust Co. New York 100
32 Cho-Heung Bank Ltd. Seoul 361,006 317,077 13.9 CHB America Bank New York 100
33 Banco del Pacifico SA Guayaquil, Ecuador 359,290 273,877 31.2 Pacific National Bank Miami 99
34 Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co. Osaka 357,745 364,241 -1.8 Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co. USA Hoboken, N.J. 100
35 Bank of East Asia Ltd. Hong Kong 342,053 180,687 89.3 Bank of East Asia USA Alhambra, Calif. 100
36 Grupo Financiero Popular Santa Domingo 322,610 284,452 13.4 BPD International Bank New York 97
37 Caixa Geral de Depositos SA Lisbon 242,062 207,867 16.5 Crown Bank Ocean City, N.J. 51
38 State Bank of India Bombay 147,100 104,730 40.5 State Bank of India Los Angeles 100
39 Federation des Caisses Desjardins du Quebec 107,828 NA NA Desjardins Bank Hallandale, Fla. 100
40 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Melbourne 78,437 76,438 2.6 Amerika Samoa Bank Pago Pago 100
41 National Bank of Canada Montreal 72,650 86,312 -15.8 Natbank Hollywood, Fla. 100
42 Farmington Finance Corp. Road Town, Virgin Islands 7,004 6,574 6.5 Farmington State Bank Wash. 100

*Owns or holds majority interest in more than one U.S. bank

Editor's Note: This is a corrected version of a table originally appearing on December 14, 2004. Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group holds a 62% interest in the Union Bank of California not a 100% interest.

Source: Highline Banking Data Services (877-305-6657)
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