Top 50 World Banking Companies in Assets (YE 1999)

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Top 50 World Banking Companies in Assets (YE 1999)

Top 50 World Banking Companies
in Assets (YE 1999)

Data at December 31, 1999 or latest fiscal quarter (dollars in thousands)
Published September 15, 2000 

Rank 12/31/1999 Institution Headquarters Total Assets 12/31/1999  Total Assets 12/31/1998 % Change
1 Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt, Germany $843,879,555 $735,171,000 14.79%
2 Citigroup (1) New York, USA 716,937,000 668,641,000 7.22
3 BNP Paribas (2) Paris, France 701,964,428 404,951,185 73.35
4 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd. Tokyo, Japan 697,263,000 579,791,700 20.26
5 Bank of America Corp. Charlotte, NC 632,574,000 617,679,000 2.41
6 UBS AG (Group) Zurich, Switzerland 614,558,603 687,379,700 -10.59
7 HSBC Holdings PLC (3) London, United Kingdom 569,139,000 483,128,000 17.80
8 Fuji Bank, Ltd. Tokyo, Japan 552,290,000 385,252,800 43.36
9 Sumitomo Bank Ltd. Osaka, Japan 509,819,000 428,000,800 19.12
10 HypoVereinsbank AG Munich, Germany 505,660,559 540,851,000 -6.51
11 Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd. Tokyo, Japan 489,618,130 455,900,700 7.40
12 ABN Amro Bank NV (4) Amsterdam, Netherlands 460,100,000 504,900,000 -8.87
13 Sakura Bank, Ltd. Tokyo, Japan 456,634,645 392,098,900 16.46
14 Credit Suisse Group Zurich, Switzerland 451,716,250 475,017,800 -4.91
15 Credit Agricole (Group) Paris, France 441,600,810 457,037,000 -3.38
16 Sanwa Bank, Ltd. Tokyo, Japan 425,462,600 418,373,000 1.69
17 Barclays Bank PLC London, United Kingdom 410,956,452 365,128,300 12.55
18 Societe Generale Paris, France 406,541,000 450,224,800 -9.70
19 Fortis Bank Brussels, Belgium 406,109,300 323,567,000 25.51
20 Chase Manhattan Corp. New York, USA 406,105,000 365,875,000 11.00
21 Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd. Tokyo, Japan 399,864,093 370,394,000 7.96
22 Dresdner Bank, AG Frankfurt, Germany 396,846,000 429,027,300 -7.50
23 Westdeutsche Landesbank Dusseldorf, Germany 393,754,018 415,954,000 -5.34
24 Bank of China Hong Kong 373,687,000 360,281,000 3.72
25 Commerzbank, AG Frankfurt, Germany 372,040,000 382,935,600 -2.85
26 ING Group Amsterdam, Netherlands 349,618,000 463,597,600 -24.59
27 Banca Intesa Spa Milan, Italy 314,333,172 179,654,200 74.97
28 National Westminster Bank PLC London, United Kingdom 299,554,839 309,266,700 -3.14
29 Tokai Bank, Ltd. Nagoya, Japan 287,656,493 264,449,400 8.78
30 Lloyd TSB Group London, United Kingdom 284,830,714 279,343,000 1.96
31 Bayeriche Landesbank Munich, Germany 281,228,668 285,237,900 -1.41
32 Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg Stuttgart, Germany 275,629,000 258,729,226 6.53
33 Banco Santander Central Hispano (5) Santander, Spain 275,377,775 182,014,900 51.29
34 Bank One Corp. Chicago, USA 269,425,000 261,496,000 3.03
35 Halifax PLC Leeds, United Kingdom 261,416,129 240,395,700 8.74
36 J.P. Morgan & Co. New York, USA 260,898,000 261,067,000 -0.06
37 First Union Corp. (6) Charlotte, NC 253,024,000 237,363,000 6.60
38 Asahi Bank, Ltd. Tokyo, Japan 243,323,819 237,851,900 2.30
39 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Bilbao, Spain 238,166,000 157,289,300 51.42
40 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco, USA 218,102,000 202,475,000 7.72
41 Bankgesellschaft Berlin AG Berlin, Germany 193,786,060 221,558,300 -12.53
42 FleetBoston Financial Corp. Boston, USA 190,692,000 177,894,000 7.19
43 Washington Mutual Inc. Seattle, USA 186,513,600 165,493,300 12.70
44 Royal Bank of Canada Montreal, Canada 184,115,646 178,470,900 3.16
45 Credit Lyonnais (7) Paris, France 173,770,000 169,561,000 2.48
46 Nordeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale Hanover, Germany 172,066,246 178,337,400 -3.52
47 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Toronto, Canada 170,293,197 180,043,900 -5.42
48 National Australia Bank Ltd. Melbourne, Australia 166,066,013 149,644,000 10.97
49 Bank of Montreal Montreal, Canada 156,880,952 144,774,000 8.36
50 KBC Bank and Insurance Company Brussels, Belgium 156,218,445 173,413,100 -9.92

Source: BankWatch (BankStat) unless otherwise noted. (1)1998 figure reflects merger 10/8/98 of Citicorp and Travelers Inc. to Form Citigroup Inc. New York  (2) Source: BNP Paribas (3) Source: HSBC Holdings PLC (4) Source: ABN Amro Bank NV (5) On 1/14/99, Banco Santander announced plans to merge with Banco Central Hispanoamerica. (6) 1998 figure reflects April, 1998 merger with CoreStates Financial Corp.; Philadelphia (7) Source: Credit Lyonnais
(*) Data is checked against annual reports wherever possible.
On Friday, December 31, 1999:
1 Euro = 1.0048 US Dollar
1 Japanese Yen = 0.009792 US Dollar
1 Australian Dollar = 0.6512 US Dollar
1 Canadian Dollar = 0.6887 US Dollar
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