Top 50 World Banking Companies in Assets (YE 1999)
September 15, 2000, 10:08 a.m. EDT 1 Min Read
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Top 50 World Banking Companies in Assets (YE 1999)
in Assets (YE 1999) | |
Published September 15, 2000 |
Rank 12/31/1999 | Institution | Headquarters | Total Assets 12/31/1999 | Total Assets 12/31/1998 | % Change |
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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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