World's Largest Banking Companies by Assets

Published September 29, 2005, 10:08 a.m. EDT

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World's Largest Banking Companies by Assets

World's Largest Banking Companies by Assets
As of Dec. 31, 2004, or latest fiscal year. Dollars in millions. Published September 29, 2005
Rank		2004	2003	Change
1	UBS AG Zurich	$1,533,036	$1,370,034	11.90%
2	Citigroup Inc. New York	1,484,101	1,264,032	17.41
3	Allianz AG Munich	1,357,166	1,127,655	20.35
4	ING Group NV Amsterdam	1,357,166	979,585	38.55
5	Mizuho Financial Group Tokyo	1,295,942	1,264,030	2.52
6	HSBC Holdings PLC London	1,276,778	1,120,717	13.93
7	Credit Agricole Paris	1,243,047	988,659	25.73
8	BNP Paribas Paris	1,233,912	983,826	25.42
9	JPMorgan Chase & Co. New York	1,157,248	770,912	50.11
10	Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt	1,144,195	1,006,306	13.7
11	Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC Edinburgh	1,119,480	812,989	37.7
12	Bank of America Corp. Charlotte	1,110,457	736,445	50.79
13	Barclays PLC London	992,103	791,537	25.34
14	Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group	980,285	827,481	18.47
15	Credit Suisse Group Zurich	962,953	887,668	8.48
16	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Tokyo	896,909	868,430	3.28
17	ABN Amro Amsterdam	828,961	704,951	17.59
18	Societe Generale Paris	818,699	678,360	20.69
19	Santander Central Hispano SA*Spain	783,707	479,984	63.28
20	Morgan Stanley New York	775,410	602,843	28.63
21	Hbos PLC Edinburgh	759,594	729,280	4.16
22	Bayerische Hypo-und-Vereinsbanken AG Munich	753,700	590,417	27.66
23	Groupe Caisse dEpargne Paris	740,821	522,598	41.76
24	UFJ Holdings Osaka	730,394	665,673	9.72
25	Dresdner Bank Frankfurt	713,688	655,874	8.81
26	Fortis Bank Brussels	659,437	657,045	0.36
27	Rabobank Group Utrecht, Netherlands	648,211	550,269	17.8
28	Merrill Lynch New York	648,059	494,518	31.05
29	HVB Group Munich	636,622	604,230	5.36
30	Commerzbank Frankfurt	579,705	520,635	11.35
31	Norinchukin Bank Tokyo	553,720	516,573	7.19
32	Lloyds TSB Group PLC London	539,146	485,526	11.04
33	DexiaBrussels	530,039	441,987	19.92
34	Credit Mutuel Paris	527,611	448,296	17.69
35	Wachovia Corp. Charlotte	493,324	401,032	23.01
36	Axa Paris	449,223	554,394	-18.97
37	Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco	427,849	387,798	10.33
38	Banco Bilbao Vizcaua Argentaria Spain	423,689	362,655	16.83
39	Almanik NV** Antwerp, Belgium	384,781	326,016	18.03
40	Danske Bank SA Copenhagen	380,120	277,890	36.79
41	Nordea Bank AB Stockholm	375,974	330,027	13.92
42	Banca Intesa Milan	374,010	327,082	14.35
43	Resona Holdings Inc. Osaka	368,542	358,441	2.82
44	UniCredit Milan	362,102	300,904	20.34
45	MetLife New York	356,808	326,834	9.17
46	Royal Bank of Canada Toronto	346,532	305,011	13.61
47	West LB Dusseldorf	344,955	321,766	7.21
48	Group Banques Populaires Paris	341,057	325,627	4.74
49	KBC Bank** Brussels	339,463	284,904	19.15
50	Eurohypo AG Frankfurt	309,082	285,320	8.33
51	Washington Mutual Inc. Seattle	307,918	275,178	11.90
52	San Paolo IMI Turin, Italy	287,601	254,200	13.14
53	National Australia Bank Ltd. Melbourne	282,299	269,938	4.58
54	Nord/LB Hanover, Germany	276,159	242,479	13.89
55	Depfa Bank PLC Dublin	259,806	237,358	9.46
56	Shinkin Central Bank Tokyo	259,265	227,893	13.77
57	Toronto-Dominion Bank	250,283	207,086	20.86
58	Skandinaviska Ensklda Banken Stockholm	240,577	176,739	36.12
59	Commonwealth Bank Australia Sydney	230,125	178,291	29.07
60	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Toronto	224,450	209,001	7.39
61	HSH Nordbank Hamburg	222,970	147,253	51.42
62	Bank of Nova Scotia Toronto	222,926	216,005	3.2
63	Bank of Montreal	212,861	194,350	9.52
64	Commonwealth Bank Group Sydney	200,452	168,133	19.22
65	Credit Industriel et Commercial de Paris	197,087	195,679	0.72
66	U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis	195,104	189,286	3.07
67	Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Melbourne	194,306	132,443	46.71
68	American Express Co. New York	192,638	175,000	10.08
69	Svenska Handelsbanken Stockholm	187,496	175,090	7.09
70	Bankingesellschaft Berlin Group	180,881	192,481	-6.03
71	Capitalia Groupo Bancario Rome	180,852	175,166	3.25
72	Kookmin Bank Seoul	176,577	156,610	12.75
73	Banca Monte dei Paschi Siena, Italy	176,202	155,329	13.44
74	Erste Bank Vienna	175,818	161,452	8.9
75	Natexis Banque Populaire Paris	171,882	170,954	0.54
76	Nyredit Group Copenhagen	171,720	139,772	22.86
77	Westpac Banking Corp. Sydney	171,214	150,082	14.08
78	Capitalia Spa Rome	165,440	161,448	2.47
79	BHW Holding AG Hamlin, Germany	161,811	144,574	11.92
80	SunTrust Banks Inc. Atlanta	158,870	125,393	26.7
81	Foreningssparbanken AB Stockholm	154,274	139,234	10.8
82	Caixa Barcelona, Spain	154,068	146,637	5.07
83	Bank of Ireland Dublin	153,701	97,461	57.7
84	Sumitomo Trust and Banking Osaka	144,455	144,107	0.24
85	State Bank of India Ltd. Bombay	143,658	104,795	37.08
86	Shinhan Financial Group Seoul	141,880	113,825	24.65
87	National City Corp. Cleveland	139,280	113,933	22.25
88	Allied Irish Banks PLC Dublin	139,254	101,617	37.04
89	Old Mutual PLC London	131,984	101,943	29.47
90	Standard Chartered PLC London	131,890	120,011	9.9
91	Countrywide Financial Corp. Calabasas, Calif.	128,495	97,950	31.18
92	DNB Holding ASA Oslo	118,325	105,781	11.86
93	Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. Tokyo	117,819	102,627	14.8
94	Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Pietdad Madrid	117,588	96,328	22.07
95	Shoko Chukin Bank Tokyo	115,070	119,592	-3.78
96	Standard Bank Group Corp. Johannesburg	109,339	80,728	35.44
97	DBS Group Holdings Ltd. Singapore	107,451	93,914	14.41
98	Golden West Financial Oakland, Calif.	106,816	82,550	29.4
99	Woori Financial Holdings Co. Seoul	104,830	102,696	2.08
100	BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.	102,246	98,092	4.23

Note: Currency conversions based on exchange rates on Dec. 31, 2004, or at end of of latest fiscal year.

*Abbey National was acquired by Banco Santander on Nov. 12, 2004.

**Almanik NV and KBC merged March 5, 2005, to form KBC group.

Sources: Thomson Analytics, annual reports, and American Banker research.