World's Largest Banking Companies by Assets
November 09, 2006, 10:08 a.m. EST 1 Min Read
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World's Largest Banking Companies by Assets
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Rank | 2005 | 2004 | Change | |
1 | Barclays PLC London | $1,587,061 | $1,000,323 | 58.70% |
2 | UBS AG Zurich | 1,562,254 | 1,520,140 | 2.8 |
3 | HSBC Holdings PLC London | 1,499,302 | 1,274,557 | 17.6 |
4 | Citigroup Inc. New York | 1,493,987 | 1,484,101 | 0.7 |
5 | BNP Paribas Paris | 1,485,919 | 1,230,071 | 20.8 |
6 | ING Group Amsterdam | 1,372,780 | 1,025,730 | 33.8 |
7 | Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC Edinburgh | 1,334,752 | 1,117,923 | 19.4 |
8 | Mizuho Financial Group Tokyo | 1,325,227 | 1,310,985 | 1.1 |
9 | Bank of America Corp. Charlotte | 1,291,795 | 1,110,457 | 16.3 |
10 | Credit Agricole SA Paris | 1,246,971 | 1,107,272 | 12.6 |
11 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. New York | 1,198,942 | 1,157,248 | 3.6 |
12 | Allianz AG1 Munich | 1,181,940 | 1,172,982 | 0.8 |
13 | Deutsche Bank Frankfurt | 1,167,800 | 1,137,284 | 2.7 |
14 | ABN Amro Amsterdam | 1,037,967 | 825,388 | 25.8 |
15 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group2 Tokyo | 1,024,438 | 1,017,963 | 0.6 |
16 | Credit Suisse Group Zurich | 1,012,236 | 953,967 | 6.1 |
17 | Societe Generale Paris | 1,001,872 | 816,735 | 22.7 |
18 | Banco Santander Central Hispano SA Spain | 945,857 | 774,462 | 22.1 |
19 | Hbos PLC Edinburgh | 929,333 | 850,287 | 9.3 |
20 | Unicredito Italiano Spa3 Milan | 922,791 | 884,595 | 4.3 |
21 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Tokyo | 915,587 | 930,161 | -1.6 |
22 | Morgan Stanley New York | 898,523 | 747,334 | 20.2 |
23 | Fortis NV Utrecht, Netherlands | 859,921 | 774,557 | 11 |
24 | Industrial and Commerical Bank of China Beijing | 799,745 | 703,773 | 13.6 |
25 | Groupe Caisse dEpargne Paris | 700,875 | 643,303 | 8.9 |
26 | Merrill Lynch New York | 681,015 | 628,098 | 8.4 |
27 | Dexia Brussels | 600,993 | 528,074 | 13.8 |
28 | Rabobank Utrecht, Netherlands | 599,609 | 572,769 | 4.7 |
29 | Agricultural Bank of China Beijing | 591,190 | 433,635 | 36.3 |
30 | Bank of China Ltd. Beijing | 587,352 | 530,009 | 10.8 |
31 | Norinchukin Bank Tokyo | 578,229 | 594,314 | -2.7 |
32 | China Construction Bank Beijing | 568,232 | 484,672 | 17.2 |
33 | Lloyds TSB Group PLC London | 532,222 | 537,271 | -0.9 |
34 | Wachovia Corp. Charlotte | 520,755 | 493,324 | 5.6 |
35 | Commerzbank AG Frankfurt | 519,766 | 570,418 | -8.9 |
36 | Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco | 481,741 | 427,849 | 12.6 |
37 | MetLife New York | 481,645 | 356,808 | 35 |
38 | BBV Argentaria SA Spain | 456,527 | 416,209 | 9.7 |
39 | Royal Bank of Canada Toronto | 397,517 | 351,231 | 13.2 |
40 | Danske Bank Copenhagen | 385,156 | 340,722 | 13 |
41 | KBC Groupe SA4 Brussels | 384,545 | 338,757 | 13.5 |
42 | Nordea Bank AB Stockholm | 384,393 | 373,940 | 2.8 |
43 | Resona Holdings Inc. Osaka | 368,701 | 382,457 | -3.6 |
44 | Washington Mutual Inc. Seattle | 343,839 | 307,918 | 11.7 |
45 | Group Banques Populaires Paris | 340,582 | 341,112 | -0.2 |
46 | Banca Intesa Milan | 321,641 | 371,306 | -13.4 |
47 | National Australia Bank Ltd. Melbourne | 318,886 | 296,938 | 7.4 |
48 | West LB Dusseldorf | 312,013 | 291,283 | 7.1 |
49 | Toronto-Dominion Bank Toronto | 309,585 | 254,781 | 21.5 |
50 | San Paolo IMI Turin, Italy | 309,122 | 284,924 | 8.5 |
51 | Eurohypo AG Frankfurt | 276,613 | 307,887 | -10.2 |
52 | Depfa Bank AGC Dublin | 270,186 | 258,808 | 4.4 |
53 | Bank of Nova Scotia Halifax | 265,476 | 228,044 | 16.4 |
54 | Bank of Montreal | 252,575 | 217,416 | 16.2 |
55 | Shinkin Central Bank Tokyo | 250,004 | 261,448 | -4.4 |
56 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia Sydney | 249,914 | 212,764 | 17.5 |
57 | Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken Stockholm | 237,350 | 239,274 | -0.8 |
58 | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Toronto | 237,155 | 227,526 | 4.2 |
59 | Credit Industriel et Commercial Paris | 231,218 | 232,414 | -0.5 |
60 | Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Melbourne | 222,616 | 186,801 | 19.2 |
61 | HSH Nordbank Hamburg | 218,158 | 188,278 | 15.9 |
62 | Standard Chartered PLC London | 214,598 | 141,450 | 51.7 |
63 | La Caixa Barcelona, Spain | 212,754 | 130,093 | 63.5 |
64 | U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis | 209,465 | 195,104 | 7.4 |
65 | Svenska Handelsbanken AB Stockholm | 198,642 | 203,012 | -2.2 |
66 | Natexis Banque Populaire Paris | 198,429 | 188,916 | 5 |
67 | Westpac Banking Corp. Sydney | 197,414 | 176,914 | 11.6 |
68 | Banca Monte DEI Paschi Siena, Italy | 180,706 | 174,876 | 3.3 |
69 | Erste Bank AG Vienna | 180,160 | 189,458 | -4.9 |
70 | Kookmin Bank Seoul | 179,973 | 176,119 | 2.2 |
71 | SunTrust Banks Inc. Atlanta | 179,713 | 158,870 | 13.1 |
72 | Bank of Communications Co. Ltd.5 Shanghai | 176,274 | 137,791 | 27.9 |
73 | Countrywide Financial Corp. Calabasas, Calif. | 175,085 | 128,496 | 36.3 |
74 | Bankingesellschaft Berlin Group | 169,922 | 178,848 | -5 |
75 | Deutsche Postbank AG Bonn | 165,302 | 173,562 | -4.8 |
76 | Bank of Ireland PLC Dublin | 163,814 | 130,791 | 25.2 |
77 | DNB Nor ASA Oslo | 160,030 | 117,560 | 36.1 |
78 | Shinhan Financial Group Seoul | 158,670 | 141,623 | 12 |
79 | Allied Irish Banks PLC Dublin | 157,164 | 138,695 | 13.3 |
80 | Capitalia Spa Rome | 155,866 | 178,276 | -12.6 |
81 | Foreningssparbanken AB Stockholm | 150,475 | 153,559 | -2 |
82 | Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co. Ltd. Osaka | 147,676 | 146,310 | 0.9 |
83 | State Bank of India Ltd. Bombay | 143,689 | 126,782 | 13.3 |
84 | National City Corp. Cleveland | 142,397 | 139,280 | 2.2 |
85 | Northern Rock PLC New Castle, United Kingdom | 142,012 | 82,153 | 72.9 |
86 | Nyredit Group Copenhagen | 140,736 | 145,002 | -2.9 |
87 | Caja Madrid | 131,288 | 99,292 | 32.2 |
88 | Woori Financial Holdings Inc. Seoul | 127,979 | 110,315 | 16 |
89 | Golden West Financial Oakland | 124,615 | 106,889 | 16.6 |
90 | Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. Tokyo | 123,112 | 119,893 | 2.7 |
91 | Standard Bank Group Corp. London | 119,141 | 109,169 | 9.1 |
92 | American Express Co. New York | 113,960 | 194,216 | -41.3 |
93 | BB&T Corp. Winston-Salem, N.C. | 109,170 | 100,509 | 8.6 |
94 | DBS Group Holdings Ltd. Singapore | 108,330 | 107,481 | 0.8 |
95 | Banco Brasil SA Brasilla | 108,203 | 89,990 | 20.2 |
96 | Shoko Chukin Bank Tokyo | 107,363 | 114,556 | -6.3 |
97 | BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd. | 106,026 | 102,509 | 3.4 |
98 | Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati | 105,225 | 94,456 | 11.4 |
99 | Banca Nazionale Lavoro Spa Rome | 104,171 | 106,168 | -1.9 |
100 | Banco Espanol De Credito Madrid | 103,293 | 90,056 | 14.7 |
101 | Bank of New York Co. Inc. | 102,074 | 94,529 | 8 |
102 | Desjardins Group Montreal | 101,389 | 100,341 | 1 |
103 | Alliance and Leicester PLC Leicester, United Kingdom | 101,343 | 95,931 | 5.6 |
104 | John Hancock Holdings Wilmington, Del. | 101,335 | 101,649 | -0.3 |
105 | Bank of Yokohama Ltd. Japan | 99,284 | 101,760 | -2.4 |
106 | State Street Corp. Boston | 97,996 | 94,047 | 4.2 |
107 | Hana Financial Group Seoul | 94,760 | 83,691 | 13.2 |
108 | KeyCorp Cleveland | 93,126 | 90,739 | 2.6 |
109 | PNC Financial Services Group Inc. Pittsburgh | 91,954 | 79,723 | 15.3 |
110 | National Bank of Canada Montreal | 91,224 | 72,542 | 25.8 |
111 | Banco Popular Espanol SA Madrid | 91,116 | 84,979 | 7.2 |
112 | China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd. Shenzhen, China | 90,765 | 70,655 | 28.5 |
113 | Banco Comercial Portugues Porto, Portugal | 90,039 | 97,425 | -7.6 |
114 | Banco Bradesco SA Osasco, Brazil | 89,258 | 69,626 | 28.2 |
115 | Capitol One Financial Corp. McLean, Va. | 88,701 | 53,747 | 65 |
116 | Sberbank Moscow | 87,314 | 67,706 | 29 |
117 | Caixa Geral de Depositos Lisbon | 87,231 | 80,427 | 8.5 |
118 | United Overseas Bank Ltd. Singapore | 87,195 | 82,583 | 5.6 |
119 | Hokuhoku Financial Group Inc. Toyama, Japan | 86,529 | 52,855 | 63.7 |
120 | Regions Financial Corp. Birmingham, Ala. | 84,786 | 84,106 | 0.8 |
121 | Schweizer Verband der Raiffeisdenbanken St. Gallen, Switzerland | 82,315 | 93,787 | -12.2 |
122 | Banche Popolari Unite Bergamo, Italy | 80,911 | 86,483 | -6.4 |
123 | Chiba Bank Ltd. Chiba, Japan | 80,734 | 78,382 | 3 |
124 | Shinsei Bank Ltd. Tokyo | 79,787 | 60,757 | 31.3 |
125 | Overseas Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. Singapore | 78,909 | 73,409 | 7.5 |
126 | PSK Group Vienna, Austria | 78,859 | 76,655 | 2.9 |
127 | The Shizuoka Bank Ltd. Shizuoka, Japan | 78,454 | 77,895 | 0.7 |
128 | Hang Seng Bank Ltd. Hong Kong | 74,908 | 70,582 | 6.1 |
129 | National Bank of Greece SA Athens | 71,169 | 71,870 | -1 |
130 | Banca Popolare di Verona Novara Verona, Italy | 70,230 | 72,176 | -2.7 |
131 | Bradford and Bingley PLC Bingley, United Kingdom | 70,124 | 68,075 | 3 |
132 | Firstrand B1 Preference Ltd. Sandton, South Africa | 69,475 | 68,226 | 1.8 |
133 | China Minsheng Banking Beijing | 69,027 | 53,743 | 28.4 |
134 | Bank of Fukuoka Ltd. Fukuoka, Japan | 68,440 | 67,701 | 1.1 |
135 | Joyo Bank Ltd. Mito, Japan | 68,292 | 67,330 | 1.4 |
136 | Espirito Santo Financial Luxemboug | 66,957 | 68,657 | -2.5 |
137 | Korea Exchange Bank Seoul | 65,644 | 60,787 | 8 |
138 | Sapporo Hokuyo Holdings Sapporo, Japan | 65,069 | 64,582 | 0.8 |
139 | Banco Itau Holding Financiera SA Sao Paulo, Brazil | 64,689 | 49,073 | 31.8 |
140 | Osterreichische Volksbanken AG Vienna | 64,660 | 32,294 | 100.2 |
141 | Sovereign Bancorp Philadelphia | 63,464 | 54,471 | 16.5 |
142 | Nishi-Nippon City Bank Ltd. Fukuoka, Japan | 61,840 | 36,428 | 69.8 |
143 | MBNA Corp. Wilmington, Del. | 61,714 | 59,126 | 4.4 |
144 | Banco de Sabadell SA Savadell, Spain | 60,943 | 57,183 | 6.6 |
145 | Taiwan Cooperative Bank Taipei | 59,944 | 64,007 | -6.3 |
146 | Banco Espirito Santo SA Lisbon, Portugal | 59,314 | 62,378 | -4.9 |
147 | Bank Hapoalim BM Tel-Aviv | 59,252 | 60,551 | -2.1 |
148 | Saint George Bank Ltd. Logarah, Australia | 59,114 | 50,613 | 16.8 |
149 | Bank Leumi le-Israel Tel-Aviv | 59,006 | 58,901 | 0.2 |
150 | Anglo Irish Bank Corp. PLC Dublin | 57,964 | 42,610 | 36 |
Note: Currency conversions based on exchange rates on Dec. 31, 2005, or at end of of latest fiscal year.
1 Owns Dresdner bank
2 Oct. 2005 merger of Mitsubishi and UFJ
3 Merged with UniCredit
4 Formally Almanij
5 20% owned by HSBC
Sources: Thomson Analytics, annual reports, and American Banker research.
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