World's Largest Banking Companies by Assets

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World's Largest Banking Companies by Assets
As of Dec. 31, 2005, or latest fiscal year. Dollars in millions Published November 9, 2006
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.