World's Top Banking Companies by Assets

Published July 12, 2002, 10:08 a.m. EDT

Updated January 02, 1970, 9:08 a.m. EST

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World's Top Banking Companies by Assets

World's Top Banking Companies by Assets
As of Dec. 31, 2001, or end of latest fiscal year. Dollars in millions* Published July 12, 2002
		Assets	Year earlier	Change
1	Mizuho Holdings** Tokyo	$1,281,389	NA	NA
2	Citigroup Inc. New York	1,051,450	902,209	16.54%
3	Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Tokyo	924,146	515,237	79.4
4	Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Tokyo	854,749	869,852	-1.7
5	Deutsche Bank Frankfurt	815,126	872,626	-7.05
6	Allianz AG Munich	805,433	382,106	110.79
7	UBS AG Zurich	753,833	673,705	11.89
8	BNP Paribas Paris	734,833	652,410	12.63
9	HSBC Holdings PLC London	694,590	672,910	3.22
10	J.P. Morgan & Chase Co. New York	693,575	715,347	-3.14
11	Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbanken AG Munich	638,544	653,861	-2.4
12	ING Group NV Amsterdam	628,590	612,832	2.57
13	Bank of America Corp. Charlotte, N.C.	621,764	642,190	-3.29
14	Credit Suisse Group Zurich	608,781	612,097	-0.55
15	UFJ Holdings*** Osaka, Japan	601,000	NA	NA
16	Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC Edinburgh	536,799	477,618	12.39
17	ABN Amro Holding NV Amsterdam	531,695	509,732	4.31
18	Barclays PLC London	519,130	471,918	10
19	Norinchukin Bank Tokyo	476,538	498,437	-4.6
20	Societe Generale Paris	456,899	429,597	6.35
21	HBOS PLC Edinburgh	454,540	400,944	13.37
22	Commerzbank Frankfurt	444,454	428,750	3.66
23	Credit Agricole SA Paris	441,124	503,811	-14.21
24	Axa Paris	432,481	446,890	-3.33
25	Fortis Utrecht Netherlands	428,471	410,582	4.36
26	Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale Dusseldorf, Germany	372,200	385,639	-3.48
27	Lloyds TSB Group PLC London	344,273	325,304	5.83
28	Wachovia Charlotte, N.C.	330,452	254,169	30.01
29	Rabobank Group Utrecht, Netherlands	324,154	323,225	0.29
30	Dexia Brussels	313,144	242,865	28.94
31	Abbey National PLC London	312,759	305,017	2.54
32	Santander Central Hispano SA Madrid	312,119	322,133	-3.21
33	Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco	307,569	272,425	12.9
34	Bayerische Landesbank Girozentrale Munich	287,385	284,129	1.15
35	BBV Argenteria Bilbao, Spain	271,813	275,920	-1.51
36	Bank One Corp Chicago	268,954	269,299	-0.13
37	Washington Mutual Seattle	242,506	194,715	24.54
38	Almanij NV Antwerp, Belgium	231,171	205,028	12.75
39	Royal Bank of Canada Toronto	225,403	189,676	18.84
40	Nordea Bank AB Stockholm	215,285	211,559	1.76
41	Intesa Milan, Italy	211,471	234,827	2
42	FleetBoston Financial Corp. Boston	203,638	179,518	13.44
43	KBC Bank and Insurance Holding Co. NV Brussels	203,333	176,837	14.98
44	UniCredito Italiano SpA Milan, Italy	194,269	195,379	1.1
45	National Australia Bank Ltd. Melbourne	183,501	185,820	-1.26
46	Toronto-Dominion Bank Toronto	181,145	173,637	4.32
47	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Toronto	180,550	175,887	2.65
48	Credit Lyonnais SA Paris	180,411	176,725	2.08
49	Bank of Nova Scotia Halifax, Canada	178,479	165,734	7.69
50	Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale Hanover, Germany	177,072	175,541	0.87
51	U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis	$171,390	$87,335	96.24%
52	Danske Bank SA Copenhagen	169,197	161,892	4.51
53	Bankgesellschaft Berlin AG Berlin	167,509	192,508	-14.92
54	Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG Wiesbaden, Germany	161,069	146,853	9.68
55	American Express Co. New York	151,100	154,323	-2.2
56	Bank of Montreal	150,421	153,208	-1.85
57	San Paolo Imi SpA Turin, Italy	150,044	161,014	-7.31
58	Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co. Tokyo	139,840	148,341	-6.08
59	Credit Industriel et Commercial Paris	132,420	135,114	-2.04
60	Daiwa Bank Holdings Inc. Osaka, Japan	122,873	145,532	-15.57
61	Kookmin Bank**** Seoul, South Korea	119,619	108,190	10.56
62	Banca di Roma SpA	117,751	126,864	-7.74
63	Commonwealth Bank of Australia Sydney	117,261	129,338	-10.3
64	SHB AB Stockholm	112,472	108,463	3.7
65	Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken Stockholm	111,219	119,354	-7.31
66	Chuo Mitsui Trust Tokyo	109,937	144,989	-24.18
67	BHW Holding AG Hamlin, Germany	109,471	116,545	-6.46
68	Standard Chartered PLC London	107,347	102,356	4.87
69	National City Corp. Cleveland	105,817	88,534	19.52
70	SunTrust Bank Inc. Atlanta	104,741	103,495	1.2
71	Banca Monte dei Paschi de Siena SpA Siena, Italy	103,635	102,053	1.55
72	Westpac Banking Corp. Sydney	93,073	90,800	2.5
73	Forenigssparbanken AB Stockholm	91,863	98,777	-7.53
74	Societe Centrale des Assurances Generale Paris	91,656	91,812	-0.17
75	Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Melbourne	91,151	93,578	-2.66
76	Household International Inc. Prospect Heights, Ill.	89,416	76,705	16.57
77	Bank of Yokohama Ltd. Japan	83,904	102,535	-22.21
78	Hamburgishce LandsBank Hamburg, Germany	82,608	80,304	2.87
79	DBS Group Holdings Ltd. Singapore	81,914	64,888	26.24
80	Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA Rome	81,104	86,166	-5.88
81	Bank of New York	81,028	77,113	5.08
82	KeyCorp Cleveland	80,938	87,269	-7.82
83	Allied Irish Banks PLC Dublin	79,017	74,903	5.49
84	Erste Bank AG Vienna	76,344	66,800	14.29
85	Banco do Brasil SA Plano Piloto	71,449	70,955	0.7
86	Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati	71,026	45,856	54.89
87	BB&T Corp. Winston-Salem, N.C.	70,870	59,339	19.43
88	State Street Corp. Boston	69,896	69,297	0.86
89	PNC Financial Services Corp. Pittsburgh	69,568	69,843	-0.4
90	Rheinsche Hypothekenbank Frankfurt	69,255	67,092	3.22
91	Bank of Ireland Dublin	69,227	64,977	6.54
92	HVB Real Estate Munich	67,962	27,758	144.83
93	State Bank of India Bombay	67,579	59,988	12.65
94	Shizoka Bank Ltd. Shizuoka, Japan	65,656	75,623	-15.18
95	Old Mutual PLC London	64,131	68,814	-7.3
96	Eurohypo AG Frankfurt	64,044	68,174	-6.45
97	Chiba Bank Ltd. Chiba, Japan	62,171	74,095	-19.18
98	United Overseas Bank Ltd. Singapore	61,348	38,248	60.39
99	Hang Seng Bank Ltd. Hong Kong	60,873	64,203	-5.47
100	Alliance and Leicester PLC Leicester, U.K.	57,462	51,814	10.9

*Rates at end of fiscal years used in currency conversions.
**Created by merger of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Fuji Bank, Industrial Bank of Japan.
*** Created by merger of Sanwa Bank, Tokai Bank, Toyo Trust and Banking.
****Pro forma numbers for 2001.
Sources: Worldscope Thomson Analytics and annual reports
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