Pro Forma Ranking of the Top 25 World Banks

+++ Based on total assets adjusted for mergers completed after yearend or latest fiscal yearend (dollar amounts in millions)

1995 Rank Assets 12/31/95

1 Bank of Tokyo/Mitsubishi Ltd., Tokyo, Japan (a) 711,300

2 Deutsche Bank, AG, Frankfurt, Germany 502,279

3 Sanwa Bank Ltd., Osaka, Japan 500,026

4 Sumitomo Bank Ltd., Osaka, Japan 498,917

5 Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd., Tokyo, Japan 497,612

6 Fuji Bank, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan 486,351

7 Sakura Bank, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan 477,079

8 Norinchukin Bank, Tokyo, Japan 428,644

9 Credit Agricole Mutuel, Paris, France 384,340

10 HSBC Holdings, Plc., London, United Kingdom 351,568

11 ABN-AMRO Bank, N.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands 339,393

12 Credit Lyonnais, Paris, France 337,595

13 Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan 337,576

14 Union Bank of Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland 335,303

15 Dresdner Bank, Frankfurt, Germany 332,148

16 Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp., Tokyo, Japan 330,076

17 Societe Generale, Paris, France 324,776

18 Banque Nationale de Paris, France 323,526

19 Chase Manhattan Corp., New York (b) 302,203

20 Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan 299,209

21 Tokai Bank Ltd., Nagoya, Japan 297,705

22 Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Ltd., Tokyo, Japan 297,430

23 Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, Duesseldorf, Ge 290,648

24 Mitsui Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan 283,711

25 Commerzbank, Frankfurt, Germany 280,743

Compiled by American Banker, 1996. ===

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