The Highest and Lowest BIS Capital Ratios Among the World's Top 200

+++ Top 200 banks in assets listed in order of total capital as a percentage of risk-weighted assets on Dec. 31, 1994, or latest fiscal yearend part 1 of 2 Tot.Cap. Ratio Rank Asset Dec-94 15 HIGHEST RATIOS Rank 1 Republic New York Corp., U.S. 145 2 Development Bank of Singapore Ltd., Singapore 187 3 Caixa Geral de Depositos, Lisbon, Portugal 148 4 Bankers Trust New York Corp., U.S. 71 5 HSBC Holdings, Plc., London, United Kingdom 18 6 J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc., New York, U.S. 48 7 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Stockholm, Sweden 116 8 Standard Chartered Bank, London, United Kingdom 126 9 Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. 129 10 Boatmen's Bancschares, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., U.S. 199 11 Westpac Banking Corp., Sydney, Australia 106 12 Svenska Handelsbanken, Stockholm, Sweden 120 13 Nordbanken, Stockholm, Sweden 133 14 Unidanmark, Copenhagen, Denmark 160 15 Bank of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan 121 Dec-94 15 LOWEST RATIOS Rank 177 Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Taipei, Taiwan 113 176 Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Rome, Italy 67 175 Banco di Napoli, Naples, Italy 103 174 Credit Lyonnais, Paris, France 16 173 Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Ltd., Sapporo, Japan 57 172 Sumitomo Bank Ltd., Osaka, Japan 4 170 Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, Duesseldorf, Germany 30 171 Compagnie Financiere de CIC et de L'Union Europeenne, Paris 69 169 Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Ltd., Tokyo, Japan 10 168 Fukuoka City Bank, Ltd., Japan 189 167 Sudwestdeutsche Landesbank, Stuttgart, Germany (c) 62 166 Banca di Roma, Rome, Italy 64 165 Hiroshima Bank, Ltd., Japan 93 164 Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd., Tokyo, Japan 2 163 Shiga Bank, Ltd., Otsu, Japan 155 part 2 of 2 Tot.Cap. BIS BIS Ratio Capital Capital Rank Ratio Ratio Dec-94 15 HIGHEST RATIOS Dec-94 Dec-93 1 Republic New York Corp., U.S. 27.49 26.2 2 Development Bank of Singapore Ltd., Singapore 22.2 17.6 3 Caixa Geral de Depositos, Lisbon, Portugal 15 15.4 4 Bankers Trust New York Corp., U.S. 14.77 14.46 5 HSBC Holdings, Plc., London, United Kingdom 14.4 13.2 6 J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc., New York, U.S. 14.2 13 7 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Stockholm, Swede 14.2 13 8 Standard Chartered Bank, London, United Kingdom 14.2 13 9 Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Providence, Rhode 14.2 16.6 10 Boatmen's Bancschares, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., U. 13.83 14.42 11 Westpac Banking Corp., Sydney, Australia 13.8 12.3 12 Svenska Handelsbanken, Stockholm, Sweden 13.7 12.9 13 Nordbanken, Stockholm, Sweden 13.7 9.7 14 Unidanmark, Copenhagen, Denmark 13.7 11.8 15 Bank of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan 13.64 12.2 Dec-94 15 LOWEST RATIOS Dec-94 Dec-93 177 Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Taipei, Taiwan 5.04 4.38 176 Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Rome, Italy 7.8 8.89 175 Banco di Napoli, Naples, Italy 7.92 9.25 174 Credit Lyonnais, Paris, France 8.3 8.3 173 Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Ltd., Sapporo, Japan 8.44 9.2 172 Sumitomo Bank Ltd., Osaka, Japan 8.48 9.89 170 Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, Duesseldo 8.5 8.5 171 Compagnie Financiere de CIC et de L'Union Europ 8.5 8.44 169 Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Ltd., Tokyo, Jap 8.51 9.46 168 Fukuoka City Bank, Ltd., Japan 8.54 8.71 167 Sudwestdeutsche Landesbank, Stuttgart, Germany 8.59 9.5 166 Banca di Roma, Rome, Italy 8.62 9.18 165 Hiroshima Bank, Ltd., Japan 8.64 8.91 164 Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd., Tokyo, Japan 8.67 9.4 163 Shiga Bank, Ltd., Otsu, Japan 8.68 9.28 ===

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