World's Top 25 Banks

Strongest Tier One capital ($ million)
1 Citigroup USA 54,498
2 Mizuho Financial Group Japan 50,502
3 Bank of America Corp USA 40,667
4 JP Morgan Chase & Co USA 37,581
5 HSBC Holdings UK 34,620
6 Credit Agricole Groupe France 26,383
7 Ind. & Comm. Bank of China China 22,792
8 Deutsche Bank Germany 20,076
9 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Japan 20,050
10 Sakura Bank Japan 20,035
11 Bank One Corp USA 19,824
12 HypoVereinsbank Germany 19,806
13 UBS Switzerland 19,488
14 BNP Paribas France 18,889
15 Sumitomo Bank Japan 18,124
16 Royal Bank of Scotland UK 18,011
17 ABN Amro Bank Netherlands 17,689
18 Bank of China China 17,086
19 Credit Suisse Group Switzerland 16,566
20 Wells Fargo & Co USA 16,096
21 Agricultural Bank of China China 15,971
22 Sanwa Bank Japan 15,963
23 Barclays Bank UK 15,737
24 ING Bank Netherlands 14,702
25 FleetBoston Financial Corp USA 14,334
Source: The Banker
 
 
Top 25 by market capitalisation
June 15, 2001 ($ million)
1 Citigroup USA 255,199.77
2 HSBC Holdings UK 112,470.38
3 Bank of America USA 95,725.17
4 JP Morgan Chase USA 88,381.51
5 Wells Fargo USA 74,671.45
6 Royal Bank of Scotland UK 63,024.78
7 UBS Switzerland 60,435.65
8 Lloyds TSB Group UK 54,588.33
9 Credit Suisse Group Switzerland 52,332.32
10 Barclays Bank UK 50,351.13
11 Mitsubishi Tokyo Bank Japan 46,736.12
12 Deutsche Bank Germany 45,730.21
13 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp Japan 42,729.01
14 Bank One USA 42,676.25
15 B. Bilbao Vizcaya Argent. Spain 42,529.20
16 US Bancorp USA 42,495.14
17 BSCH Spain 41,987.13
18 FleetBoston Financial Corp USA 41,557.68
19 BNP Paribas France 38,081.28
20 Mizuho Financial Group Japan 37,847.18
21 Bank of New York USA 37,586.19
22 Fifth Third Bancorp USA 34,208.08
23 First Union Corp USA 33,012.39
24 National Australia Bank Australia 27,276.58
25 ABN Amro Bank Netherlands 26,942.21
Source: loomberg