2008 edition: The world’s largest banks
The world’s largest 250 banks, ranked by shareholder equity. Annual guide to the leading banks across the globe by market capitalization, plus other key statistics, including the largest banks in every region.
The atlas includes the largest banks country-by-country (approx. 1000 banks) and a list of the top 250 global financial groups by assets for 2006 and 2007. The lists includes banks as well as Building Societies. Both lists provide the bank name, the country, the rating information if available and 10 common ratios based on 2-year public information. Data for the atlas is provided by Moody's. The 2008 bank atlas utilises the most recent data available and the date refers to the published date rather than to the date of the data. Please see associated methodologies.
Part one: Americas
The Largest banks in the Americas: Americas banking atlas 2008
Recessionary headwinds impair credit outlook for US banks; banks in Canada and Latin America are so far relatively unscathed, by Jeanne Del Casino, senior credit officer – Latin American banks, Moody's Investors Service.
Methodology List of included countries
For premium subscribers only: Full results of the 2008 Americas Bank atlas
Part two: EMEA
Trends in EMEA Banking
Banking markets across the EMEA region have all been affected by the ongoing credit market crisis over the last year. The environment is likely to remain very challenging for some considerable time, and the outlook for the region’s banking systems is generally negative. The extent and nature of this however differs significantly across economies and markets, and even within markets. In these conditions it is particularly important to accurately assess the credit risk of given markets and individual banks within those markets, and correctly identify where the risks lie and to assess their severity. By Henry MacNevin, SVP, Senior analyst – EMEA banking group, Moody's.
Methodology List of included countries
For premium subscribers only: Full results of the 2008 EMEA Bank atlas poll
Part three: Asia
Precautionary measures should help Asian banks weather stormy markets
As the global economic recession intensifies, banks in Asia are well-positioned to weather increasingly negative credit trends. By Richard Lung, Vice president and senior analyst at Moody’s.
Methodology List of included countries
For premium subscribers only: Full results of the 2008 Asian bank atlas
Part four: Global
Methodology
For premium subscribers only: World's largest banks: Global and regional data
2008 Global ranking by Shareholder equity ($m)
| Rank |
Entity |
Score |
| 1 |
Bank Of America Corporation |
146803 ($m) |
| 2 |
HSBC Holdings Plc |
128160 ($m) |
| 3 |
JP Morgan Chase & Co. |
123221 ($m) |
| 4 |
Citigroup Inc |
113598 ($m) |
| 5 |
Intesa Sanpaolo (a) |
107533 ($m) |
| 6 |
Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc |
105700 ($m) |
| 7 |
Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc |
88362 ($m) |
| 8 |
Unicredito Italiano Spa |
84881 ($m) |
| 9 |
Banco Santander SA (Spain) |
84637 ($m) |
| 10 |
BNP Paribas |
80944 ($m) |
The top 250 banks are scored and ranked. The above are the top ten published in the 2008 atlas, ranked by shareholder equity.
World's largest banks - Global bank rankings: Top 250 by shareholder equity
Further breakdowns:
Subscribers may interrogate the Full Results and drill down the results of the rankings. Banks are ranked by:
- Shareholder equity ($m) - World's largest bank by shareholder equity
- Total assets ($m) - World's largest bank by assets
- Net income ($m)- World's largest bank by net income
- RoE, period end (%)- World's largest bank by RoE
- RoA, period end (%)- World's largest bank by RoA
- Loans as a percent of deposits - World's largest bank by loans as a percent of deposits
- Tier 1 capital ratio - World's largest bank by tier 1 capital ratio
Plus breakdowns by regions:
Africa, Australasia, Caribbean, Central and eastern Europe, Central Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Nordic and Baltic, North America, Northern Asia, South-East Asia, Southern Asia, Western Europe.
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June 2008
Prospects for the world’s top banks once again vary from region to region, though they remain unambiguously interconnected.
July 2006
High borrowing levels and possible interest rate rises could threaten profitability in the US and Europe, while Asian and Latin American banking systems become increasingly sophisticated, say analysts from Moody’s Investors Service.
July 2005
The annual guide to the leading banks across the globe by market capitalization, plus all the other key statistics you need, including the largest banks in every region.
June 2004
The promised crisis never came and instead last year turned out to be a good one for most banks. This year is set to be even better as banking becomes structurally ever safer, though it will never be entirely risk free.
June 2003
June 2002
Deutsche and HypoVereinsbank are the biggest risers in the latest bank rankings by shareholders' equity. Fewer mergers make the size rankings stable. Unfortunately banks' earnings have been anything but.
June 2001
Mergers drive many of the changes in the annual rankings of banks by shareholders’ equity. American and Japanese groups retain the top spots. But European banks have the market capitalizations to grow further through acquisition. By Andrew Newby, data from Moody’s.
June 2000
Consolidation continues to shake up the tables as
restructuring sweeps both developed and developing nations alike. Research by Andrew Newby.
June 1999
Our annual Bank Atlas, produced in conjunction with Fitch IBCA, shows the impact of bank consolidation. Bank of America is now the world's biggest bank by shareholder equity.
June 1998
The Annual Euromoney/Fitch IBCA ranking of the World's leading banks by shareholders' equity shows the big Japanese banks continuing to fade. The most dramatic change is the rise of ING to third place. HSBC remains the biggest bank by own funds but, as our table based on market capitalisation shows, the market values Lloyds TSB and Nationsbank more highly.
June 1997
HSBC Holdings has held on to the top spot in this year's rankings, while mergers have propelled Credit Agricole and Wells Fargo up the table. Elsewhere, Japanese banks have fallen while American banks have made a steady climb.
June 1996
Large-scale mergers and the decision by Japan's Sumitomo Bank to bitethe bullet over provisioning have brought about the major changes in thisyear's rankings. The new Chase has rocketed to ninth position while Sumitomohas fallen from first to sixth. Antony Currie reports.
