Bank atlas 1997: The world's leading banks
| Rank 97 | Rank 96 | Bank | Country | Fiscal period | Shareholders' equity ($m) | Equity growth (%) | Total assets ($m) | Asset growth (%) | Net income ($m) | Income growth (%) | Return on equity | US$ rate differential |
| 1 | 1 | HSBC Holdings | United Kingdom | 1996 | 29,396 | 12.2 | 401,666 | 4.29 | 5,860 | 24.36 | 19.93 | -8.57 |
| 2 | 2 & 20 | Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi | Japan | 1996 | 28,389 | 1.53 | 720,098 | 3.25 | 844 | 30.33 | 2.97 | 19.03 |
| 3 | 10 & 114 | Crédit Agricole Banque Indosuez | France | 1996 | 22,846 | 12.23 | 477,329 | 32.03 | 1,705 | 10.27 | 7.46 | 7.09 |
| 4 | 9 | Chase Manhattan | United States | 1996 | 20,994 | 0.76 | 336,099 | 10.56 | 2,461 | -16.83 | 11.72 | 0 |
| 5 | 12 | Citicorp | United States | 1996 | 20,722 | 5.83 | 281,018 | 9.41 |