| Latin 100 | |||||||||||
| 99 | 98 | Bank | Country | Year end | Shareholder equity ($m) | Equity growth (%) | Total assets ($m) | Asset growth (%) | Net income ($m) | Income growth (%) | ROAE |
| 1 | 2 | Banco do Brasil | Brazil | Dec-98 | 5,487 | 2.0 | 107,228 | 9.9 | 720 | 40.1 | 13.8 |
| 2 | 1 | Banco Bradesco | Brazil | Dec-98 | 5,415 | -1.2 | 56,736 | 2.6 | 894 | 14.3 | 17.1 |
| 3 | 3 | Banco Itaú | Brazil | Dec-98 | 4,096 | 3.2 | 40,549 | -2.3 | 759 | 18.4 | 19.5 |
| 4 | 4 | Banco do Estado de São Paulo (Banespa) | Brazil | Dec-98 | 3,430 | -2.6 | 20,995 | -59.9 | 132 | -92.8 | 3.9 |
| 5 | 5 | Banco Nacional de Mexico (Banamex) | Mexico | Dec-98 | 2,851 | -1.5 | 29,895 | -16.0 | 505 | 99.1 | 19.4 |
| 6 | 7 | Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros (Unibanco) | Brazil | Dec-98 | 2,841 | 3.0 | |||||