| Fitch IBCA Bank Atlas: | ||||||||||
| Top 200 worldwide in 1998 | ||||||||||
| Rank | Bank | Country | Fiscal period | Shareholder equity ($m) | Equity growth (%) | Total assets ($m) | Asset growth (%) | Net income ($m) | Income growth (%) | ROAE (%) |
| 1 | Bank of America | US | 1998 | 45,938 | 115.3 | 617,679 | 133.5 | 5,165 | 67.9 | 15.4 |
| 2 | Citigroup | US | 1998 | 42,708 | 2.0 | 668,641 | -4.1 | 5,807 | -13.4 | 13.7 |
| 3 | HSBC Holdings | UK | 1998 | 30,587 | -0.3 | 475,546 | 2.3 | 4,782 | -21.2 | 15.6 |
| 4 | Crédit Agricole Group | France | 1998 | 26,426 | 9.4 | 455,782 | 1.9 | 2,448 | 12.8 | 9.7 |
| 5 | Chase Manhattan | US | 1998 | 23,838 | 9.6 | 365,875 | 0.1 | 3,782 | 2.0 | 16.6 |
| 6 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) | China | 1998 | 22,213 | 89.9 | 391,213 | 10.3 | |||