| Largest banks by country | |||||||||||
| Rank | Bank | City | Fiscal period | Shareholders’ equity ($m) | Equity growth (%) | Total assets ($m) | Asset growth (%) | Net income ($m) | Income growth (%) | Return on average equity (%) | $ rate differential (%) |
| Cambodia | |||||||||||
| 1 | Cambodia Mekong Bank | Phnom Penh | 1996 | 10 | 8.52 | 12 | -2.47 | 0 | -135.53 | 0.77 | 7.4 |
| Cameroon | |||||||||||
| 1 | CCEIB Banque | Yaoundé | 1997 | 4 | 73.53 | 118 | 6.93 | 2 | -158.25 | 45.10 | 14.07 |
| Canada | |||||||||||
| 1 | Royal Bank of Canada | Montreal | 1997 | 7,750 | 14.68 | 166,203 | 11.25 | 1,246 | 18.73 | 18.02 | 5.1 |
| 2 | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Toronto | 1997 | 7,361 | 17.75 | 161,520 | 19.60 | 1,120 | 14.35 | 16.08 | 5.1 |
| 3 | Bank of Nova Scotia | Toronto | 1997 | 6,766 | 21.48 | 133,109 | 23.96 | 1,099 | 40.73 | 18.55 | 5.1 |
| 4 | Bank of Montreal | Montreal | 1997 | 6,425 | 17.12 | 143,517 | 22.25 | 944 | 11.95 | 16.07 | 5.1 |
| 5 | Toronto-Dominion Bank | Toronto | 1997 | 5,184 | 9.38 | 111,280 | 31.52 | 772 | 19.04 | 15.55 | 5.1 |
| 6 | National Bank of Canada | Montreal | 1997 | 2,289 | 26.94 | 45,389 | 24.42 | 254 | 9.01 | 13.56 | 5.1 |
| Cayman | |||||||||||
| 1 | BAC International Bank | Miami | 1996 | 104 | 19.82 | 1,229 | 19.37 | 28 | 11.69 | 29.04 | 0 |
| 2 | Cayman National Bank | Grand Caymen | 1996 | 35 | 20.42 | 416 | 18.07 | 7 | 42.50 | 21.55 | 0 |
| Chad | |||||||||||
| 1 | Banque Tchadienne de Crédit & de Dépôt | Ndajamena | 1996 | 3 | 11.35 | 50 | 15.87 | 0 | -54.50 | 8.66 | 6.88 |
| Chile | |||||||||||
| 1 | Banco Santiago (Proforma) | Santiago | 1997 | 937 | 37.27 | 10,057 | 10.54 | 138 | 90.28 | 17.05 | 3.49 |
| 2 | Banco de Chile | Santiago | 1997 | 798 | 6.19 | 9,066 | 14.59 | 167 | 4.01 | 21.53 | 3.49 |
| 3 | Banco del Estado de Chile | Santiago | 1997 | 647 | 2.77 | 9,780 | 8.76 | 64 | 0.43 | 10.08 | 3.49 |
| 4 | Banco de A Edwards | Santiago | 1997 | 324 | 16.87 | 4,445 | 22.46 | 54 | 17.57 | 17.95 | 3.49 |
| 5 | Banco de Credito & Inversiones | Santiago | 1997 | 310 | 25.67 | 5,108 | 14.82 | 68 | 29.69 | 24.54 | 3.49 |
| 6 | Banco Sud Americano | Santiago | 1997 | 204 | 3.54 | 3,139 | -3.47 | 8 | -70.52 | 4.07 | 3.49 |
| China | |||||||||||
| 1 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China | Beijing | 1996 | 11,346 | 1.56 | 437,392 | 16.80 | 700 | 24.44 | 6.22 | -0.23 |
| 2 | Bank of China | Beijing | 1996 | 9,974 | 13.42 | 292,554 | 7.38 | 1,067 | 22.36 | 11.37 | 0 |
| 3 | China Construction Bank | Beijing | 1996 | 5,483 | 13.72 | 256,116 | 23.37 | 582 | -21.69 | 11.30 | -0.23 |
| 4 | Agricultural Bank of China | Beijing | 1996 | 5,080 | 3.38 | 176,779 | 19.17 | 254 | 8.72 | 5.08 | -0.23 |
| 5 | Bank of Communications | Shanghai | 1996 | 2,606 | 7.25 | 47,948 | 19.54 | 436 | -3.85 | 17.33 | -0.23 |
| 6 | Kwangtung Provincial Bank | Hong Kong | 1997 | 869 | 12.44 | 9,764 | -2.00 | 96 | -4.84 | 11.71 | -0.22 |
| 7 | Everbright Bank of China | Beijing | 1996 | 561 | 205.12 | 5,670 | 66.49 | 85 | 130.09 | 22.74 | -0.23 |
| 8 | Shanghai Intnernational Trust & Investment Corp | Shanghai | 1997 | 430 | 8.22 | 2,894 | -6.49 | 73 | -5.86 | 17.67 | -0.22 |
| 9 | Hua Xia Bank | Beijing | 1996 | 346 | 160.76 | 2,730 | 84.78 | 35 | 115.55 | 14.45 | -0.23 |
| 10 | Shanghai City United Bank | Shanghai | 1996 | 329 | 104.30 | 6,408 | 84.28 | 152 | 21.60 | 62.01 | -0.23 |
| 11 | Fujian Industrial Bank | Fujian | 1996 | 224 | 37.04 | 2,936 | 23.70 | 33 | 26.47 | 16.82 | -0.23 |
| Colombia | |||||||||||
| 1 | Banco de Comercio Exterior de Colombia | Bogota | 1996 | 716 | 25.41 | 1,767 | 8.46 | 47 | -14.38 | 7.37 | 1.79 |
| 2 | Banco Ganadero | Bogota | 1997 | 690 | 16.26 | 3,525 | 25.93 | 49 | 11.81 | 7.61 | 28.67 |
| 3 | Banco de Bogota | Bogota | 1997 | 603 | 34.23 | 2,765 | 43.90 | 98 | 3.38 | 18.57 | 28.67 |
| 4 | Banco de Colombia | Bogota | 1997 | 399 | 32.11 | 2,862 | 19.32 | 42 | 7.33 | 12.10 | 28.67 |
| 5 | Banco Industrial Colombiano | Medellin | 1997 | 357 | 32.36 | 2,301 | 63.15 | 41 | 20.73 | 13.22 | 28.67 |
| 6 | Bancafe | Bogota | 1997 | 355 | 12.84 | 2,459 | 17.54 | 4 | -64.41 | 1.27 | 28.67 |
| 7 | Banco Popular | Bogota | 1997 | 285 | 20.11 | 1,650 | 31.70 | 37 | 63.44 | 14.08 | 28.67 |
| 8 | Banco de Occidente | Cali | 1997 | 226 | 44.23 | 1,354 | 29.43 | 50 | 28.69 | 26.36 | 28.67 |
| Costa Rica | |||||||||||
| 1 | Banco de Costa Rica | San Jose | 1996 | 87 | 28.17 | 949 | 23.16 | 16 | 68.44 | 20.20 | 12.93 |
| 2 | Banco Nacional de Costa Rica | San Jose | 1996 | 67 | -1.08 | 1,735 | 125.09 | 3 | -75.65 | 3.78 | 12.93 |
| 3 | Corporacion Banex | San Jose | 1996 | 31 | 25.30 | 243 | 27.84 | 6 | 6.70 | 21.70 | 12.93 |
| Croatia | |||||||||||
| 1 | Zagrebacka Banka | Zagreb | 1996 | 391 | 29.64 | 3,639 | 17.94 | 45 | -237.70 | 13.14 | 4.2 |
| 2 | Privredna Banka Zagreb | Zagreb | 1996 | 325 | -14.29 | 2,690 | -19.02 | -199 | 450.00 | -56.41 | 4.2 |
| 3 | Varazdinska Bank | Varazdin | 1997 | 61 | 6.86 | 351 | 42.56 | 5 | 22.70 | 9.32 | 13.78 |
| Cyprus | |||||||||||
| 1 | Bank of Cyprus Group | Nicosia | 1996 | 368 | 5.61 | 6,487 | 12.07 | 52 | 5.22 | 14.36 | 2.92 |
| 2 | Cyprus Popular Bank | Nicosia | 1996 | 355 | 6.10 | 4,999 | 23.75 | 41 | 5.43 | 11.97 | 2.92 |
| 3 | Hellenic Bank | Nicosia | 1996 | 117 | 87.12 | 1,948 | 85.19 | 4 | -38.24 | 4.96 | 2.92 |
| Czech Republic | |||||||||||
| 1 | Komercni Banka | Prague | 1997 | 1,016 | 4.61 | 13,749 | 5.34 | 29 | -81.29 | 2.95 | 26.72 |
| 2 | Investicni a Postovni Banka | Prague | 1996 | 662 | 41.18 | 8,722 | 18.69 | 36 | -2.45 | 6.44 | 2.74 |
| 3 | Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka | Prague | 1996 | 642 | 4.91 | 7,562 | 8.64 | 110 | 9.70 | 17.56 | 2.74 |
| 4 | Ceska Sporitelna | Prague | 1997 | 634 | 4.81 | 11,145 | 7.95 | 39 | -50.35 | 6.34 | 26.72 |
| 5 | Konsolidacni Banka | Prague | 1997 | 172 | -84.90 | 3,912 | 18.00 | -134 | 8.10 | -20.51 | 26.72 |
