Asia 100 1997: Waiting for the impact
| Rank | Bank | Location | Fiscal period | Share holders’ equity ($m) | Equity growth (%) | Total assets ($m) | Asset growth (%) | Net income ($m) | Income growth (%) | Return on equity (%) | $ rate differential (%) | |
| 97 | 96 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | State Bank of India | Bombay, India | 1997 | 2,221 | 46.02 | 43,574 | 8.31 | 370 | 59.85 | 16.66 | 4.6 |
| 2 | 4 | Canara Bank | Bangalore, India | 1997 | 570 | 6.1 | 9,930 | 14.58 | 41 | -41.63 | 7.2 | 4.6 |
| 3 | 7 | Bank of Baroda | Bombay, India | 1997 | 554 | 14.86 | 10,482 | 9.34 | 77 | 32.77 | 13.91 | 4.6 |
| 4 | 9 | Syndicate Bank | Manipal, India | 1996 | 426 | 13.21 | 4,531 | 8.79 | 6 | -121.97 | 1.38 | 8.98 |
| 5 | 18 | Union Bank of India | Bombay, India | 1997 | 389 | 12.81 | 6,236 | 9.16 | 60 | 167.96 | 15.46 | 4.6 |
| 6 | 3 | Bank of India | Bombay, India | 1996 | 367 | 19.31 | 9,655 | 15.13 | 81 | 449.12 | 21.93 | 8.98 |
| 7 | 10 | Punjab National Bank | New Delhi, India | 1996 | 338 | -8.24 | 9,171 | 10.12 | -28 | -211.81 | -8.26 | 8.98 |
| 8 | 12 | Indian Bank | Madras, India | 1996 | 309 | -0.39 | 5,183 | 14.83 | -389 | -9471.67 | -125.85 | 8.98 |
| 9 | 14 | Oriental Bank of Commerce | New Delhi, India | 1996 | 240 | 16.15 | 3,066 | 27.77 | 50 | 52.39 | 20.96 | 8.98 |
| 10 | 16 | National Bank of Pakistan | Karachi, Pakistan | 1995 | 229 | 8.41 | 7,076 | 21.36 | 20 | 127.93 | 8.69 | 11.22 |
| 11 | 17 | Habib Bank | Karachi, Pakistan | 1995 | 216 | 5.44 | 6,725 | 7.61 | 10 | 102.56 | 4.81 | 11.22 |
| 12 | – | Maharashtra State Co-op | Bombay, India | 1996 | 191 | 16.79 | 1,679 | 21.67 | 4 | 47.98 | 2.29 | 8.98 |
| 13 | 20 | Bank of Ceylon | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 1995 | 177 | 24.49 | 2,167 | 12.65 | 48 | 19.96 | 27.09 | 8.14 |
| 14 | 8 | Indian Overseas Bank | Madras, India | 1996 | 136 | 0.26 | 4,949 | 14 | 1 | -69.17 | 0.68 | 8.98 |
| 15 | 6 | UCO Bank | Calcutta, India | 1997 | 133 | -21.66 | 4,095 | 4.48 | -49 | -25.53 | -36.93 | 4.6 |
| 16 | 5 | Central Bank of India | Bombay, India | 1996 | 132 | -15.85 | 6,394 | 12.62 | -21 | -12.69 | -16.29 | 8.98 |
| 17 | 13 | Allahabad Bank | Calcutta, India | 1996 | 126 | 61.36 | 3,459 | 11.69 | 2 | -107.36 | 1.3 | 8.98 |
| 18 | – | Sonali Bank | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 1995 | 117 | 14.64 | 3,069 | 7.08 | 15 | 3.86 | 12.89 | 1.24 |
| 19 | Corporation Bank | Mangalore, India | 1997 | 111 | 22.54 | 2,271 | 18.08 | 35 | 19.46 | 31.32 | 4.6 | |
| 20 | 23 | Vysya Bank | Bangalore, India | 1996 | 108 | 66.61 | 1,533 | -14.62 | 31 | 4.37 | 28.4 | 8.98 |
| 21 | – | State Bank of Patiala | Patiala, India | 1996 | 103 | 19.09 | 2,429 | 27.68 | 15 | 59.74 | 14.74 | 8.98 |
| 22 | 15 | Bank of Maharashtra | Pune, India | 1997 | 92 | 15.69 | 2,309 | 13.94 | 13 | 275.08 | 14.25 | 4.6 |
| 23 | – | Federal Bank | Alwaye, India | 1997 | 92 | 49.37 | 1,521 | 25.07 | 13 | 2.3 | 13.98 | 4.6 |
| 24 | – | Muslim Commercial Bank | Karachi, Pakistan | 1996 | 89 | 2.98 | 3,368 | 13.17 | 3 | -72.13 | 2.89 | 17.43 |
| 25 | 22 | United Bank | Karachi, Pakistan | 1995 | 84 | -20.13 | 3,629 | 0.84 | -21 | -2308.84 | -25.21 | 11.22 |
