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June 1, 1996

THE EUROMONEY BANK ATLAS

Euromoney world bank ranking 1996

Country Rankings

Rank Bank City Fiscal Shareholders’ Equity Total Asset Net Profit Return on US$
’95 period equity growth assets growth profit growth average differential
($m) (%) ($m) (%) ($m) (%) equity (%)
Tahiti
1 Banque de Tahiti Papeete 1994 39 23.57 664 14.41 6 12.9 18.07 9.97
2 Banque de Polynesie Papeete 1994 26 11.47 375 13.13 1 -8.47 5.6 9.97
Taiwan
1 Bank of Taiwan Taipei 1994 3,337 17.28 52,402 14.95 463 4.11 14.97 1.23
2 Land Bank of Taiwan Taipei 1995 2,114 10.68 39,537 6.8 226 1.53 11.25 2.24
3 Hua Nan Commercial Bank Taipei 1995 1,478 14.15 31,538 6.07 209 4.21 15.1 2.24
4 First Commercial Bank Taipei 1995 1,446 13.19 32,417 2.54 198 -1.62 14.57 2.24
5 Chang Hwa Commercial Bank Taichung 1995 1,315 10.78 29,215 6.79 162 -16.1 12.94 2.24
6 Taiwan Cooperative Bank Taipei 1995 1,131 30.22 59,232 8.6 243 21.07 24.29 2.24
7 International Commercial Bank of China Taipei 1995 1,041 7.31 17,554 23.94 124 5.52 12.29 -3.55
8 Taiwan Business Bank Taipei 1995 996 17.69 25,376 10.65 130 4.92 14.16 2.24
9 United World Chinese CommercialBank Taipei 1995 986 3.67 13,775 1.56 131 -28 13.57 -3.55
10 Chinatrust Commercial Bank Taipei 1995 886 7.73 13,690 8.55 114 42.06 13.31 -3.55
11 Farmers Bank of China Taipei 1995 865 118.2 15,017 21.36 50 16.75 7.96 2.24
12 Taipeibank Taipei 1995 859 9.11 16,997 12.59 115 12.67 13.93 2.24
13 Chung Shing Bank Taipei 1994 554 3.24 2,708 56.2 22 16.91 4.1 1.23
14 Taipei Business Bank Taipei 1994 512 21.1 7,702 15.02 99 41.56 21.16 1.23
15 Grand Commercial Bank Taipei 1994 505 2.83 2,979 80.51 17 27.57 3.5 1.23
16 Union Bank of Taiwan Taipei 1994 485 0.74 2,952 69.88 16 25.86 3.29 1.23
17 Cosmos Bank Taipei 1994 483 1.82 3,316 63.2 17 29.49 3.57 1.23
18 Our Commercial Banking Kao Hsiung 1994 431 3.89 2,715 48.27 19 29.37 4.5 1.23
19 Central Trust of China Taipei 1995 417 5.06 6,075 18.19 28 6.31 6.97 2.24
20 Dah An Commercial Bank Taipei 1994 415 1.33 2,726 55.52 15 27.73 3.68 1.23
Tanzania
1 National Bank of Commerce Dar es Salaam 1993 50 205.9 974 -7.75 41 -133.3 n/a -24.02
Thailand
1 Bangkok Bank Bangkok 1994 3,116 19.07 35,809 16.83 692 27.12 24.14 1.81
2 Thai Farmers Bank Bangkok 1994 1,859 33.26 20,279 17.3 415 33.57 25.52 1.81
3 Krung Thai Bank Bangkok 1994 1,305 46.38 22,187 33.34 325 91.75 29.59 1.81
4 Siam Commercial Bank Bangkok 1994 1,205 17.59 14,655 15.15 247 30.32 22.19 1.81
5 Bank of Ayudhya Bangkok 1994 774 15.22 11,417 45.07 136 27.5 18.81 1.81
6 First Bangkok City Bank Bangkok 1994 766 52.18 7,160 19.83 115 39.93 18.15 1.81
7 Thai Military Bank Bangkok 1994 638 11.75 9,080 19.93 140 26.9 23.13 1.81
8 Bangkok Bank of Commerce Bangkok 1995 504 79.28 7,309 27.24 34 63.36 8.72 -0.28
9 Bangkok Metropolitan Bank Bangkok 1994 446 31.62 5,337 21.47 57 100.5 14.46 1.81
10 Siam City Bank Bangkok 1994 434 20.01 6,469 31.5 114 47.09 28.65 1.81
11 Bank of Asia Bangkok 1994 255 25.21 3,322 21.49 49 73.04 21.51 1.81
12 Thai Danu Bank Bangkok 1994 183 30.72 2,701 34.98 28 53.26 17.5 1.81
13 Union Bank of Bangkok Bangkok 1994 141 20.81 1,820 12.34 23 12.31 17.48 1.81
14 Nakornthon Bank Bangkok 1994 112 10.73 1,783 23.61 20 52.41 18.38 1.81
15 Laem Thong Bank Bangkok 1994 58 35.44 931 25.27 6 22.01 11.41 1.81
Togo
1 Union Togolaise de Banque Lomé 1992 16 13.65 310 22.31 0 -99.76 0.03 18.7
Tonga
1 Bank of Tonga Nukualofa 1994 19 9.61 72 8.16 2 57.4 12.87 9.61
Trinidad and Tobago
1 Royal Bank of Trinidad & Tobago Port-of-Spain 1995 82 15.5 1,170 29.65 14 39.72 18.9 1.57
2 Republic Bank Port-of-Spain 1995 79 26.82 1,176 19.48 18 73.53 25.86 1.57
3 First Citizens Bank Port-of-Spain 1994 58 n/a 625 n/a 1 n/a n/a n/a
4 Bank of Commerce Trinidad andTobago Port-of-Spain 1994 19 3.22 328 8.41 3 7.88 13.54 -3.2
Tunisia
1 Banque Nationale Agricole Tunis 1994 269 144.57 3,024 4.03 14 52.75 7.15 5.59
2 Banque Tuniso-Koweitienne deDéveloppement Tunis 1993 135 -8.26 376 3.92 1 12.3 1.01 -9.16
3 Société Tunisienne de Banque Tunis 1994 125 38.24 2,128 24.65 15 7.83 14.37 5.59
4 Banque Inter Arabe de Tunisie Tunis 1994 92 46.38 1,481 9.84 9 10.59 11.23 5.59
5 Banque de l’Habitat Tunis 1994 60 12.64 944 19.39 7 36.14 12.89 5.59
6 Amen Bank Tunis 1994 59 13.15 672 14.95 7 10.86 12.06 5.59
7 Union Banc pour le Commmerce et l’Industrie Tunis 1994 58 33 642 0.86 10 76.01 18.84 5.59
8 Banque du Sud Tunis 1994 56 17.36 989 17.08 10 67.94 18.57 5.59
9 Beit Ettamouil Saoudi Tounsi – BEST Bank Tunis 1995 53 0.69 127 -20.31 0 -53.66 0.67 n/a
10 Banque de Tunisie Tunis 1994 43 20.88 840 9.89 6 18.3 14.86 5.59
Turkey
1 TC Ziraat Bankasi Ankara 1995 735 -4.06 13,889 29.73 73 79.06 9.67 -33.33
2 Akbank Istanbul 1995 722 66.33 4,697 29.33 294 65.38 50.9 -33.33
3 Turkiye Is Bankasi Ankara 1995 711 37.44 7,503 30.54 241 45.12 39.2 -33.33
4 Turkiye Garanti Bankasi Istanbul 1995 505 40.3 3,866 34.35 195 31.14 45.09 -33.33
5 Turkiye Halk Bankasi Ankara 1995 436 44.52 6,150 41.73 47 72.47 12.63 -33.33
6 Yapi Ve Kredi Bankasi Istanbul 1994 406 15.77 4,278 -13.07 143 113.12 37.76 -57.14
7 Turkiye Emlak Bankasi Istanbul 1994 363 14.55 5,195 -19.83 30 -39.82 8.93 -57.14
8 Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi Ankara 1995 303 58.68 4,638 42.82 107 199.72 43.21 -33.33
9 Pamukbank Istanbul 1995 263 24.47 3,401 22.97 41 10.73 17.13 -33.33
10 Kocbank Istanbul 1995 173 97.73 1,269 131.16 70 49.52 53.82 -33.33
11 Esbank Esbankhir Bankasi Istanbul 1995 165 62.54 1,567 42.55 21 584.6 15.99 -33.33
12 Finansbank Istanbul 1995 158 45.35 867 128.89 64 92.08 48.15 -33.33
13 Demirbank Istanbul 1995 143 77.41 1,019 97.83 90 148.82 80.81 -33.33
14 Iller Bankasi Ankara 1995 141 21.71 768 13.33 42 153.91 32.93 -33.33
15 Korfezbank Istanbul 1995 124 132.49 837 140.89 88 166.43 99.34 -33.33
16 Turk Ticaret Bankasi Istanbul 1994 110 -4.6 1,888 -8.88 19 -13.75 17.32 -57.14
17 Interbank Istanbul 1994 107 -17.4 869 -4.5 18 -45.05 15.51 -57.14
18 Iktisat Bankasi Turk Istanbul 1995 94 38.48 956 25.96 29 59.28 35.9 -33.33
19 Turk Dis Ticaret Bankasi Istanbul 1995 89 77.48 534 10.71 42 595.57 61.16 -33.33
Rank Bank City Fiscal Shareholders’ Equity Total Asset Net Profit Return on US$
’95 period equity growth assets growth profit growth average differential
($m) (%) ($m) (%) ($m) (%) equity (%)
Ukraine
1 Bank Ukraina Kiev 1994 251 154.37 1,127 -67.86 175 216.27 100.12 -66.67
2 Prominvestbank Kiev 1994 86 8.17 950 41.53 84 -18.38 101.46 -66.67
3 Oschadny Bank Ukrainy Kiev 1994 67 152.75 408 114.36 n/a n/a n/a -66.67
4 Inko Bank Kiev 1994 14 38.69 219 224.28 n/a n/a n/a -66.67
5 Ukrinbank Kiev 1994 13 129.19 120 76.57 7 109.01 73.03 -66.67
6 First Ukrainian International Bank Donetsk 1994 11 52.89 62 24.29 3 115.07 37.13 n/a
7 Bank Vidrodgenya Kiev 1993 4 -33.14 24 -71.51 2 3.32 50.08 -98.09
8 Commercial Bank Promin Kharkov 1993 3 n/a 25 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
9 Electron Bank Lvov 1994 3 175.85 10 357.92 2 168.83 90.7 -66.67
10 Aggio Bank Kiev 1994 3 n/a 21 n/a 2 n/a n/a n/a
United ArabEmirates
1 National Bank of Dubai Dubai 1995 976 0.17 5,885 2.13 96 17.73 9.83 n/a
2 Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Abu Dhabi 1995 522 18.54 3,673 10.25 82 36.36 16.97 n/a
3 National Bank of Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi 1994 514 2.94 7,481 19.31 45 12.16 8.92 n/a
4 Emirates Bank International Dubai 1994 430 13.84 3,441 6.04 74 10.12 18.34 n/a
5 Mashreqbank Dubai 1995 392 12.26 3,750 11.51 88 7.64 23.83 n/a
6 Arab Bank For Investment & Foreign Trade Abu Dhabi 1995 235 13.23 1,222 47.2 39 30.72 17.67 n/a
7 Abu Dhabi Investment Abu Dhabi 1994 181 26.77 1,274 17.49 19 -9.9 11.44 n/a
8 Commercial Bank of Dubai Dubai 1995 180 9.78 904 25.54 33 55.64 19.23 n/a
9 National Bank of Fujairah Fujairah 1995 115 5.3 487 35.09 14 42.15 12.61 n/a
10 National Bank of Umm Al-Qaiwain Umm-al-Qaiwain 1995 92 2.52 340 11.1 15 13.96 15.99 n/a
11 Emirates Industrial Bank Abu Dhabi 1994 81 1.05 186 0.42 4 51.64 4.43 n/a
United Kingdom
1 HSBC Holdings London 1995 26,665 19.98 351,568 11.65 3,818 19.01 15.62 -0.8
2 National Westminster Bank London 1995 14,871 4.7 260,822 5.62 1,882 10.18 12.94 -0.8
3 Barclays London 1995 14,506 9.62 261,680 3.12 2,114 14.77 15.24 -0.8
4 Halifax Building Society Halifax 1996 10,170 52.55 154,148 44.24 1,130 17.16 13.42 5.49
5 Lloyds TSB Group London 1995 9,891 -14.49 229,473 23.67 1,752 0.34 16.33 -1.88
6 Abbey National London 1995 6,109 5.55 159,855 8.31 1,059 11.07 17.8 -0.8
7 Standard Chartered London 1995 4,638 16.58 60,348 12.89 701 39.25 16.26 -0.8
8 Royal Bank of Scotland Group Edinburgh 1995 4,577 9.71 80,650 12.75 629 3.94 14.37 0.0o
9 Bank of Scotland Edinburgh 1995 3,323 19.18 55,010 20.7 452 91.64 14.78 8.82
10 Nationwide Building Society London 1995 3,166 28.38 57,652 9.8 321 24.46 11.4 8.82
11 Woolwich Building Society Bexleyheath 1995 2,607 13.97 43,408 3.34 343 12.43 14 -0.8
12 Alliance & Leicester Building Society East Sussex 1995 2,496 6.05 35,411 3.25 274 -7.59 11.32 -0.8
13 Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society Cheltenham 1995 1,906 10.02 32,355 6.72 139 -38.4 7.62 2.02
14 Bradford & Bingley Building Society Bingley 1995 1,485 12.47 24,270 6.66 174 10 12.38 -0.8
15 Robert Fleming Holdings London 1995 1,374 20.2 10,354 8.4 193 -9.2 15.34 8.82
16 Schroders London 1995 1,338 14.91 18,113 2.04 211 2.99 16.85 -0.8
17 NWS Bank Chester 1995 1,234 149.95 7,999 21.36 119 43.45 13.8 8.9
18 National & Provincial Building Society Bradford 1994 1,144 18.25 20,713 9.93 133 12.08 12.58 5.49
19 Britannia Building Society Leek 1995 1,028 4.56 23,120 9.9 115 11.22 11.41 -0.8
20 Hambros London 1995 875 8.13 13,971 20.6 27 -68.3 3.18 8.82
21 Northern Rock Building Society Newcastle 1995 857 20.3 17,916 14.31 152 24.64 19.35 -0.8
22 Ulster Bank Belfast 1995 696 18.41 11,998 19.54 137 28.91 21.32 -0.8
23 Bristol & West Building Society Bristol 1995 674 6.26 13,313 4.55 31 -41.8 4.72 -0.8
24 Yorkshire Building Society Bradford 1995 659 14.97 9,938 9.07 90 7.65 14.67 -0.8
25 Lloyds Bowmaker Finance Bournemouth 1995 617 12.44 3,672 -16.65 119 71.43 20.44 -0.8
26 Clydesdale Bank Glasgow 1994 571 0.44 9,497 12.95 116 30.46 20.34 4.57
27 Yorkshire Bank Leeds 1995 538 34.46 7,402 14.25 140 -3.25 29.9 0.02
28 Birmingham Midshires Building Society Wolverhampton 1995 456 15.39 10,423 30.19 69 20.88 16.24 -0.8
29 Whiteaway Laidlaw Bank Surrey 1995 371 -10.33 1,554 20.84 63 16.85 16.16 8.82
30 Coventry Building Society Coventry 1995 366 11.78 5,238 4.41 41 -0.5 11.88 -0.8
United States of America
1 Chase New York 1995 20,836 10.9 303,989 6.52 2,959 19 n/a N|A
2 Bankamerica San Francisco 1995 20,222 7.05 232,446 7.88 2,664 22.43 13.62 n/a
3 Citicorp New York 1995 19,651 10.25 256,853 2.54 3,464 2.91 18.49 n/a
4 NationsBank Charlotte 1995 12,800 16.25 187,298 10.43 1,950 15.38 16.38 n/a
5 JP Morgan New York 1995 10,450 9.22 184,879 19.34 1,295 6.58 12.94 n/a
6 First Chicago NBD Corp Chicago 1995 8,452 156.74 122,002 158.97 1,150 116.16 19.58 n/a
7 Banc One Columbus 1995 8,203 10.27 90,176 1.62 1,272 35.75 16.26 n/a
8 PNC Bancorp Wilmington 1995 6,728 40.34 72,452 14.85 448 -20.85 7.78 n/a
9 First Union Charlotte 1995 6,153 13.99 96,740 25.13 1,013 9.51 17.54 n/a
10 Norwest Minneapolis 1995 5,313 38 72,134 21.61 956 19.5 20.87 n/a
11 Bankers Trust New York 1995 5,303 4.02 104,002 7.2 215 -65.04 4.13 n/a
12 Bank of New York Company New York 1995 5,232 21.79 53,720 9.9 914 21.87 19.19 n/a
13 Keycorp Cleveland 1995 5,154 9.71 66,339 -0.69 825 -3.51 16.75 n/a
14 Suntrust Banks Atlanta 1995 4,270 23.66 46,472 9.26 566 8.22 14.66 n/a
15 Wells Fargo Bank San Francisco 1995 4,229 2.4 49,092 -5.98 1,588 87.04 38 n/a
16 First Interstate Los Angeles 1995 4,154 20.9 58,071 4.05 885 20.74 23.32 n/a
17 Mellon Bank Pittsburgh 1995 4,030 -2.54 40,734 5.21 691 59.22 16.93 n/a
18 Wachovia Corporation Winston-Salem 1995 3,753 14.77 44,964 14.79 598 11.78 17.03 n/a
19 Bank of Boston Boston 1995 3,751 19.38 47,397 6.2 542 24.6 15.73 n/a
20 NBD Bancorp Detroit 1994 3,292 1.32 47,111 15.54 532 9.46 16.27 n/a
21 Barnett Banks Jacksonville 1995 3,271 4.37 41,631 0.83 533 9.45 16.64 n/a
22 Home Savings of America Irwindale 1995 3,107 -1.83 51,175 -4.54 70 -7.89 2.23 n/a
23 First Fidelity Newark 1995 3,084 7.31 35,366 -2.34 420 -6.46 14.1 n/a
24 First National Bank Of Chicago Chicago 1995 3,049 5.1 49,360 16.02 156 2.63 5.24 n/a
25 Republic New York New York 1995 3,009 13.93 43,882 6.85 288 -15.29 10.19 n/a
26 Boatmen`s Bancshares St. Louis 1995 2,930 33.12 33,704 16.51 419 18.03 16.33 n/a
27 National City Cleveland 1995 2,920 12.26 36,199 12.72 465 8.39 16.84 n/a
28 First National Bank of Boston Boston 1995 2,825 16.11 40,274 9.18 341 6.23 12.97 n/a
29 First Bank System Minneapolis 1995 2,725 19.78 33,874 29.2 569 35.48 22.76 n/a
30 US Bancorp Portland 1995 2,617 47.11 31,865 46.28 329 117.88 14.97 n/a
31 Comerica Detroit 1995 2,608 9.08 35,516 5.99 413 6.72 16.52 n/a
32 Great Western Bank Chatsworth 1995 2,501 10.91 42,008 5.82 92 15 3.87 n/a
33 Corestates Financial Philadelphia 1995 2,427 1.59 29,729 0.82 452 84.49 18.77 n/a
34 Shawmut National Boston 1994 2,177 20.68 32,652 19.85 235 -19.24 11.81 n/a
35 World Savings &Loan Association Oakland 1995 1,984 -5.07 30,443 -1.88 81 52.83 3.98 n/a
Uruguay
1 Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay Montevideo 1994 774 -0.19 3,913 2.79 n/a n/a n/a -21.3
2 Banco de Credito Montevideo 1994 109 n/a 1,918 n/a 3 n/a n/a n/a
3 Banco Comercial Montevideo 1994 71 87.05 732 33.2 5 -38.6 9.85 -21.3
4 Banco de Montevideo Montevideo 1995 28 8.04 366 9.64 2 117.9 8.41 -21.1
5 Banco Pan de Azucar Montevideo 1994 24 -8.83 355 -9.27 1 -16.6 4.42 -21.3
Uzbekistan
1 National Bank for Foreign Economic Activity Tashkent 1994 236 23.45 1,334 5.55 23 -7.09 10.83 n/a
Rank Bank City Fiscal Shareholders’ Equity Total Asset Net Profit Return on US$
’95 period equity growth assets growth profit growth average differential
($m) (%) ($m) (%) ($m) (%) equity (%)
Venezuela
1 Banco Provincial Caracas 1995 353 78.87 5,085 30.15 119 24.31 43.07 n/a
2 Banco Industrial de Venezuela Caracas 1995 245 54.57 1,345 22.4 86 -14.9 42.87 n/a
3 Banco Mercantil Caracas 1995 181 68.32 2,243 -12.2 85 79.13 59.09 n/a
4 Banco de Venezuela Saica Caracas 1995 142 n/a 2,245 n/a 38 n/a n/a n/a
Vietnam
1 Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam Hanoi 1994 79 -1.47 1,505 24.84 31 -4.4 39.57 n/a
2 Vietnam Bank for Agriculture Hanoi 1994 73 60.31 1,080 55.66 2 n/a 3.47 n/a
3 Industrial And Commercial Bankof Vietman Hanoi 1994 60 20.94 959 28.23 10 30.86 17.32 n/a
Rank Bank City Fiscal Shareholders’ Equity Total Asset Net Profit Return on US$
’95 period equity growth assets growth profit growth average differential
($m) (%) ($m) (%) ($m) (%) equity (%)
Yemen
1 International Bank of Yemen Sana’a 1993 21 14.5 289 12.17 3 7.58 13.32 n/a
2 Yemen Kuwait Bank for Trade and Investment Sana’a 1994 12 5.6 122 23.04 2 2.88 19.65 n/a
Yugoslavia
1 Beogradska Banka Belgrade 1994 744 n/a 5,777 n/a 230 n/a n/a n/a
2 Investbanka Belgrade 1994 205 n/a 2,086 n/a 44 n/a n/a n/a
3 Jugobanka Belgrade 1994 154 -9.86 3,597 -1.31 125 -17.9 77.18 n/a
Rank Bank City Fiscal Shareholders’ Equity Total Asset Net Profit Return on US$
’95 period equity growth assets growth profit growth average differential
($m) (%) ($m) (%) ($m) (%) equity (%)
Zaire
1 Banque Commerciale Zaïroise Kinshasa 1993 21 n/a 68 n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
Zambia
1 Zambia National Commercial Bank Lusaka 1993 18 -7.94 182 -36.19 6 -45.83 31.11 -73.33
Zimbabwe
1 Zimbabwe Financial Holdings Harare 1995 32 8.17 774 2.51 6 1.12 18.97 -5.49
2 FMB Holdings Harare 1995 25 2.22 284 13.34 5 17.73 19.63 -9.9
3 Merchant Bank of Central Africa Harare 1995 16 12.66 124 -2.74 5 11.02 34.53 -5.81
4 Zimbabwe Banking Harare 1995 14 -9.11 544 -0.08 0 -176.4 -3.35 -5.49
5 National Merchant Bank of Zimbabwe Harare 1994 4 30.15 197 254.48 2 n/a 58.69 -17.34
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