Bank atlas 1997: The world’s leading banks
| Rank 97 | Rank 96 | Bank | Country | Fiscal period | Shareholders’ equity ($m) | Equity growth (%) | Total assets ($m) | Asset growth (%) | Net income ($m) | Income growth (%) | Return on equity | US$ rate differential |
| 1 | 1 | HSBC Holdings | United Kingdom | 1996 | 29,396 | 12.2 | 401,666 | 4.29 | 5,860 | 24.36 | 19.93 | -8.57 |
| 2 | 2 & 20 | Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi | Japan | 1996 | 28,389 | 1.53 | 720,098 | 3.25 | 844 | 30.33 | 2.97 | 19.03 |
| 3 | 10 & 114 | Crédit Agricole Banque Indosuez | France | 1996 | 22,846 | 12.23 | 477,329 | 32.03 | 1,705 | 10.27 | 7.46 | 7.09 |
| 4 | 9 | Chase Manhattan | United States | 1996 | 20,994 | 0.76 | 336,099 | 10.56 | 2,461 | -16.83 | 11.72 | 0 |
| 5 | 12 | Citicorp | United States | 1996 | 20,722 | 5.83 | 281,018 | 9.41 | 3,788 | 9.35 | 18.28 | 0 |
| 6 | 11 | BankAmerica | United States | 1996 | 20,713 | 2.43 | 250,753 | 7.88 | 2,873 | 7.85 | 13.87 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank | Japan | 1996 | 19,480 | 1.67 | 498,296 | 1.97 | 832 | 150.71 | 4.27 | 19.03 |
| 8 | 6 | Sumitomo Bank | Japan | 1996 | 18,594 | 0.59 | 499,604 | 5.07 | 364 | -113.8 | 1.96 | 19.03 |
| 9 | 4 | Sanwa Bank | Japan | 1996 | 17,665 | -7.17 | 500,713 | 2.37 | -1,166 | -639.13 | -6.6 | 19.03 |
| 10 | 8 | Union Bank of Switzerland | Switzerland | 1996 | 16,341 | -7.4 | 324,756 | 13.05 | -1,315 | -205.17 | -8.04 | 17.03 |
| 11 | 7 | Sakura Bank | Japan | 1996 | 15,950 | -11.42 | 477,736 | 1.64 | -1,693 | -716.78 | -10.62 | 19.03 |
| 12 | 13 | Deutsche Bank | Germany | 1996 | 15,581 | 8.55 | 536,319 | 26.13 | 1,546 | 9.98 | 9.92 | 8.46 |
| 13 | 5 | Fuji Bank | Japan | 1996 | 15,551 | -17.16 | 487,020 | 1.51 | -3,023 | -4118.75 | -19.44 | 19.03 |
| 14 | 19 | ABN Amro Holding | Netherlands | 1996 | 14,376 | 15.11 | 341,396 | 8.92 | 1,975 | 26.76 | 13.74 | 8.68 |
| 15 | 99 | Wells Fargo | United States | 1996 | 14,112 | 248.01 | 108,888 | 116.41 | 1,071 | 3.78 | 7.59 | 0 |
| 16 | 18 | NationsBank | United States | 1996 | 13,709 | 7.09 | 185,794 | -0.8 | 2,375 | 21.79 | 17.32 | 0 |
| 17 | 16 | National Westminster Bank | United Kingdom | 1996 | 13,122 | 4.6 | 310,166 | 9.81 | 796 | -62.18 | 6.07 | -8.57 |
| 18 | 17 | Barclays Bank | United Kingdom | 1996 | 12,883 | 2.94 | 306,184 | 9.83 | 2,863 | 19.83 | 22.22 | -8.57 |
| 19 | 43 | Groupe Caisse d’Epargne | France | 1995 | 12,689 | 5.43 | 230,360 | 9.81 | 662 | 74.31 | 5.22 | -8.52 |
| 20 | 14 | Industrial Bank of Japan | Japan | 1996 | 12,489 | -5.88 | 361,133 | -0.79 | -590 | -308.31 | -4.72 | 19.03 |
| 21 | 33 | Banque Nationale de Paris | France | 1996 | 12,157 | 7.74 | 355,299 | 16.76 | 792 | 105.04 | 6.52 | 7.09 |
| 22 | 15 | Credit Suisse Group | Switzerland | 1996 | 11,609 | -5.88 | 389,300 | 27.07 | 813 | 179.8 | 7 | 17.03 |
| 23 | 26 | Société Générale | France | 1996 | 11,560 | 9.63 | 339,586 | 11.32 | 1,019 | 30.73 | 8.81 | 7.09 |
| 24 | 31 | JP Morgan | United States | 1996 | 11,432 | 9. |
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