Largest banks by country: N


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 (%)*
Namibia
1	Bank Windhoek	Windhoek	1997	20	48.84	308	33.94	6	51.85	38.32	11.1
2	Commercial Bank of Namibia	Windhoek	1997	16	8.01	303	19.87	4	6.83	23.66	2.9
Nepal
1	Himalayan Bank	Kathmandu	1996	4	53.36	88	43.78	2	79.86	63.99	11.1
Netherlands
1	ING Group	Amsterdam	1997	23,791	29.20	307,558	27.54	2,165	30.15	10.26	15.69
2	ABN Amro Holding	Amsterdam	1997	16,287	12.98	414,654	39.58	2,241	25.91	14.60	15.69
3	Rabobank Group	Utrecht	1997	12,680	28.43	209,692	27.67	984	19.65	8.73	15.69
4	Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten	The Hague	1997	1,940	16.45	58,971	9.38	168	7.28	9.32	15.69
5	Fortis Bank Nederland	Utrecht	1996	1,620	44.60	40,517	124.06	143	18.01	10.42	8.68
6	SNS Reaal Group	Hertogenbosch	1996	1,321	14.51	26,445	16.23	122	30.67	9.87	8.68
New Caledonia
1	Banque Calidonienne d’Investissement	Noumea	1996	88	5.14	857	-0.82	4	89.04	5.01	7.14
New Zealand
1	Trust Bank	Wellington	1996	381	9.65	6,887	11.67	67	6.82	18.36	-4.26
Nicaragua
1	Banco Privado	Managua	1997	59	44.05	1,213	77.62	11	63.93	21.12	12
2	Banco Nicarguense de Industria & Comercio	Managua	1997	10	26.21	157	37.78	2	21.32	19.12	12
3	Banco de Credito Centroamericano	Managua	1997	7	22.19	180	59.10	1	18.27	18.33	12
Niger
1	Bank of Africa	Niamey	1996	5	36.04	40	-7.47	2	10.19	37.96	6.88
Nigeria
1	First Bank of Nigeria	Lagos	1996	321	12.04	3,531	20.97	55	19.13	18.10	0
2	Union Bank of Nigeria	Lagos	1997	290	51.84	4,051	10.76	59	13.57	24.68	0
3	United Bank for Africa	Lagos	1997	249	24.78	2,508	13.85	42	-9.46	18.69	0
Norway
1	Den norske Bank	Bergen	1997	2,058	10.88	31,031	20.10	354	-4.15	18.09	13.55
2	Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse	Oslo	1997	1,481	16.80	25,127	13.77	302	2.55	21.96	13.55
3	Union Bank of Norway	Oslo	1997	913	8.33	18,102	15.62	121	3.63	13.79	13.55
4	Postbanken	Oslo	1996	574	4.05	9,960	-2.14	55	156.52	9.76	1.95
5	Norges Kommunalbank	Oslo	1996	395	-40.45	5,169	6.60	27	-1.60	5.06	1.95

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