Largest banks by country: B


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 (%)*
Bahamas
1	Garantia Banking	Nassau	1996	284	-2.81	3,929	41.89	52	-66.69	17.98	0
2	Socimer International Bank	Nassau	1996	34	37.50	494	108.98	9	333.33	30.90	0
3	British American Bank	Nassau	1996	17	5.62	143	1.28	3	3.33	18.84	0
Bahrain
1	Arab Banking Corp	Manama	1997	2,046	3.81	23,582	2.58	188	16.05	9.36	0
2	Gulf International Bank	Manama	1997	694	6.34	9,524	6.02	86	-8.57	12.83	0
3	Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait	Manama	1997	262	28.13	2,288	13.35	83	226.04	35.73	0
4	National Bank of Bahrain	Manama	1997	256	3.56	2,586	13.42	40	11.03	15.99	0
5	United Gulf Bank	Manama	1996	222	0.45	350	-6.32	16	1.28	7.12	0
Bangladesh
1	Agrani Bank	Dhaka	1996	66	0.00	1,782	2.07	30	3.29	44.98	4.17
2	Islami Bank Bangladesh	Dhaka	1996	25	54.67	400	9.68	7	-8.96	32.03	4.17
3	National Bank	Dkaka	1996	20	41.20	404	15.72	3	62.67	19.21	4.17
Barbados
1	Barbados National Bank	Bridgetown	1996	29	182.52	345	0.70	2	540.00	8.12	0
2	Caribbean Commercial Bank	Bridgetown	1996	13	0.38	78	6.23	0	100.00	0.75	0
3	Mutual bank of the Caribbean	Bridgetown	1996	8	3.85	87	20.82	0	-220.00	3.77	0
Belarus
1	Belpromstroibank	Minsk	1996	43	22.38	404	57.34	15	-40.04	39.27	34.78
2	Belbusinessbank	Minsk	1997	24	n/a	172	n/a	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
3	Priorbank	Minsk	1996	12	1.87	213	-3.20	3	15.49	26.00	34.78
Belgium
1	Generale Bank	Brussels	1997	4,362	4.03	160,108	6.64	636	31.49	14.87	15.36
2	Kredietbank	Brussels	1997	3,684	20.58	112,898	15.05	676	81.16	20.07	15.36
3	Crédit Communal de Belgique	Brussels	1996	3,397	8.63	118,028	7.35	407	14.86	12.49	8.81
4	ASLK-CGER Bank	Brussels	1997	2,465	10.05	82,334	6.48	348	17.31	14.78	15.36
5	CERA	Leuven	1997	2,207	n/a	45,179	n/a	249	n/a	11.30	15.36
6	Bacob Savings Bank	Brussels	1997	1,903	82.31	71,347	72.86	124	34.94	8.41	15.36
Belize
1	BHI Corp	Belize City	1997	91	24.62	247	9.33	18	126.92	21.68	0
Benin
1	Bank of Africa	Benin	1996	17	25.89	204	10.28	4	-16.24	22.93	6.88
2	Banque Internationale du Bénin	Benin	1996	4	30.27	68	11.08	1	-50.02	27.25	6.88
Bermuda
1	Dao Heng Bank Group	Hamilton	1997	1,390	14.57	16,198	21.26	274	40.63	21.04	0.09
2	Bank of Bermuda	Hamilton	1997	397	10.64	9,911	22.63	49	2.74	12.88	0
3	Bank of Butterfield	Hamilton	1997	283	0.75	4,429	8.71	10	-64.14	3.68	0
Bhutan
1	Bank of Bhutan	Phuentsholing	1996	10	8.15	139	25.35	1	44.61	11.45	2.13
Bolivia
1	Banco Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	1997	62	28.42	1,098	20.46	10	32.47	18.91	3.47
2	Banco Industrial	La Paz	1997	52	33.75	572	25.50	13	95.92	29.83	3.47
3	Banco Mercantil	La Paz	1997	41	29.43	551	14.02	8	29.60	21.26	3.47
Botswana
1	First National Bank Botswana	Gaborone	1997	32	18.29	294	21.77	7	20.54	24.59	5.1
Brazil
1	Banco Bradesco	Osasco	1997	5,479	9.32	55,286	59.22	783	3.12	14.92	7.41
2	Banco do Brasil	Brasilia	1997	5,377	7.35	97,560	31.81	514	-107.62	9.90	7.41
3	Banco Itau	Sao Paulo	1997	3,971	10.27	41,553	44.66	641	18.80	16.92	7.41
4	Banco do Estado de Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	1997	3,521	60.99	52,310	-7.00	1,825	59.93	63.96	7.41
5	Unibanco Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros	Sao Paulo	1997	2,758	42.08	25,205	7.12	387	51.03	16.48	7.41
6	Banco Real Group	Sao Paulo	1997	1,581	10.07	16,824	20.71	195	-35.41	12.94	7.41
7	Banco Mercantil de Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	1997	1,005	9.60	5,534	11.88	103	-32.53	10.75	7.41
8	Nossa Caixa Nosso Banco	Sao Paulo	1997	782	14.94	11,723	26.11	144	179.86	19.74	7.41
9	Banco Safra	Sao Paulo	1997	753	13.11	13,186	35.06	140	-12.08	19.67	7.41
10	Banco do Nordeste do Brasil	Fortaleza	1997	659	61.92	4,750	21.07	60	58.49	11.30	7.41
11	Banco Bozano Simonsen	Rio de Janeiro	1997	609	30.76	11,188	135.14	143	-7.79	26.66	7.41
12	Banco de Investimentos Garantia	Sao Paulo	1997	574	4.23	4,757	-19.63	12	-89.41	2.21	0
13	Banco Excel Economico	Sao Paulo	1997	476	0.09	10,415	168.08	-38	-283.26	-8.05	7.41
14	Banco America do Sul	Sao Paulo	1996	457	n/a	4,563	n/a	56	n/a	n/a	6.82
15	Banco do Estado do Parana	Parana	1996	453	4.25	5,969	18.57	12	-67.91	2.80	6.82
16	Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul	Porto Alegre	1996	410	-4.97	9,562	-18.88	-26	-321.77	-6.28	6.82
17	Banco Mercantil do Brasil	Belo Horizante	1997	376	5.71	1,672	12.41	31	-23.96	8.46	7.41
18	Banco do Estado de Santa Catarina	Curitiba	1997	256	5.69	2,504	13.32	25	-0.35	10.17	7.41
19	Banco Votorantim	Sao Paulo	1997	246	91.04	2,954	64.87	16	22.45	8.60	7.41
20	Conglomerado Financeiro Icatu	Sao Paulo	1997	235	19.26	1,614	-56.61	56	45.60	26.06	7.41
21	Banco Icatu	Sao Paulo	1997	235	19.21	1,598	-56.74	53	32.96	24.57	7.41
22	Banco Pactual	Rio de Janeiro	1997	231	8.62	1,911	20.56	61	35.19	27.40	7.41
23	Banco Bandeirantes	Sao Paulo	1997	222	-33.33	4,251	-7.23	-100	-420.00	-36.19	7.41
24	Banco BMC	Sao Paulo	1997	203	-4.59	1,710	-17.14	14	-58.42	6.81	7.41
Brunei
1	Baiduri Bank	Darussalam	1996	40	166.99	325	72.81	4	134.62	15.91	-1.03
Bulgaria
1	Bulbank	Sofia	1996	142	179.76	2,392	430.53	92	1372.29	95.81	589.28
2	United Bulgarian Bank	Sofia	1996	137	-2475.09	359	192.24	0	-100.22	0.03	589.28
3	Hebros Bank	Plovdiv	1996	121	9011.08	243	219.34	0	-100.78	0.01	589.28
Burkina Faso
1	Banque Intle pour Commerce Industrie & Agriculture	Ouagadougou	1996	20	8.69	220	-1.42	9	-13.72	44.89	6.88
Burundi
1	Banque de Crédit de Bujumbura	Bujumbura	1996	8	0.53	63	2.08	1	-40.22	14.37	15.99
2	Banque Nationale pour le Développement Economique	Bujumbura	1996	4	5.00	35	12.12	0	-88.73	0.21	15.99
3	Banque Commerciale du Burundi	Bujumbura	1996	3	4.23	52	4.86	0	-19.02	9.38	15.99

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