Largest banks by country: P


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 (%)*
Pakistan
1	National Bank of Pakistan	Karachi	1996	176	-10.14	6,834	13.14	-20	-216.70	-10.68	17.14
2	Habib Bank	Karachi	1996	99	-46.41	6,172	7.50	-86	-1066.96	-60.57	17.14
3	Muslim Commercial Bank	Karachi	1996	89	2.98	3,377	13.17	3	-72.13	2.93	17.14
Panama
1	Banco General	Panama	1997	118	16.75	1,340	15.54	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
2	Banco del Istmo	Panama	1997	105	31.66	1,205	26.15	23	32.16	24.42	0
Papua New Guinea
1	Papua New Guinea Banking Corp	Port Moresby	1996	54	13.86	782	25.51	16	71.09	32.25	0.88
2	Bank of South Pacific	Port Moresby	1996	14	21.85	235	20.89	5	106.45	38.21	0.88
Paraguay
1	Banco Nacional de Fomento	Asuncion	1996	45	12.92	435	19.98	1	-1.21	1.68	6.77
2	Banco Aleman Paraguayo	Asuncion	1996	18	35.24	124	36.66	5	51.66	33.25	6.77
3	Banco de Inversiones del Paraguay	Asuncion	1996	13	70.90	115	15.23	0	-99.94	-0.02	6.77
Peru
1	Banco de Credito del Peru	Lima	1997	502	23.20	5,617	9.42	91	-8.35	20.05	5
2	Banco Wieseo	Lima	1997	263	18.76	3,916	33.89	30	-19.46	12.59	5
3	Banco de la Nacion	Lima	1997	217	5.08	2,703	-11.51	0	100.00	0.07	5
4	Interbank	Lima	1997	127	22.38	1,604	29.93	26	9.31	22.80	5
Philippines
1	Metropolitan Bank & Trust	Manila	1997	974	31.20	6,835	22.06	135	3.15	15.73	52.07
2	Bank of the Philippine Islands	Manila	1996	796	33.19	6,665	17.93	153	44.30	21.90	0.28
3	Philippine National Bank	Manila	1996	771	29.99	7,491	17.78	178	124.50	26.06	0.28
4	Philippine Commercial International Bank	Manila	1997	554	18.56	3,612	15.23	92	20.90	18.07	52.07
5	Far East Bank & Trust	Manila	1997	457	29.91	3,929	26.88	68	20.01	16.82	52.07
6	United Coconut Planters Bank	Manila	1996	423	23.86	2,933	14.96	86	37.13	22.55	0.28
7	Rizal Commercial Banking Corp	Manila	1996	374	41.23	3,054	22.28	47	22.30	14.71	0.28
8	Allied Banking Corp	Manila	1996	300	16.27	2,528	21.95	41	9.46	14.67	0.28
9	Equitable Banking Corp	Manila	1996	274	14.85	2,395	41.08	40	48.80	15.71	0.28
10	China Banking Corp	Manila	1996	268	59.92	1,765	40.32	35	11.89	16.12	0.28
11	Union Bank of the Philippines	Manila	1996	240	18.24	1,893	52.14	37	31.96	16.50	0.28
12	Security Bank Corp	Manila	1996	230	71.70	1,551	48.67	34	80.28	18.91	0.28
Poland
1	Bank Polska Kasa Opieki	Warsaw	1996	1,026	191.29	13,874	95.82	140	28.61	20.31	15.9
2	Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Panstwowy	Warsaw	1996	746	71.60	12,774	31.12	363	201.48	61.51	15.9
3	Bank Handlowy w Warszawie	Warsaw	1996	728	12.93	3,977	9.05	195	60.39	28.33	15.9
4	Bank Przemyslowo	Krakow	1996	330	30.03	2,421	18.75	93	32.09	31.94	15.9
Portugal
1	Caixa Geral de Depositos	Lisbon	1997	2,768	17.58	45,076	12.78	582	1108.70	22.72	17.23
2	Banco Comercial Portugues	Porto	1997	1,919	-13.33	32,222	8.03	337	37.95	16.31	17.23
3	Banco Pinto & Sotto Mayor	Lisbon	1997	1,561	22.15	29,168	1.52	147	10.20	10.37	17.23
4	Banco Espirito Santo	Lisbon	1997	1,297	23.92	23,091	21.84	201	53.75	17.17	17.23
5	Banco Totta & Acores	Lisbon	1997	952	8.12	18,872	-1.56	93	-7.57	10.18	17.23
6	Banco Portugues do Atlantico	Porto	1997	860	12.56	21,380	6.43	94	22.70	11.62	17.23
7	BPI-SGPS	Lisbon	1997	754	11.89	16,862	7.00	142	43.65	19.85	17.23
8	Banco de Fomento & Exterior	Lisbon	1997	717	-0.53	14,686	59.46	61	-46.89	8.43	17.23
9	Banco Mello	Lisbon	1997	377	21.40	7,102	14.08	20	300.00	5.71	17.23
10	Banco Fonsecas & Burnay	Lisbon	1997	363	5.89	8,886	43.19	22	-50.60	6.34	17.23
Puerto Rico
1	Firstbank Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	1996	191	11.62	2,822	16.00	38	-23.42	20.76	0
2	Island Finance Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	1996	163	5.44	1,433	8.73	8	-333.33	5.30	0
3	Westernbank	Puerto Rico	1996	120	22.75	1,847	23.60	24	41.67	22.55	3.37

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