| Rank | Bank | City | Fiscal period | Shareholder equity ($m) | Equity growth (%) | Total assets ($m) | Asset growth (%) | Net income ($m) | Income growth (%) | ROAE (%) |
| Andorra | ||||||||||
| 1 | Crédit Andorra | Andorra La Vella | 1998 | 373 | 6.0 | 4,228 | 2.3 | 60 | 8.8 | 16.6 |
| 2 | Banc Internacional Banca Mora | Andorra La Vella | 1997 | 226 | 6.0 | 3,110 | -4.0 | 58 | 12.1 | 26.5 |
| 3 | Banc Agricol i Comercial d’Andorra | Andorra La Vella | 1997 | 197 | 6.9 | 1,974 | 8.0 | 28 | -4.8 | 14.7 |
| Argentina | ||||||||||
| 1 | Banco de la Nación Argentina | Buenos Aires | 1997 | 2,002 | 3.5 | 17,015 | 1.6 | 87 | 23.8 | 4.4 |
| 2 | Banco Hipotecario Nacional | Buenos Aires | 1997 | 1,929 | -23.3 | 3,728 | -13.4 | 201 | -28.4 | 9.1 |
| 3 | Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires | 1997 | 1,223 | -10.1 | 12,505 | 21.3 | 101 | -31.2 | 7.9 |
| 4 | Banco de Galicia & Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires | 1998 | 1,067 | 20.1 | 13,006 | 19.1 | 114 | -2.1 | 11.7 |
| Armenia | ||||||||||
| 1 | Credit-Yerevan Bank | Yerevan | 1997 | 2 | 435.1 | 10 | 193.1 | 0 | -37.2 | -23.8 |
| 2 | Armimpexbank | Yerevan | 1997 | 1 | 3.6 | 59 | 53.8 | -1 | 248.1 | -63.5 |
| Australia | ||||||||||
| 1 | National Australia Bank | Melbourne | 1998 | 9,372 | 3.5 | 136,355 | 3.9 | 1,198 | -25.1 | 14.2 |
| 2 | Westpac Banking Corp | Sydney | 1998 | 5,119 | -13.3 | 75,498 | -2.6 | 759 | -18.5 | 15.2 |
| 3 | Australia & New Zealand Banking Group | Melbourne | 1998 | 4,988 | -0.9 | 79,706 | -10.8 | 663 | -10.8 | 14.5 |
| 4 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | Sydney | 1998 | 4,226 | -19.3 | 74,121 | -10.6 | 681 | -17.0 | 16.0 |
| 5 | St George Bank | Kogarah | 1998 | 2,250 | -13.7 | 26,134 | -19.2 | 133 | -19.4 | 6.0 |
| 6 | Suncorp-Metway | Brisbane | 1998 | 1,114 | -14.0 | 13,144 | -11.4 | 143 | 27.8 | 13.1 |
| 7 | Colonial State Bank/State Bank of New South Wales | Sydney | 1998 | 601 | -31.8 | 11,576 | -0.3 | 98 | -13.9 | 13.8 |
| 8 | Bank of Western Australia | Perth | 1997 | 425 | -1.0 | 9,274 | 6.6 | 63 | -14.6 | 15.7 |
| Austria | ||||||||||
| 1 | Bank Austria | Vienna | 1998 | 5,269 | 15.8 | 139,165 | 4.6 | 333 | -42.7 | 6.9 |
| 2 | Erste Bank | Vienna | 1998 | 1,897 | 13.6 | 60,498 | 3.9 | 200 | 91.0 | 11.3 |
| 3 | Bank für Arbeit & Wirtschaft (Bawag) | Vienna | 1998 | 1,604 | 23.1 | 22,762 | 14.8 | 67 | 15.9 | 4.6 |
| 4 | Raiffeisen Zentralbank | Vienna | 1998 | 1,421 | 19.0 | 28,625 | 33.4 | 33 | -67.6 | 2.7 |
| 5 | Österreichische Postsparkasse | Vienna | 1997 | 878 | 3.8 | 23,035 | 5.3 | 37 | -110.9 | 4.3 |
| 6 | Österreichische Volksbanken | Vienna | 1998 | 510 | 16.3 | 7,780 | 15.1 | 42 | 47.2 | 8.7 |
| 7 | Oberbank | Linz | 1997 | 388 | 5.9 | 8,016 | 7.6 | 33 | 11.8 | 8.7 |
| 8 | Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich | Linz | 1997 | 344 | 10.3 | 8,280 | 8.3 | 29 | 6.9 | 8.8 |
| Azerbaijan | ||||||||||
| 1 | International Bank of Azerbaijan Republic | Baku | 1997 | 5 | 92.2 | 349 | 14.3 | 7 | 41.2 | 281.8 |
| 2 | Arkobank | Baku | 1997 | 4 | 22.5 | 10 | 37.3 | 1 | -44.4 | 19.5 |
| 3 | Azerdemiryolbank | Baku | 1997 | 3 | 26.7 | 11 | 23.9 | 1 | -28.6 | 27.9 |
