| Rank | Bank | City | Fiscal period | Shareholder equity ($m) | Equity growth (%) | Total assets ($m) | Asset growth (%) | Net income ($m) | Income growth (%) | ROAE (%) |
| Cambodia | ||||||||||
| 1 | Cambodia Mekong Bank | Phnom Penh | 1998 | 9 | -0.7 | 11 | -11.0 | -1 | 31,553.9 | 9.9 |
| Cameroon | ||||||||||
| 1 | CCEI Bank | Yaoundé | 1997 | 4 | 73.5 | 118 | 6.9 | 2 | -158.3 | 45.1 |
| Canada | ||||||||||
| 1 | Royal Bank of Canada | Montreal | 1998 | 8,033 | 3.7 | 171,007 | 2.9 | 1,232 | -1.2 | 16.3 |
| 2 | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Toronto | 1998 | 7,220 | -1.9 | 175,322 | 8.6 | 698 | -37.7 | 10.0 |
| 3 | Bank of Montreal | Montreal | 1998 | 7,212 | 12.2 | 139,803 | -2.6 | 891 | -5.6 | 13.6 |
| 4 | Bank of Nova Scotia | Toronto | 1998 | 7,123 | 5.3 | 145,673 | 9.4 | 928 | -15.5 | 14.0 |
| 5 | Toronto Dominion Bank | Toronto | 1998 | 5,559 | 7.2 | 111,432 | 0.1 | 727 | -5.9 | 14.1 |
| 6 | National Bank of Canada | Montreal | 1998 | 2,087 | -8.9 | 44,087 | -2.9 | 225 | -11.5 | 10.8 |
| Cayman Islands | ||||||||||
| 1 | BAC International Bank | Georgetown | 1997 | 107 | 6.6 | 1,861 | 42.3 | 15 | -45.5 | 14.6 |
| 2 | Cayman National Bank Ltd | Georgetown | 1997 | 42 | 19.4 | 496 | 19.2 | 8 | 12.3 | 20.2 |
| Chad | ||||||||||
| 1 | Banque Tchadienne de Crédit & de Dépôt | Ndajamera | 1997 | 3 | 18.0 | 72 | 43.3 | 1 | 208.6 | 23.3 |
| Chile | ||||||||||
| 1 | O’Higgins Central Hispanoamericano | Santiago | 1997 | 1,217 | 70.9 | 12,575 | 8.4 | 116 | 76.2 | 12.2 |
| 2 | Banco Santiago | Santiago | 1997 | 820 | 145.4 | 10,049 | 88.2 | 138 | 524.7 | 24.2 |
| 3 | Banco de Chile | Santiago | 1997 | 638 | 3.7 | 8,999 | 10.7 | 167 | 0.5 | 27.1 |
| 4 | Banco del Estado de Chile | Santiago | 1998 | 636 | -1.7 | 9,683 | -1.0 | 64 | -0.8 | 10.3 |
| 5 | Banco de A Edwards | Santiago | 1997 | 297 | 12.9 | 4,445 | 18.3 | 54 | 76.2 | 19.6 |
| 6 | Banco de Crédito & Inversiones | Santiago | 1997 | 288 | 22.6 | 5,357 | 10.3 | 68 | 25.4 | 26.5 |
| 7 | Banco Sud Americano | Santiago | 1998 | 203 | -0.5 | 2,759 | -12.1 | 8 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| China | ||||||||||
| 1 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) | Beijing | 1998 | 22,213 | 89.9 | 391,213 | 10.3 | 417 | 68.9 | 2.5 |
| 2 | Bank of China | Beijing | 1997 | 11,246 | 12.7 | 305,638 | 5.8 | 1,125 | 5.4 | 10.6 |
| 3 | China Construction Bank | Beijing | 1997 | 5,988 | 9.3 | 203,116 | 6.9 | 122 | -18.6 | 2.1 |
| 4 | Agricultural Bank of China | Beijing | 1997 | 4,802 | -5.5 | 190,095 | 7.3 | 64 | -74.8 | 1.3 |
| 5 | Bank of Communications | Shanghai | 1997 | 2,824 | 8.3 | 54,319 | 13.3 | 344 | -21.2 | 12.7 |
| 6 | China Merchants Bank | Shenzhen | 1998 | 994 | 10.6 | 16,679 | 16.0 | 169 | -34.3 | 17.9 |
| 7 | Kwangtung Provincial Bank | Beijing | 1997 | 869 | 12.7 | 9,764 | -1.8 | 96 | -4.6 | 11.7 |
| 8 | Citic Industrial Bank | Beijing | 1997 | 847 | 27.0 | 15,196 | 16.0 | 166 | 29.7 | 22.1 |
| 9 | Everbright Bank of China | Beijing | 1998 | 734 | 8.9 | 9,027 | 22.7 | 106 | -20.3 | 15.1 |
| 10 | Fujian Industrial Bank | Fuzhou-Fujian | 1997 | 410 | 82.6 | 3,509 | 19.6 | 42 | 28.2 | 13.2 |
| 11 | Bank of Shanghai | Shanghai | 1997 | 402 | 22.2 | 5,967 | 18.5 | 107 | 2.2 | 29.4 |
| 12 | Hua Xia Bank | Beijing | 1997 | 363 | 5.0 | 4,847 | 77.6 | 42 | 22.5 | 11.9 |
| Colombia | ||||||||||
| 1 | Banco de Bogotá | Bogota | 1998 | 560 | 9.6 | 2,622 | -5.2 | 82 | -15.9 | 16.7 |
| 2 | Bancolombia | Medellin | 1998 | 516 | -31.7 | 4,353 | -15.7 | -11 | -113.0 | -1.9 |
| 3 | Banco Popular | Bogota | 1998 | 274 | -4.1 | 1,714 | 3.9 | 23 | -36.4 | 9.2 |
| 4 | Banco de Occidente | Cali | 1998 | 237 | 4.8 | 1,423 | 5.1 | 75 | 49.6 | 35.4 |
| 5 | Bancafé | Bogota | 1998 | 223 | -37.2 | 3,352 | 36.3 | -168 | -4,065.5 | -64.7 |
| 6 | Banco Davivienda | Bogota | 1998 | 220 | 6.0 | 2,473 | 4.9 | 21 | -50.9 | 10.6 |
| Costa Rica | ||||||||||
| 1 | Banco Popular y de Desarrollo Comunal | San José | 1998 | 143 | – | 454 | – | 5 | – | 3.3 |
| 2 | Banco Nacional de Costa Rica | San José | 1998 | 103 | 16.7 | 1,839 | 15.8 | 6 | -60.9 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Banco de Costa Rica | San José | 1998 | 101 | -1.2 | 1,125 | 16.3 | 6 | -54.0 | 6.0 |
| Croatia | ||||||||||
| 1 | Zagrebacka Banka | Zagreb | 1998 | 366 | 22.1 | 4,061 | 12.8 | 30 | -38.8 | 9.1 |
| 2 | Privredna Banka | Zagreb | 1998 | 304 | 5.6 | 2,865 | 9.8 | 16 | – | 5.4 |
| Cyprus | ||||||||||
| 1 | Bank of Cyprus Holdings | Nicosia | 1997 | 417 | 13.2 | 6,931 | 6.8 | 52 | 91.5 | 14.0 |
| 2 | Cyprus Popular Bank | Nicosia | 1997 | 337 | -5.0 | 5,100 | 2.0 | 44 | 6.9 | 13.5 |
| 3 | Hellenic Bank | Nicosia | 1997 | 116 | -1.1 | 1,914 | -1.7 | 9 | 91.5 | 7.7 |
| Czech Republic | ||||||||||
| 1 | Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka | Prague | 1998 | 883 | 10.4 | 8,182 | 4.9 | 94 | 10.6 | 11.2 |
| 2 | Ceska Sporitelna | Prague | 1998 | 740 | -14.5 | 12,752 | 2.4 | -126 | -236.2 | -15.7 |
| 3 | Komercni Banka | Prague | 1998 | 682 | -31.8 | 14,068 | -9.5 | -318 | -1,908.0 | -37.8 |
