| Fitch IBCA Bank Atlas: | ||||||||||
| Top 200 worldwide in 1998 | ||||||||||
| Rank | Bank | Country | Fiscal period | Shareholder equity ($m) | Equity growth (%) | Total assets ($m) | Asset growth (%) | Net income ($m) | Income growth (%) | ROAE (%) |
| 1 | Bank of America | US | 1998 | 45,938 | 115.3 | 617,679 | 133.5 | 5,165 | 67.9 | 15.4 |
| 2 | Citigroup | US | 1998 | 42,708 | 2.0 | 668,641 | -4.1 | 5,807 | -13.4 | 13.7 |
| 3 | HSBC Holdings | UK | 1998 | 30,587 | -0.3 | 475,546 | 2.3 | 4,782 | -21.2 | 15.6 |
| 4 | Crédit Agricole Group | France | 1998 | 26,426 | 9.4 | 455,782 | 1.9 | 2,448 | 12.8 | 9.7 |
| 5 | Chase Manhattan | US | 1998 | 23,838 | 9.6 | 365,875 | 0.1 | 3,782 | 2.0 | 16.6 |
| 6 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) | China | 1998 | 22,213 | 89.9 | 391,213 | 10.3 | 417 | 68.9 | 2.5 |
| 7 | UBS | Switzerland | 1998 | 21,104 | 7.5 | 684,455 | -8.1 | 2,206 | -581.3 | 10.8 |
| 8 | Deutsche Bank | Germany | 1998 | 20,952 | 18.3 | 706,045 | 25.4 | 2,018 | 254.9 | 10.4 |
| 9 | Wells Fargo | US | 1998 | 20,759 | 195.6 | 202,475 | 128.7 | 1,950 | 44.3 | 14.0 |
| 10 | Bank One | US | 1998 | 20,560 | 98.1 | 261,496 | 125.6 | 3,108 | 138.0 | 20.1 |
| 11 | Crédit Suisse Group | Switzerland | 1998 | 19,443 | 16.6 | 475,017 | 0.3 | 2,341 | 466.8 | 13.0 |
| 12 | Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi | Japan | 1998 | 18,829 | -23.7 | 657,867 | 0.7 | -4,127 | -939.3 | -19.7 |
| 13 | ABN Amro Holding | Netherlands | 1998 | 17,959 | 3.2 | 504,122 | 13.8 | 2,283 | -7.9 | 12.5 |
| 14 | First Union | US | 1998 | 17,173 | 42.7 | 237,363 | 50.9 | 2,891 | 52.5 | 19.8 |
| 15 | HypoVereinsbank | Germany | 1998 | 15,129 | 22.4 | 521,336 | 14.9 | 2,322 | 137.2 | 16.9 |
| 16 | Sumitomo Bank | Japan | 1998 | 14,752 | -7.8 | 466,298 | 1.3 | -1,864 | -746.1 | -12.5 |
| 17 | Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank | Japan | 1998 | 14,637 | -4.9 | 418,942 | -3.4 | -483 | -64.9 | -3.3 |
| 18 | Rabobank Group | Netherlands | 1998 | 14,607 | 7.9 | 291,353 | 30.1 | 1,157 | 10.1 | 8.2 |
| 19 | NatWest Group | UK | 1998 | 14,387 | 6.6 | 297,411 | -1.1 | 2,730 | 147.9 | 19.5 |
| 20 | Banque Nationale de Paris | France | 1998 | 14,027 | 11.7 | 378,991 | 4.7 | 1,365 | 20.9 | 10.3 |
| 21 | Fuji Bank | Japan | 1998 | 13,882 | -12.3 | 399,628 | -7.7 | -2,553 | -378.1 | -17.8 |
| 22 | Sanwa Bank | Japan | 1998 | 13,800 | -9.0 | 415,730 | -2.7 | -1,379 | -743.2 | -9.8 |
| 23 | Barclays | UK | 1998 | 13,632 | 4.3 | 353,296 | -5.7 | 2,296 | 18.2 | 17.2 |
| 24 | Société Générale | France | 1998 | 13,336 | 2.4 | 447,487 | 2.2 | 1,199 | 6.7 | 9.1 |
| 25 | Sakura Bank | Japan | 1998 | 12,955 | -12.3 | 387,462 | -8.4 | -668 | -563.2 | -5.0 |
| 26 | Dresdner Bank | Germany | 1998 | 12,563 | 12.3 | 424,620 | 13.9 | 1,111 | 66.5 | 9.4 |
| 27 | Lloyds TSB Group | UK | 1998 | 12,470 | 20.5 | 240,033 | 5.2 | 3,548 | -8.7 | 31.0 |
| 28 | ING Bank | Netherlands | 1998 | 12,411 | 37.2 | 326,813 | 60.8 | 574 | -38.3 | 5.3 |
| 29 | Commerzbank | Germany | 1998 | 12,010 | 25.2 | 375,804 | 27.7 | 1,100 | 55.2 | 10.2 |
| 30 | Halifax | UK | 1998 | 11,893 | -0.3 | 208,687 | 9.6 | 1,948 | 8.0 | 16.3 |
| 31 | Crédit Mutuel | France | 1998 | 11,348 | 42.2 | 286,369 | 164.2 | 605 | 12.6 | 6.3 |
| 32 | JP Morgan | US | 1998 | 11,261 | -1.3 | 261,067 | -0.4 | 963 | -34.3 | 8.5 |
| 33 | Norinchukin Bank | Japan | 1998 | 10,991 | 302.3 | 390,213 | 4.1 | 1,014 | 305.9 | 15.0 |
| 34 | Industrial Bank of Japan | Japan | 1998 | 10,934 | -11.7 | 357,347 | -0.6 | -1,533 | -1,478.0 | -13.6 |
| 35 | Banco Santander* | Spain | 1998 | 10,707 | 12.7 | 179,867 | -0.8 | 1,386 | 20.1 | 13.7 |
| 36 | San Paolo-Imi | Italy | 1998 | 10,641 | 1.7 | 185,871 | -6.0 | 1,177 | 96.3 | 11.1 |
| 37 | Groupe Caisse d’Epargne | France | 1998 | 10,121 | -7.7 | 235,677 | 9.7 | 422 | -14.5 | 4.0 |
| 38 | Fortis Bank (proforma) | Belgium | 1998 | 9,879 | 17.8 | 323,567 | 12.0 | 1,183 | 26.6 | 13.0 |
| 39 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya | Spain | 1998 | 9,731 | 11.8 | 154,591 | 5.1 | 1,504 | 18.9 | 16.3 |
| 40 | UniCredito Italiano | Italy | 1998 | 9,520 | -6.3 | 172,163 | 6.9 | 631 | -16.1 | |
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