Emerging markets 250 2003: A world of difference

The performances that underlie this year's listing of the 250 biggest emerging market banks reflect regional differences as much as broad general features. ? Philip Guarco, Sam Theodore and Elisabeth Jackson Moore report.

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THE SITUATION OF banks in emerging markets varies with the region. The concept of emerging markets for the banking industry is becoming increasingly hard to define as a general category.

Central and eastern European banking systems are increasingly integrated in the EU mainstream – even in those cases where accession to the EU is not imminent. Important segments of Latin American banking are now in the hands of large global banking groups, primarily from Spain and the US.

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