| Middle East | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Bank | Score |
| 1 | 1 | HSBC | 770 |
| 2 | 2 | Citigroup | 401 |
| 3 | 3 | Standard Chartered | 190 |
| 4 | 4 | ABN Amro | 94 |
| 5 | 8 | Calyon | 56 |
| 6 | 12 | Bank of America | 37 |
| 7 | 5 | BNP Paribas | 35 |
| 8 | 7 | JPMorgan Chase | 33 |
| 9 | 18 | Deutsche Bank | 26 |
| 10 | — | Akbank | 8 |
| 11= | — | Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial | 6 |
| 11= | — | National Bank of Dubai | 6 |
| 13 | — | Bank of New York | 5 |
| 14= | — | Rabobank | 4 |
| 14= | — | Maybank | 4 |
| 14= | 10 | Barclays | 4 |
| 14= | — | Mizuho Financial | 4 |
| 18= | 6 | Nordea | 3 |
| 18= | — | ING | 3 |
| 20= | — | Sumitomo Mitsui Banking | 2 |
| 20= | 14= | Lloyds TSB | 2 |
| 20= | 19= | Emirates Bank | 2 |
| 20= | — | Kasikorn Bank | 2 |
