The World's Top 200 banks and World Bank ranking: Methodology
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The World's Top 200 banks and World Bank ranking: Methodology

Bank atlas 1998

The World's Top 200 banks: Euromoney/Fitch IBCA World Bank Atlas 1998

The World's Top 50 banks by Market Capitalization



The 1998 Bank Atlas was compiled in conjunction with Fitch IBCA. All information was supplied by Fitch IBCA from commercial banks' annual reports and financial statements for the years 1996 and 1997. Where possible, figures are presented in consolidated form. Banks owned by other financial institutions are not listed separately as they are consolidated in the parent's figures.

Criteria for inclusion:


  • G10 countries: minimum shareholders' equity $1 billion (maximum 50 banks per country)

  • OECD countries outside G10: minimum shareholders' equity $300 million

  • Other countries: minimum shareholders' equity $200 million, except where information is only available on a small number of emerging-market banks

  • Notes : Germany: Genu§scheine (participation certificates) are excluded

  • Japan: where banks are engaged in trust business, deposits include banking-type trust funds

  • Russia: only banks reporting international accounting standards are eligible

  • Taiwan: where no growth percentages are shown, 1997 data were obtained from the ministry of finance, not annual reports

  • OECD countries outside G10: minimum shareholders' equity $300 million

  • Other countries: minimum shareholders' equity $200 million, except where information is only available on a small number of emerging-market banks

  • Notes : Germany: Genu§scheine (participation certificates) are excluded

  • Japan: where banks are engaged in trust business, deposits include banking-type trust funds

  • Russia: only banks reporting international accounting standards are eligible

  • Taiwan: where no growth percentages are shown, 1997 data were obtained from the ministry of finance, not annual reports

  • G10 countries: minimum shareholders' equity $1 billion (maximum 50 banks per country)

  • OECD countries outside G10: minimum shareholders' equity $300 million

  • Other countries: minimum shareholders' equity $200 million, except where information is only available on a small number of emerging-market banks

  • Notes : Germany: Genu§scheine (participation certificates) are excluded

  • Japan: where banks are engaged in trust business, deposits include banking-type trust funds

  • Russia: only banks reporting international accounting standards are eligible

  • Taiwan: where no growth percentages are shown, 1997 data were obtained from the ministry of finance, not annual reports

  • OECD countries outside G10: minimum shareholders' equity $300 million

  • Other countries: minimum shareholders' equity $200 million, except where information is only available on a small...




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