List of largest banks

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These are lists of the largest, banks in the world, as measured by total assets[1] and market capitalization.[2]

By total assets[edit]

Relbanks 2014 statistics on largest banks in the world by total assets:[1] Please note, that the accounting treatment affects the assets reported. For example, the United States uses GAAP (as opposed to IFRS), which only reports the net derivative position in most cases, leading to US banks having fewer derivative assets, than comparable non-US bank.[3]

Rank Bank name Total assets
(US$ billion)
1 Steady China Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) 3,451.74
2 +1 China China Construction Bank Corporation 2,819.24
3 +3 China Agricultural Bank of China 2,716.10
4 +1 United Kingdom HSBC Holdings 2,670.00
5 +1 United States JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2,600.00
6 +3 China Bank of China 2,584.24
7 -2 France BNP Paribas 2,526.98
8 +2 China Bank of China 2,463.08
9 -3 Japan Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) 2,337.04
10 -1 France Crédit Agricole Group 2,143.88
11 +1 United Kingdom Barclays PLC 2,114.13
12 +1 United States Bank of America 2,104.53
13 -2 Germany Deutsche Bank 2,078.13
14 +1 United States Citigroup Inc 1,842.53
15 -1 Japan Japan Post Bank 1,736.34
16 +5 United States Wells Fargo 1,687.16
17 -1 Japan Mizuho Financial Group 1,640.71
18 Steady United Kingdom Royal Bank of Scotland Group 1,635.93
19 +5 China China Development Bank 1,614.99
20 -3 France Société Générale 1,591.00

Banks by country[edit]

Rank Country Number of banks in the top 50 by total assets (2014)[4]
 European Union 21
1  China 12
2  United States of America 6
3  United Kingdom 5
3  France 5
3  Japan 5
6  Canada 4
6  Australia 4
8  Germany 3
9  Italy 2
9   Switzerland 2
9  Netherlands 2
9  Spain 2
13  Brazil 1
13  Sweden 1
13  Denmark 1

By market capitalization[edit]

Relbanks 2015 statistics on largest banks in the world by market capitalization:[2]

Rank Bank name Market capitalization
(US$ billion)
1 +1 China ICBC 302
2 -1 United States Wells Fargo & Co 281
3 Steady United States JP Morgan Chase & Co 230.60
4 Steady China China Construction Bank 208.04
5 +3 China Bank of China 188.84
6 Steady China Agricultural Bank of China 176.03
7 -2 United States Bank of America 169.68
8 +1 United States Citigroup Inc 162.89
9 -2 United Kingdom HSBC Holdings 160.47
10 Steady Australia Commonwealth Bank of Australia 114.75
11 Steady Spain Banco Santander 95.69
12 +6 Japan Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) 92.66
13 +2 Australia Westpac 91.39
14 -2 Canada Royal Bank of Canada 86.20
15 +1 United Kingdom Lloyds Banking Group 84.85
16 -2 United States Goldman Sachs Group 83.60
17 Steady United States US Bancorp 80.08
18 -5 Canada Toronto-Dominion Bank 78.09
19 +3 Australia Australia and New Zealand Banking (ANZ) 79.51
20 -1 United States Morgan Stanley 72.60

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Top Banks in the World 2014". relbanks.com. 2014. 
  2. ^ a b "World's Largest Banks by market capitalization 2015". relbanks.com. 2015. 
  3. ^ "World's 100 Biggest Banks: China's ICBC #1". Forbes. February 12, 2014. 
  4. ^ "Top Banks in the World 2014". relbanks.com. 2014.