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The top 50 banks in the world based ranked according to Market Capitalisation in 2012
All banks have been ranked by total Market Capitalisation in US$ in 2012.
| Rank 2012 | Bank | Market Capitalisation (Billion US$) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2003 | ||
| 1 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) | 241.7 | 224.2 | 234.1 | 269.4 | 174.2 | 249.8 |
| 2 | China Construction Bank | 196.6 | 167.9 | 223.0 | 201.8 | 128.6 | 171.3 |
| 3 | Wells Fargo & Co | 161.4 | 150.9 | 181.0 | 199.7 | 118.0 | 119.6 |
| 4 | HSBC Holdings | 151.6 | 135.7 | 166.5 | 171.5 | 115.5 | 99.7 |
| 5 | Agricultural Bank of China | 142.4 | 131.1 | 163.4 | 154.4 | 98.5 | 86.3 |
| 6 | JP Morgan Chase | 141.7 | 123.0 | 140.6 | 138.4 | 98.3 | 80.0 |
| 7 | Bank of China | 129.5 | 121.7 | 138.1 | 137.0 | 75.3 | 74.6 |
| 8 | Itau Unibanco | 88.9 | 76.9 | 135.7 | 130.7 | 71.0 | 61.6 |
| 9 | Citigroup | 87.4 | 76.1 | 135.2 | 95.4 | 70.4 | 57.4 |
| 10 | Commonwealth | 83.3 | 75.6 | 98.3 | 94.6 | 45.4 | 57.3 |
| 11 | Royal Bank Canada | 77.3 | 71.3 | 89.3 | 90.4 | 44.4 | 55.9 |
| 12 | Bank of America | 72.5 | 71.2 | 81.3 | 76.8 | 43.9 | 55.7 |
| 13 | Toronto-Dominion Bank | 71.2 | 66.0 | 77.3 | 76.1 | 41.2 | 51.3 |
| 14 | Banco Santander | 68.0 | 64.7 | 77.2 | 69.1 | 41.2 | 49.5 |
| 15 | Westpac | 66.5 | 64.3 | 76.8 | 68.9 | 38.6 | 49.5 |
| 16 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial | 65.0 | 62.5 | 75.7 | 68.1 | 36.9 | 47.2 |
| 17 | Banco Bradesco | 64.6 | 61.9 | 70.7 | 62.7 | 35.0 | 46.3 |
| 18 | Sberbank of Russia | 60.1 | 58.6 | 69.1 | 62.3 | 34.4 | 43.9 |
| 19 | ANZ Banking | 59.2 | 57.9 | 67.9 | 59.1 | 33.0 | 43.8 |
| 20 | Bank of Nova Scotia | 58.9 | 54.7 | 66.5 | 58.8 | 32.7 | 43.1 |
| 21 | Standard Chartered | 58.4 | 53.6 | 64.1 | 57.1 | 32.1 | 38.2 |
| 22 | National Australia Bank | 56.7 | 53.0 | 63.8 | 56.8 | 31.1 | 37.4 |
| 23 | US Bancorp | 55.6 | 52.2 | 62.8 | 55.6 | 30.7 | 36.3 |
| 24 | BNP Paribas | 54.9 | 51.6 | 60.6 | 54.5 | 30.1 | 34.7 |
| 25 | Goldman Sachs Group | 54.2 | 45.7 | 54.9 | 53.2 | 29.9 | 34.4 |
| 26 | UBS | 52.70 | 44.70 | 53.40 | 52.60 | 29.40 | 33.90 |
| 27 | Bank of Communications | 48.80 | 42.70 | 52.40 | 52.60 | 28.30 | 33.60 |
| 28 | China Merchants Bank | 45.90 | 41.00 | 52.30 | 52.50 | 28.30 | 33.50 |
| 29 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial | 44.30 | 40.50 | 52.20 | 52.40 | 27.50 | 31.10 |
| 30 | BBVA | 43.70 | 39.80 | 51.10 | 51.90 | 27.50 | 30.00 |
| 31 | Banco do Brasil |
42.90 |
37.70 |
50.60 |
26.70 | 27.80 | |
| 32 | Barclays | 42.80 |
36.90 | 49.50 | 25.40 | 25.80 | |
| 33 | Deutsche Bank | 39.90 | 35.60 | 48.60 | 25.10 | 25.70 | |
| 34 | Bank of Montreal | 38.60 | 35.10 | 46.30 | 24.20 | 24.80 | |
| 35 | Mizuho Financial Group |
36.50 | 32.70 | 44.90 | 23.30 | 24.40 | |
| 36 | Morgan Stanley | 36.20 | 44.70 | 23.70 | |||
| 37 | Banco Santander (Brasil) | 35.70 | 41.40 | 23.60 | |||
| 38 | Lloyds Banking Group | 35.50 | 41.00 | 23.40 | |||
| 39 | Nordea Bank | 34.30 | 40.80 | 22.00 | |||
| 40 | China Citic Bank | 32.10 | 40.60 | 21.70 | |||
| 41 | PNC Financial Services | 32.10 | 36.70 | 21.50 | |||
| 42 | Credit Suisse Group | 32.10 | 36.50 | 21.20 | |||
| 43 | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) | 32.00 | 35.30 | 20.90 | |||
| 44 | Intesa Sanpaolo | 31.30 | 35.20 | ||||
| 45 | BOC Hong Kong | 29.60 | 34.00 | ||||
| 46 | Shanghai Pudong Development Bank | 28.70 | 33.50 | ||||
| 47 | Bank of New York Mellon | 28.30 | |||||
| 48 | Royal Bank of Scotland | 26.40 | |||||
| 49 | Hang Seng Bank | 25.70 | |||||
| 50 | State Bank of India | 25.00 | |||||
It is important to note that the figures above give an indication of the relative Market Capitalisation at a specific time. These figures are dynamic and change with "take-overs" between banks, fluctuations in exchange rates between currencies (figures converted to US$ for the comparison) etc. It is however interesting to follow the trend of Market Capitalisation of the most prominent banks over the last few years.
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