The following are lists of the largest banks in the world, as measured by market capitalization and total assets.

By market capitalization edit

The list is based on Forbes.com's ranking as of August 2023 based on an analysis of the bank's operations, financial performance, and overall impact on the global economy.[1]

JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the world by market capitalization
Rank Bank name Market cap
(US$ billion)
1   JPMorgan Chase 419.25
2   Bank of America 231.52
3   Industrial and Commercial Bank of China 194.56
4   Agricultural Bank of China 160.68
5   HDFC Bank 157.91
6   Wells Fargo 155.87
7   HSBC Holdings PLC 148.90
8   Morgan Stanley 140.83
9   China Construction Bank 139.82
10   Bank of China 136.81

By total assets edit

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the largest bank in the world by total assets

The list is based on the April 2023 S&P Global Market Intelligence report of the 100 largest banks in the world. The ranking was based upon assets as reported and was not adjusted for different accounting treatments.[2] Another publication which has the goal to compile a yearly list of the world largest banks is The Banker Magazine. Every year in their July number a list of the World 1000 Largest Banks is published.[3] The financial data published by the July yearly issue of The Banker are much more extensive compared to the S&P Top 100 banks, but it's not a publication intended for the general public.

Accounting treatment affects the assets reported: for example, the United States uses US 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 banks.[4] If JPMorgan Chase reported under the IFRS, it would be ranked 2nd on the list as of 2023, rather than 5th.[2]

Rank Bank name Total assets
(2022)
(US$ billion)
1   Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited 5,742.86
2   China Construction Bank 5,016.81
3   Agricultural Bank of China 4,919.03
4   Bank of China 4,192.12
5   JPMorgan Chase 3,898.33
6   Bank of America 3,051.38
7   Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 2,967.91
8   HSBC 2,864.59
9   BNP Paribas 2,849.61
10   Crédit Agricole 2,542.61
11   Citigroup Inc. 2,416.68
12   Postal Savings Bank of China 2,039.56
13   SMBC Group 2,006.75
14   Mizuho Financial Group 1,909.35
15   Bank of Communications 1,883.72
16   Wells Fargo 1,881.02
17   Banco Santander 1,853.86
18   Barclays 1,823.84
19   Japan Post Bank 1,719.92
20   UBS 1,679.36
21   Groupe BPCE 1,636.35
22   Société Générale 1,588.99
23   Royal Bank of Canada 1,544.17
24   Toronto-Dominion Bank 1,524.83
25   China Merchants Bank 1,470.00
26   Goldman Sachs 1,441.80
27   Deutsche Bank 1,428.65
28   Industrial Bank (China) 1,343.54
29   China CITIC Bank 1,239.28
30   Shanghai Pudong Development Bank 1,184.28
31   Morgan Stanley 1,180.23
32   Crédit Mutuel 1,180.22
33   Lloyds Banking Group 1,057.69
34   China Minsheng Bank 1,051.97
35   Intesa Sanpaolo 1,042.73
36   ING Group 1,034.32
37   Scotiabank 1,029.80
38   UniCredit 916.72
39   China Everbright Bank 913.49
40   NatWest Group 867.59
41   Bank of Montreal 859.05
42   Commonwealth Bank 837.21
43   Standard Chartered 819.92
44   La Banque postale 796.88
45   Ping An Bank 771.55
46   Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria 762.15
47   Norinchukin Bank 753.26
48   State Bank of India 694.94
49   Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 691.31
50   National Australia Bank 679.76
51   U.S.Bancorp 674.81
52   Rabobank 671.70
53   DZ Bank 670.13
54   Australia and New Zealand Banking Group 669.66
55   Westpac 653.39
56   Nordea 635.72
57   CaixaBank 604.03
58   Sberbank of Russia 566.07
59   KB Financial Group Inc 557.54
60   PNC Financial Services 557.26
61   Resona Holdings 557.10
62   Truist Financial Corp 555.26
63   DBS Bank 554.40
64   Danske Bank 540.66
65   Huaxia Bank 540.04
66   Shinhan Bank 537.44
67   China Guangfa Bank 528.91
68   Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings 516.83
69   Commerzbank 510.25
70   Capital One 455.25
71   Hana Financial Group 452.34
72   Bank of Beijing 447.54
73   Itaú Unibanco 439.50
74   OCBC Bank 417.61
75   Nonghyup Bank 417.37
76   Bank of Jiangsu 410.83
77   The Bank of New York Mellon 405.78
78   ABN AMRO 405.67
79   Bank of Shanghai 405.13
80   Woori Bank 382.05
81   KBC Bank 380.33
82   China Zheshang Bank 380.14
83   Banco do Brasil 379.78
84   United Overseas Bank 376.07
85   Nomura Holdings 373.41
86   Landesbank Baden-Württemberg 346.45
87   Erste Group 346.12
88   Industrial Bank of Korea 343.49
89   Bank of Ningbo 343.05
90   Banco Bradesco 340.41
91   SEB Group 338.91
92   VTB Bank 335.11
93   Handelsbanken 331.32
94   DNB ASA 328.50
95   Qatar National Bank 323.56
96   National Bank of Canada 312.67
97   Macquarie Group 313.47
98   Nationwide Building Society 311.93
99   Raiffeisen Gruppe 303.50
100   First Abu Dhabi Bank 302.22

Banks by country or territory edit

Number of banks in the top 100 by total assets [2]
Rank Country Number
1   China 20
2   United States 11
3   Japan 8
4   United Kingdom 6
  France 6
  Canada 6
  South Korea 6
8   Australia 5
9   Germany 4
10   Spain 3
  Netherlands 3
  Singapore 3
  Brazil 3
14    Switzerland 2
  Italy 2
  Russia 2
  Sweden 2
18   India 1
  Finland 1
  Denmark 1
  Belgium 1
  Austria 1
  Norway 1
  Qatar 1
  United Arab Emirates 1

* Includes all beneath counted banks of member states of the European Union

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The 10 largest banks in the world in 2023". Forbes India. 21 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Khan, Zia; Terris, Harry; Meggeson, Ben (26 April 2023). "The world's 100 largest banks, 2023". spglobal.com. S&P Global Market Intelligence. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  3. ^ Banker, The. "Top 1000". www.thebanker.com. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  4. ^ "World's 100 Biggest Banks: China's ICBC #1". Forbes. 12 February 2014.