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TOP 200 BANKS IN AFRICA 2008
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Shrugging off the credit-crunch blues, Africa’s bankers have bold expansion plans that will change the face of Africa’s economies. Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya are spearheading the charge, creating banking groups large enough to gain economies of scale and flexible enough to reach the customers ignored by the subsidiaries of colonial-era banks.


Each year The Africa Report collates a list of the continent's Top 200 banks. These rankings, which were published in September 2008, were based on banks' 2007 financial year, showing their results before the global financial crisis.

 

Use the search bar below to browse the banks by name, country, total assets, net earnings, credit or deposits.


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1 1 STANDARD BANK INVESTMENT CORP. SOUTH AFRICA 175 006 204 3 338 379 81 153 608 164 874 254
2 2 ABSA GROUP SOUTH AFRICA 94 886 577 2 796 665 67 504 582 45 971 302
3 3 FIRSTRAND BANKING GROUP SOUTH AFRICA 81 052 489 2 072 404 56 774 954 62 175 818
4 4 NEDBANK GROUP SOUTH AFRICA 72 375 131 2 094 315 55 364 186 56 931 295
5 5 NATIONAL BANK OF EGYPT EGYPT 38 810 511 2 680 063 14 023 712 29 457 542
6 7 BANQUE EXTÉRIEURE D'ALGÉRIE ALGERIA 31 662 000 510 000 9 636 000 27 458 000
7 6 INVESTEC GROUP * SOUTH AFRICA 30 300 344 333 862 11 268 941 10 502 195
8 10 CRÉDIT POPULAIRE DU MAROC MOROCCO 20 260 917 841 685 9 742 019 17 378 975
9 8 ATTIJARIWAFA BANK * MOROCCO 19 782 639 803 697 10 064 365 15 928 083
10 11 BANQUE MAROCAINE DU COMMERCE EXTÉRIEUR MOROCCO 14 028 052 585 566 7 719 371 10 731 395
11 16 FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA NIGERIA 13 171 995 1 066 872 4 044 247 6 037 799
12 42 INTERCONTINENTAL BANK NIGERIA 12 005 027 - 3 754 946 9 115 192
13 49 ACCESS BANK NIGERIA NIGERIA 10 517 205 370 168 2 206 626 3 033 477
14 13 BANQUE NATIONALE D'ALGÉRIE * ALGERIA 10 410 721 403 264 6 024 514 6 208 421
15 15 UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA NIGERIA 10 270 355 388 682 2 762 861 7 810 765
16 12 CAISSE NATIONALE D'ÉPARGNE ET DE PRÉVOYANCE * ALGERIA 9 060 000 95 270 3 400 000 8 050 000
17 41 OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL NIGERIA NIGERIA 8 954 439 259 023 2 927 496 5 983 714
18 19 COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL BANK EGYPT 8 706 285 218 829 3 714 051 7 195 695
19 18 NATIONAL SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE BANK EGYPT 8 608 576 325 964 4 041 274 7 163 493
20 22 ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK NIGERIA 8 388 645 818 151 2 484 388 5 471 229
21 23 ARAB AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL BANK EGYPT 8 015 085 115 508 2 824 500 5 137 392
22 21 BANQUE MAROCAINE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE MOROCCO 7 284 127 274 277 4 798 218 6 290 968
23 17 CRÉDIT POPULAIRE D'ALGÉRIE * ALGERIA 7 083 713 248 074 1 999 999 5 269 439
24 20 BANK OF ALEXANDRIA EGYPT 6 857 281 117 446 1 858 619 5 654 942
25 32 ECOBANK TRANSNATIONAL INC. TOGO 6 550 224 543 988 3 117 036 4 714 327
26 - CITIBANK NA SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA 6 488 000 - - -
27 24 SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE MAROCAINE DE BANQUES MOROCCO 6 352 958 304 036 5 078 780 5 065 295
28 28 GUARANTY TRUST BANK NIGERIA 6 343 880 266 523 2 484 738 3 144 298
29 25 IMPERIAL BANK SOUTH AFRICA 5 659 705 220 796 5 229 058 -
30 26 COMMERCIAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA ETHIOPIA 4 798 354 210 358 900 605 3 627 491
31 38 CRÉDIT DU MAROC MOROCCO 4 244 688 182 110 2 690 013 3 667 986
32 31 SOCIÉTÉ TUNISIENNE DE BANQUE TUNISIA 4 228 732 170 300 3 143 516 2 978 284
33 33 BANQUE NATIONALE AGRICOLE TUNISIA 4 181 848 158 277 3 212 813 3 005 033
34 30 ARAB INTERNATIONAL BANK EGYPT 4 056 855 -132 690 047 3 000 894
35 27 DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA * SOUTH AFRICA 4 024 160 - - -
36 36 FAISAL ISLAMIC BANK OF EGYPT EGYPT 4 017 325 91 864 3 606 352 3 686 489
37 47 BANQUE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT LOCAL ALGERIA 4 016 472 118 972 2 387 309 3 134 344
38 39 BANQUE INTERNATIONALE ARABE DE TUNISIE TUNISIA 4 002 379 189 237 2 267 951 3 391 372
39 45 THE MAURITIUS COMMERCIAL BANK MAURITIUS 4 000 384 131 214 2 509 368 3 092 925
40 70 SKYE BANK NIGERIA 3 846 841 - 935 164 2 322 312
41 76 BANCO AFRICANO DE INVESTIMENTOS ANGOLA 3 665 764 202 553 837 924 2 834 233
42 91 BNP PARIBAS EGYPT EGYPT 3 594 800 62 297 568 224 1 860 511
43 35 HSBC MAURITIUS * MAURITIUS 3 399 167 53 457 993 465 2 254 020
44 37 DIAMOND BANK * NIGERIA 3 374 506 - - 176 019
45 78 PLATINUMHABIB BANK NIGERIA 3 267 680 80 804 863 668 2 654 912
46 - BARCLAYS BANK EGYPT EGYPT 3 252 216 139 036 1 101 156 2 024 206
47 44 BANQUE DE L'HABITAT DE TUNISIE TUNISIA 3 249 868 139 844 2 539 384 2 022 721
48 40 CALYON CREDIT AGRICOLE * SOUTH AFRICA 3 182 913 27 782 2 698 009 2 703 187
49 46 WAHDA BANK LIBYA 2 981 026 60 829 740 021 2 479 153
50 43 NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK * LIBYA 2 978 145 34 713 748 226 1 153 183
51 48 CRÉDIT AGRICOLE EGYPT * EGYPT 2 779 925 130 698 642 729 2 420 639
52 82 STANBIC IBTC CHARTERED BANK NIGERIA 2 717 169 195 042 685 223 615 602
53 - BOA GROUP MALI 2 700 041 49 882 1 449 726 2 117 003
54 88 ECOBANK NIGERIA NIGERIA 2 638 000 277 000 1 047 000 1 888 000
55 50 CRÉDIT IMMOBILIER ET HÔTELIER * MOROCCO 2 572 450 136 886 1 978 726 1 504 035
56 58 BARCLAYS BANK OF KENYA KENYA 2 494 113 180 058 1 666 567 1 725 914
57 - BANCO BIC ANGOLA 2 349 972 90 686 1 232 521 1 609 274
58 52 BARCLAYS BANK OF MAURITIUS * MAURITIUS 2 341 006 79 367 1 032 944 1 714 359
59 54 BANCO DE FOMENTO DE ANGOLA * ANGOLA 2 318 752 188 193 855 785 1 802 467
60 56 AMEN BANK TUNISIA 2 289 131 95 133 1 643 240 1 715 458
61 60 ARAB TUNISIAN BANK TUNISIA 2 270 540 83 043 1 005 564 1 855 663
62 64 STATE BANK OF MAURITIUS MAURITIUS 2 187 549 116 799 1 106 907 1 760 619
63 55 SUEZ CANAL BANK * EGYPT 2 161 852 425 988 82 982 1 804 787
64 59 ATTIJARI BANK TUNISIE TUNISIA 1 998 799 87 494 1 403 101 1 605 258
65 61 HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT BANK EGYPT 1 979 009 34 575 391 457 872 641
66 72 KENYA COMMERCIAL BANK KENYA 1 905 987 234 834 1 141 872 1 493 287
67 57 ALWATANY BANK OF EGYPT * EGYPT 1 775 674 49 763 911 466 1 494 831
68 62 BARCLAYS BANK OF BOTSWANA BOTSWANA 1 764 202 91 504 642 432 1 441 501
69 83 AFRICAN BANK INVESTMENTS SOUTH AFRICA 1 739 884 673 183 1 612 265 -
70 92 PIRAEUS BANK (formerly EGYPTIAN COMMERCIAL BANK) EGYPT 1 736 598 23 221 752 776 1 522 668
71 63 NATIONAL BANK FOR DEVELOPMENT EGYPT 1 715 452 -359 823 382 1 536 527
72 69 BANQUE DE TUNISIE TUNISIA 1 709 626 95 938 1 376 309 1 175 311
73 101 BGFI BANK S.A GABON 1 706 856 178 011 848 352 1 279 468
74 66 STANDARD BANK NAMIBIA NAMIBIA 1 654 782 113 226 1 164 158 1 253 890
75 73 EGYPTIAN SAUDI FINANCE BANK EGYPT 1 643 095 35 583 549 793 1 498 328
76 74 EXPORT DEVELOPMENT BANK OF EGYPT EGYPT 1 600 941 37 706 894 451 1 055 462
77 71 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF NAMIBIA NAMIBIA 1 598 504 91 509 1 306 836 1 170 690
78 65 BANQUE ALGÉRIENNE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT * ALGERIA 1 517 364 3 601 1 056 325 -
79 102 SOCIÉTÉ ARABE INTERNATIONALE DE BANQUE EGYPT 1 487 266 44 455 399 217 1 188 079
80 67 UNION INTERNATIONALE DE BANQUES * TUNISIA 1 450 316 60 402 1 102 158 1 160 299
81 84 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK KENYA KENYA 1 443 599 88 516 624 392 1 168 158
82 81 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOTSWANA BOTSWANA 1 376 753 57 321 506 526 1 111 652
83 90 MISR IRAN DEVELOPMENT BANK EGYPT 1 370 501 20 933 429 607 1 015 761
84 79 COMMERCIAL BANK OF ERITREA ERITREA 1 340 488 41 034 114 803 1 163 748
85 - CITIBANK NA GABON GABON 1 320 544 30 637 56 338 1 204 707
86 86 BANK WINDHOEK NAMIBIA 1 309 238 61 132 1 126 214 890 448
87 75 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK BOTSWANA * BOTSWANA 1 284 874 63 996 476 728 1 140 064
88 - BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE MOÇAMBIQUE MOZAMBIQUE 1 265 286 145 288 530 647 969 640
89 68 CITIBANK NA ALGÉRIE ALGERIA 1 262 004 - 556 714 892 149
90 89 UNION BANCAIRE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE TUNISIA 1 246 105 67 866 893 180 888 392
91 129 BARCLAYS BANK OF GHANA GHANA 1 243 845 130 160 665 706 1 067 505
92 104 BNP PARIBAS EL DJAZAIR ALGERIA 1 192 020 86 093 551 478 665 517
93 96 SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE DE BANQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE CÔTE D IVOIRE 1 179 501 98 053 768 192 837 196
94 119 COMMERCE & DEVELOPMENT BANK LIBYA 1 168 301 21 570 728 104 150 018
95 85 AFRIBANK NIGERIA * NIGERIA 1 118 735 60 153 244 516 740 343
96 146 ARAB BANKING CORP EGYPT 1 104 981 27 779 257 379 856 534
97 87 WEMA BANK * NIGERIA 1 082 816 - - 676 353
98 98 COMPAGNIE BANCAIRE DE L'AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE SENEGAL 1 082 005 72 040 457 798 801 151
99 - SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA 1 065 960 13 325 - 1 006 740
100 - AHLI UNITED BANK (formerly DELTA INTERNATIONAL BANK) EGYPT 1 052 309 - 459 555 -
101 - NATIONAL MICROFINANCE BANK TANZANIA 1 045 276 102 725 - -
102 105 CO-OPERATIVE MERCHANT BANK OF KENYA KENYA 1 039 515 71 497 607 954 866 547
103 110 CRDB BANK TANZANIA 1 029 659 46 590 530 159 913 113
104 107 SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE DE BANQUES AU CAMEROUN CAMEROON 992 708 63 471 613 213 780 034
105 108 BANQUE INTERNATIONALE POUR L'ÉPARGNE ET LE CRÉDIT CAMEROON 991 215 68 666 403 462 786 298
106 93 BANK OF KHARTOUM * SUDAN 985 034 12 576 481 271 638 304
107 94 FIDELITY BANK * NIGERIA 981 308 96 688 314 947 641 906
108 95 EQUITORIAL TRUST BANK * NIGERIA 946 142 75 699 239 708 589 704
109 96 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK ZIMBABWE * ZIMBABWE 926 558 178 045 491 319 491 319
110 99 SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE DE BANQUES AU SÉNÉGAL * SENEGAL 889 001 73 901 672 590 692 243
111 100 GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK * GHANA 882 056 137 478 425 842 718 336
112 118 NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE TANZANIA 870 311 84 157 417 484 708 062
113 103 FIRST CITY MONUMENT BANK * NIGERIA 864 486 22 395 154 550 569 685
114 109 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK GHANA GHANA 840 479 96 373 298 339 555 838
115 188 EQUITY BANK KENYA 839 661 92 114 351 650 498 892
116 116 BANQUE AL-BARAKA D'ALGÉRIE ALGERIA 827 140 51 320 516 000 648 450
117 117 BANCO COMERCIAL DO ATLÂNTICO CAPE VERDE 823 846 40 524 312 647 724 704
118 106 BANCO ESPIRITO SANTO ANGOLA * ANGOLA 802 674 77 451 302 553 657 723
119 111 STANBIC BANK UGANDA UGANDA 788 942 63 737 285 121 640 496
120 137 BANK OF AFRICA - BÉNIN BENIN 783 550 39 952 390 417 573 871
121 121 BANQUE INTERNATIONALE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE DU GABON GABON 764 982 62 916 199 572 648 675
122 150 CCEI BANK GE EQUATORIAL GUINEA 732 350 51 428 329 247 623 277
123 120 BANQUE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DU MALI MALI 724 372 42 532 363 470 654 067
124 112 DEVELOPMENT BANK OF ETHIOPIA * ETHIOPIA 704 336 28 815 525 242 18 339
125 133 SOCIÉTÉ COMMERCIALE DE BANQUE CAMEROUN CAMEROON 702 366 48 645 304 400 605 463
126 122 MERCANTILE BANK SOUTH AFRICA 696 691 32 162 416 723 557 879
127 139 ECOBANK GHANA GHANA 690 626 66 953 296 991 455 144
128 127 BANQUE INTERNATIONALE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE DE LA CÔTE D'IVOIRE CÔTE D IVOIRE 689 716 55 550 419 813 547 151
129 124 CFC BANK KENYA 684 417 35 883 264 234 317 950
130 114 THE JEWEL BANK * ZIMBABWE 684 110 159 921 319 671 472 148
131 132 DASHEN BANK ETHIOPIA 668 004 43 374 440 966 537 479
132 130 COMMERCIAL BANK OF AFRICA KENYA 664 607 49 301 279 724 571 120
133 134 NATIONAL BANK OF KENYA KENYA 655 174 46 161 124 091 549 297
134 123 MERCANTILE LISBON BANK * SOUTH AFRICA 639 442 24 162 4 195 508 646
135 - FIRST SECURITIES DISCOUNT HOUSE NIGERIA 592 710 - - -
136 155 ECOBANK CÔTE D'IVOIRE CÔTE D IVOIRE 580 229 40 100 357 209 404 628
137 158 NATIXIS ALGÉRIE ALGERIA 579 828 27 837 288 062 329 965
138 125 AFRILAND FIRST BANK * CAMEROON 572 580 23 995 245 828 450 991
139 182 DIAMOND TRUST BANK KENYA KENYA 569 482 37 245 366 737 460 409
140 148 ARAB BANKING CORP ALGERIA 562 961 9 336 199 681 342 149
141 156 ZAMBIA NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK ZAMBIA 560 714 78 434 - 477 873
142 128 CITIBANK NA KENYA * KENYA 546 123 - - -
143 131 BANCO COMERCIAL E DE INVESTIMENTOS * MOZAMBIQUE 539 834 51 010 306 688 456 267
144 166 BANK OF AFRICA – MADAGASCAR MADAGASCAR 530 685 48 087 189 771 435 675
145 169 FAISAL ISLAMIC BANK SUDAN SUDAN 523 687 39 710 336 438 376 723
146 173 BIAO CÔTE D'IVOIRE CÔTE D IVOIRE 505 356 35 554 335 946 390 933
147 161 NIC BANK KENYA 496 690 44 290 351 349 392 425
148 138 BANQUE NATIONALE D'INVESTISSEMENT CÔTE D IVOIRE 487 711 23 831 142 596 419 045
149 177 ECOBANK BÉNIN BENIN 484 653 31 486 293 684 352 847
150 141 UNION GABONAISE DE BANQUE GABON 483 712 44 908 266 211 369 999
151 153 BNI MADAGASCAR MADAGASCAR 478 914 38 269 202 047 390 395
152 140 BANQUE INTERNATIONALE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE DU SÉNÉGAL* SENEGAL 476 650 46 225 315 995 401 318
153 - AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK * GHANA 464 481 60 333 210 557 265 357
154 181 BGFI BANK CONGO CONGO 464 192 48 932 62 220 389 330
155 142 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK TANZANIA * TANZANIA 456 010 26 141 206 917 379 897
156 165 BANQUE DE L'HABITAT DU SÉNÉGAL SENEGAL 453 009 24 021 207 708 370 379
157 143 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK UGANDA * UGANDA 449 161 32 432 190 463 341 712
158 144 AFRICAN BANKING CORP. BOTSWANA * BOTSWANA 448 330 46 609 161 147 262 992
159 145 BARCLAYS BANK OF ZAMBIA * ZAMBIA 447 973 64 380 232 922 316 531
160 167 SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE DE BANQUE EN GUINÉE EQUATORIALE EQUATORIAL GUINEA 442 696 24 655 61 532 410 633
161 147 AWASH INTERNATIONAL BANK * ETHIOPIA 436 112 27 172 291 806 329 827
162 180 CAPITEC BANK SOUTH AFRICA 434 730 94 547 298 943 218 477
163 154 SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE - SSB BANK GHANA 434 262 54 431 220 785 290 724
164 185 BANQUE INTERNATIONALE DU BURKINA BURKINA FASO 433 292 32 995 234 322 342 818
165 136 SBI INTERNATIONAL MAURITIUS 430 018 6 631 285 654 292 326
166 149 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK ZAMBIA * ZAMBIA 425 703 35 424 157 261 342 410
167 151 AGRICULTURAL BANK OF SUDAN * SUDAN 417 999 - - 59 340
168 - BANQUE ATLANTIQUE - CÔTE D'IVOIRE CÔTE D IVOIRE 415 734 25 851 286 493 326 553
169 - BANK OF AFRICA - CÔTE D'IVOIRE CÔTE D IVOIRE 402 955 20 582 240 523 227 919
170 157 ALEXANDRIA COMMERCIAL AND MARITIME BANK * EGYPT 402 572 591 181 046 359 682
171 194 BANQUE INTERNATIONALE POUR LE MALI MALI 400 721 32 851 258 465 355 967
172 168 BANK OF ABYSSINIA ETHIOPIA 395 651 15 598 242 982 300 924
173 192 WEGAGEN BANK ETHIOPIA 384 849 29 277 227 862 301 178
174 159 MERCHANT BANK GHANA * GHANA 382 689 42 385 247 268 250 788
175 178 CAIXA ECONOMICA DE CABO VERDE CAPE VERDE 375 799 862 219 281 31 049
176 - FINANCIAL BC SA TOGO TOGO 374 343 26 343 191 409 320 633
177 163 STANBIC BANK KENYA * KENYA 373 128 - - -
178 184 ISLAMIC CO-OPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT BANK SUDAN 372 938 17 740 - 198 236
179 - ALEJMAA ALARABI BANK LIBYA 372 336 7 029 61 738 74 033
180 164 AGRICULTURAL BANK OF ZIMBABWE * ZIMBABWE 369 229 78 868 - 105 669
181 197 ECOBANK SÉNÉGAL SENEGAL 366 882 23 674 193 530 227 073
182 - FINANCE BANK ZAMBIA ZAMBIA 364 131 45 377 189 625 276 193
183 186 SOCIÉTÉ IVOIRIENNE DE BANQUE CÔTE D IVOIRE 363 600 33 747 236 470 295 307
184 179 NATIONAL INVESTMENT BANK GHANA 357 770 40 336 231 993 254 185
185 176 INVESTMENT & MORTGAGES BANK KENYA 353 549 19 645 232 594 288 242
186 199 BANQUE MALGACHE DE L'OCÉAN INDIEN MADAGASCAR 349 288 29 754 113 025 281 752
187 - FARMER'S COMMERCIAL BANK SUDAN 343 523 8 987 251 059 219 364
188 - BANCO MILLENNIUM ANGOLA ANGOLA 343 396 111 492 164 811 184 564
189 171 STANBIC BANK ZAMBIA * ZAMBIA 342 113 48 371 130 880 250 369
190 193 NATIONAL BANK OF MALAWI MALAWI 341 056 32 769 133 994 254 139
191 172 MERCHANT BANK OF CENTRAL AFRICA * ZIMBABWE 340 056 105 640 120 611 167 794
192 - EXIM BANK TANZANIA TANZANIA 339 409 15 149 146 156 239 481
193 200 BFV SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE MADAGASCAR 338 779 37 824 203 885 270 223
194 - BANQUE DE TUNISIE ET DES ÉMIRATS D'INVESTISSEMENT TUNISIA 338 418 13 124 216 348 71 529
195 174 THE MAURITIUS COMMERCIAL BANK * MADAGASCAR 327 450 31 727 173 713 232 118
196 175 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK CAMEROON * CAMEROON 325 312 8 666 111 078 237 415
197 191 BANQUE MAURITANIENNE POUR LE COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL MAURITANIA 323 496 9 696 116 212 123 518
198 162 DEVELOPMENT BANK OF MAURITIUS MAURITIUS 307 516 10 734 171 792 146 300
199 - BARCLAYS BANK MOZAMBIQUE MOZAMBIQUE 306 118 35 849 65 064 215 053
200 - ATTIJARI BANK SÉNÉGAL (formerly BANQUE SÉNÉGALO-TUNISIENNE) SENEGAL 302 379 18 622 188 784 225 200

FIGURES FOR 2007. US$ THOUSANDS. *2006 FIGURES.
 

Methodology

To create the ranking of Africa’s Top 200 banks, we send out questionnaires to 665 financial institutions on the continent.

 

Their replies are used to create a systematic ranking of Africa’s Top 350 banks, based on total asset size. We publish only the Top 200 banks in our list.


 

All the data is communicated to us by the banks themselves or by their parent companies.
 The numbers relate to the 2007 financial year (some from the year ending June 2008).

 

They are converted to US dollar amounts from local currency, using the exchange rates applicable on 31 December 2007, to allow for comparison.

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