From a report last October by The Asian Banker, the following are the strongest banks in the Asia-Pacific and the Arab Middle East. These rankings were based on the aggregate score that was calculated using many financial performance indicators.
Asia Pacific’s Strongest Banks
 AP500 Aggregate
Strength Commercial Bank Country Strength
Rank 2009 Score 2009
1 HDFC Bank India 3.99
2 Punjab National Bank India 3.91
3 Public Bank Malaysia 3.84
4 Bank Central Asia Indonesia 3.83
4 Bank of Nanjing China 3.83
6 ANZ Panin Bank Indonesia 3.78
7 China CITIC Bank China 3.76
8 ANZ National Bank New Zealand 3.70
8 Union Bank of India India 3.70
10 Westpac Banking Corporation Australia 3.68
The Arab Middle East’s Strongest Banks 2009
Strength Commercial Bank Country Score
Rank
1 Commercial Bank of Qatar Qatar 4.05
2 Qatar National Bank Qatar 4.04
3 First Gulf Bank United Arab Emirates 4.01
4 Ahli Bank Qatar 3.79
5 Bank Muscat Oman 3.76
6 National Bank of Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 3.73
6 Saudi British Bank Saudi Arabia 3.73
8 Banque Saudi Fransi Saudi Arabia 3.61
9 International Bank of Qatar Qatar 3.60
10 Union National Bank United Arab Emirates 3.59
