Investors have seen the collapse of many banks worldwide since 2007.Some of the collapsed banks include the following:
- Northern Rock, Bradford & Bingley – UK
- Fortis – The Netherlands
- Dexia – Belgium
- Lehman Brothers, IndyMac, Bear Stearns, Washington Mutual and a few small ones – USA
Today Germany’s second biggest commercial mortgage lender “Hypo Real Estate Bank” is on the verge of collapse as per the BBC article Crisis talks to save German bank.
In this situation, everyone is wondering which bank could be the next and are scrambling to figure out whether their bank deposit is safe.So I thought it will be a good idea to list the top banks in 143 countries of the world. The source of this list is the December 2007 edition of “The Banker” Magazine – the best in Global Financial Intelligence. It will answer your questions about which bank is the best in say Tonga, Nigeria, Nepal, Spain, Panama or even Afghanistan.
Criteria for the selection of this “Bank of the Year Awards” are:
- “Detailed questionnaires provided by banks.
- Best overall performance in the previous period incorporating performance criteria, qualitative achievements and strategic initiatives.”
[Note: This is a long post.]
This list below shows The Top Banks of 143 Countries in the World for 2007:
(Source: The Banker)
AFGHANISTAN: STANDARD CHARTERED BANK AFGHANISTAN
ALBANIA: AMERICAN BANK OF ALBANIA
ANDORRA: CREDIT ANDORRA
ARGENTINA: BANCO MACRO (BMA)
ARMENIA: HSBC BANK ARMENIA
AUSTRALIA: WESTPAC (WBK)
AUSTRIA: RAIFFEISEN ZENTRALBANK
AZERBAIJAN: INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AZERBAIJAN
BAHAMAS: FIRSTCARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL BANK (BAHAMAS)
BAHRAIN: AHLI UNITED BANK
BANGLADESH: BANK ASIA
BARBADOS: BARBADOS NATIONAL BANK
BELARUS: BPS BANK
BELGIUM: FORTIS (FORSY)
BENIN: ECOBANK BENIN
BERMUDA: BANK OF BERMUDA
BOLIVIA: BANCO MERCANTIL SANTA CRUZ
BOSNIA & HERZ: RAIFFEISEN BANK
BOTSWANA: STANDARD CHARTERED BANK BOTSWANA
BRAZIL: BANCO DO BRASIL
BRUNEI: BAIDURI BANK
BULGARIA: UNICREDIT BULBANK
BURKINA FASO: ECOBANK BURKINA
CAMBODIA: CAMBODIAN COMMERCIAL BANK
CANADA: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA (RY)
CAYMAN ISLANDS: FIRSTCARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL BANK (CAYMAN)
CHILE: BANCO SANTANDER CHILE (STD)
CHINA: ICBC
COLOMBIA: BBVA COLOMBIA
CONGO, DEM REP OF: STANBIC BANK CONGO
COSTA RICA: SCOTIABANK COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE: ECOBANK COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA: PRIVEDNA BANKA ZAGREB
CUBA: BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COMERCIO
CYPRUS: MARFIN POPULAR BANK
CZECH REPUBLIC: CESKOSLOVENSKA OBCHODNOI BANK
DENMARK: DANSKE BANK (DNSKY)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BANCO POPULAR DOMINICANO
ECUADOR: PRODUBANCO
EGYPT: COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL BANK
EL SALVADOR: BANCO AGRICOLA
ESTONIA: SEB EESTI UHISPANK
ETHIOPIA: DASHEN BANK
FINLAND: OP BANK
FRANCE: BNP PARIBAS (BNPQY)
GAMBIA: TRUST BANK
GEORGIA: BANK OF GEORGIA
GERMANY: DEUTSCHE BANK (DB)
GHANA: GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK
GREECE: EUROBANK EFG
GUATEMALA: BANCO INDUSTRIAL
GUINEA: INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK
HONDURAS: BANCO DEL PAIS
HONG KONG: HSBC (HBC)
HUNGARY: MKB BANK
ICELAND: GLITNIR BANK *(Nationalized now)
INDIA: ICICI BANK (IBN)
INDONESIA: BANK MANDIRI
IRAN: EN BANK
IRELAND: ANGLO IRISH BANK (AIB)
ISRAEL: BANK LEUMI
ITALY: UNICREDIT
JAMAICA: FIRSTCARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL BANK (JAMAICA)
JAPAN: MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP
JORDAN: JORDAN KUWAIT BANK
KAZAKHSTAN: KAZKOMMERTSBANK
KENYA: BARCLAYS BANK OF KENYA
KOSOVO: RAIFFEISEN BANK KOSOVO
KUWAIT: KUWAIT FINANCE HOUSE
KYRGYZSTAN: ASIAUNIVERSALBANK
LAOS: ANZ VIENTIANE COMMERCIAL BANK
LATVIA: HANSABANKA
LEBANON: BANK AUDI
LESOTHO: STANDARD LESOTHO BANK
LIECHTENSTEIN: VP BANK
LITHUANIA: SEB VILNIAUS BANKAS
LUXEMBOURG: KREDIETBANK
MACAU: SENG HENG BANK
MACEDONIA: NLB TUTUNSKA BANKA
MADAGASCAR: BANK OF AFRICA MADAGASCAR
MALAWI: STANDARD BANK MALAWI
MALAYSIA: CIMB GROUP
MALI: ECOBANK MALI
MALTA: BANK OF VALLETTA
MAURITIUS: HSBC
MEXICO: BBVA BANCOMER
MOLDOVA: MOLDOVA-AGROINDBANK
MONGOLIA: KHAN BANK
MOROCCO: ATTIJARIWAFA BANK
MOZAMBIQUE: STANDARD BANK MOZAMBIQUE
NAMIBIA: BANK WINDHOEK
NEPAL: NIC BANK
NETHERLANDS: ING BANK (ING)
NEW ZEALAND: ASB BANK
NICARAGUA: BANCO DE LA PRODUCCION
NIGERIA: OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL
NORWAY: DNB NOR
OMAN: BANKMUSCAT
PAKISTAN: STANDARD CHARTERED BANK PAKISTAN
PARAGUAY: BBVA PARAGUAY
PERU: BANCO DE CREDITO DEL PERU
PHILIPPINES: BANCO DE ORO UNIBANK
POLAND: PKO BANK POLSKI
PORTUGAL: BANCO ESPIRITO SANTO
PUERTO RICA: SANTANDER BANCORP
QATAR: QATAR NATIONAL BANK
ROMANIA: BRD – GROUPE SOCIETE GENERALE
RUSSIA: SBERBANK
RWANDA: BANQUE COMMERCIALE DU RWANDA
SAUDI ARABIA: SAMBA FINANCIAL GROUP
SENEGAL: ECOBANK SENEGAL
SERBIA: RAIFFEISEN BANKA
SIERRA LEONE: STANDARD CHARTERED BANK SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE: DBS BANK (DBSDY)
SLOVAKIA: TATRA BANKA
SLOVENIA: NLB
SOUTH AFRICA: STANDARD BANK
SOUTH KOREA: WOORI BANK
SPAIN: BBVA (BBV)
SRI LANKA: COMMERCIAL BANK OF CEYLON
SWAZILAND: STANDARD BANK SWAZILAND
SWEDEN: HANDELSBANKEN
SWITZERLAND: CREDIT SUISSE (CS)
TAIWAN: FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK
TANZANIA: STANDARD CHARTERED BANK TANZANIA
THAILAND: BANGKOK BANK
TOGO: ECOBANK TOGO
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: SCOTIABANK TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
TUNISIA: BANQUE DE TUNISIE
TURKEY: YAPI KREDI BANK
TURKMENISTAN: STATE BANK FOR FOREIGN ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
UGANDA: CRANE BANK
UKRAINE: RAIFFEISEN BANK AVAL
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: EMIRATES BANK INTERNATIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND (RBS)
UNITED STATES: BANK OF AMERICA (BAC)
URUGUAY: ABN AMRO URUGUAY
UZBEKISTAN: PAKHTA BANK
VENEZUELA: BBVA BANCO PROVINCIAL
VIETNAM: HABUBANK
YEMEN: NATIONAL BANK OF YEMEN
ZAMBIA: STANDARD CHARTERED BANK ZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE: STANBIC BANK ZIMBABWE
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