Top 25 Banks in North America and Western Europe

The Top 25 Banks in North America and Western Europe based on Tier 1 Capital in 2009 are listed below. This ranking is part of the annual World’s Top 1000 Banks published by the The Banker magazine of the UK. a) Top Banks in North America b) Top Banks in Western Europe Source: The Banker …

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Top 25 Banks in Africa and the Middle East

The Top 25 Banks in Africa and the Middle East based on Tier 1 Capital in 2009 are listed below. This ranking is part of the annual World’s Top 1000 Banks published by the The Banker magazine based in London,UK. Source: The Banker Standard Bank Group Ltd. of South Africa trades on the U.S. OTC …

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The Soundest Banks of the World

The 25 Soundest Banks of the World based the highest capital-asset ratios (CAR) in 2009 are listed below: Source: The Banker Smaller banks dominate this list from both the developed and emerging countries. 18 of the 25 banks shown above are from emerging markets underlining the conservative business practices of banks in emerging markets. Electro …

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