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 …
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Sixteen banks have failed so far this year. 1st American State Bank of Minnesota of Hancock, Minnesota was the latest bank to be shut down yesterday. In the past few years investing in bank stocks have gotten tricky as many of them have been battered by the credit crisis. However there are some high quality …
The Banker magazine has released the Top 500 Banking Brands of 2010. The top 10 banks are listed below. “The methodology employed by Brand Finance in this Top 500 Banking Brands listing uses a discounted cash flow (DCF) technique to discount estimated future royalties at an appropriate discount rate, to arrive at a net present …
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According to an article in The Banker magazine, the big four Australian banks have to look outside of Australia for growth.The big four banks in Australia are ANZ (OTC: ANZBY), Commonwealth Bank (OTC:CMWAY), National Australia Bank (OTC:NABZY) and Westpac(WBK). As the domestic market is dominated by these four banks they are more likely to depend …
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HSBC North America Holdings Inc, a unit of HSBC Holdings plc (HBC) and Barclays Group US Inc, a unit of Barclays plc (BCS) of UK are present in the Top 10 Bank Holding Companies in the U.S. based on assets as of 12/31/2009. The Top 10 Bank Holding Companies(BHCs) are: Bank of America (BAC) JPMorgan …
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