The World’s Most Profitable Banks in 2008

The following are the 25 most profitable banks in the world based on their 2008 earnings as per The Banker magazine: [TABLE=167] Not surprisingly Chinese banks dominates this list with a total of five and three among the top five ranks. ICBC of China ranks the most profitable in the world with a profit of …

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The Top 25 World Banks by Tier 1 Capital for 2009

The Banker magazine has released the Top 1000 world banks for 2009 based on their Tier 1 capital. The following are the Top 25 from the rankings: [TABLE=163] The Top 3 ranked banks are the  US-based banks with JPMorgan Chase (JPM) being the number one bank.The other two US banks are Bank of America(BAC) and …

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The Top Five Strongest Banks of 2009

The Banker Magazine has released a preview of its “The Banker Top 1000 World Banks” list. The banks in the list are ranked based on their Tier 1 capital ratio. According to the magazine, “Tier 1 capital is the most relevant measurement of bank strength”. The Top Five Strongest Banks for 2009 are: [TABLE=161] The …

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The Best Banks in Central and Eastern Europe for 2009

The following are the ” Best Banks in Central and Eastern Europe for 2009″ according to rankings published by Global Finance magazine: Albania – International Commercial Bank Belarus – Belarusbank Bosnia and Herzegovina – Raiffeisen Bank Bosnia Hercegovina Bulgaria – Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria Croatia – Privredna Banka Zagreb Cyprus – Bank of Cyprus Czech Republic – …

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