New arrivals into the Top 1000 are at a decade low, with the total substantially down on 2018's list of banks that made the cut.
Top 1000 World Banks 2023
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Top 1000 World Banks - Big Brazilian banks still lead in Latam but Mexicans on the rise
July 1, 2019A quartet of Brazilian banks are responsible for the lion's share of Latin American capital once more, but the region has experienced mixed fortunes in general.
Top 1000 World Banks - Slowing growth in China cannot prevent banks' global dominance
July 1, 2019China’s big four state banks take the top four spots in the Top 1000 again, with their Tier 1 capital growing between 2.46% and 11.37% on last year's results.
Top 1000 World Banks - Mitsubishi UFJ top again as Japan’s banks report losses
July 1, 2019While last year's line-up of Japan's banks looks familiar, the underlying numbers tell a less cheerful story.
Top 1000 World Banks 2019
July 1, 2019While the global banking system is safer a decade on from the height of the financial crisis, an uncertain economic environment points towards a slowdown as the figures from The Banker's Top 1000 World Banks ranking for 2019 show.
Top 1000 World Banks - Australian quartet keep top Asia-Pacific positions
July 1, 2019Australian banks retain their positions at the top of the Asia-Pacific (excluding China and Japan) table, but Vietnam provides much of the region's good news.
Top 1000 World Banks - Western Europe sees RWAs drop as global figure holds steady
July 1, 2019While western Europe saw risk-weighted assets drop 6.3%, the overall picture for the Top 1000 was steady on 2018's results. Joy Macknight reports.
Top 1000 World Banks - Little change in North America as merger looms
July 1, 2019There is no change in the top 10 of the North America ranking, though all eyes are on a merger between BB&T and SunTrust.
Top 1000 World Banks - China Construction Bank clinches cost-to-income top spot
July 1, 2019China Construction Bank displaces Shanghai Pudong Development Bank as the bank with the best cost-to-income ratio.
Top 1000 World Banks - China overtakes western Europe in soundness stakes
July 1, 2019As western Europe drops from first place in the light of a lower capital adequacy ratio, China improved its soundness by the largest margin.