1 Previous rankings are those published in the July 2007 listing.
2 All percentage changes are calculated using local currency.
3 Gross non-performing loans (NPL) as a percentage of the total loan book.
4 In 2007 a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander Central Hispano, Fortis Bank acquired ABN AMRO Bank in Netherlands. To avoid the double counting of assets ABN AMRO is now treated as foreign owned (fo) and appears as such in the Netherlands section of the country list.
5 Merged with Capitalia Gruppo Bancario in 2007.
6 Banca Intesa merged with San Paolo IMI in 2006 and changed the name to Intesa San Paolo.
7 Merged with Mellon Corporation in 2007.
8 Acquired Banca Antonveneta in November 2007.
9 Acquired AmSouth Bancorp in November 2006.
10 PNC Financial Service group acquired Mercantile Bankshares and Yardiville National in 2007 and Sterling Financial in April 2008.
11 Name of the new entity following the merger of BPVN and Banca Popolare Italiana in 2006.
12 Central Trust of China merged into Bank of Taiwan in July 2007.
13 Acquired Sanglia Bank in December 2006.
14 Merged with National Bank of Dubai in 2007.
15 International Commercial Bank of China and Chiao Tung merged in August 2006 to form Mega International Commercial Bank.
16 Name changed from Bankgesellschaft Berlin in 2006.
17 The name changed from Bank TuranAlem.
18 Acquired The Stockmens bancorp in 2007.
19 Acquired Unizan Financial in 2006 and Sky Financial in 2007.
20 Acquired Southern Bank Berhad in March 2006.
21 Acquired Lucky Bank in 2007.
22 Acquired Pennfed Financial Services in 2007.
23 Landesbank Sachsen Girozentrale merged into Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg in April 2008.
24 Acquired Business Bank Corp in 2007.
25 Merged with United Western Bank in 2006.
26 Merged with Equitable Bank PCI in May 2007.
27 Acquired City Bancorp of Springfield, MO in 2007.
28 El Monte – Caja de Ahorros de Huelva & Sevilla merged with Caja San Fernando de Sevilla y Jerez in 2007. The new bank will be called Cajasol.
29 Name changed from UTI Bank in 2007.
30 Acquired Westbank Corp of West Springfield, MA in 2007.
31 Acquired CAB Holding in 2007.
32 Doral Financial Corp became subsidiary of Doral GP in 2007.
33 Acquired Millstadt Bancshares in 2007.
34 Acquired North Bay Bancorp in 2007.
35 Formerly called Liu Chong Hing Bank.
36 Merged with Banco Union Colombiano in 2006.
37 Acquired Greater Buffalo Saving Bank in 2007.
38 Name changed from Fuhwa Commercial Bank following the merger of Fuhwa Financial Holdings and Yuanta Financial Holdings.
39 Name changed from First Community Bancorp in 2008.
40 Acquired First Coatsal Banchsares in 2007.
41 Chittenden Corp acquired by People’s United in 2008.
42 Acquired by UniCredit in early 2008.
43 Acquired Texas United Bancshares and Texas United Nevada in 2007.
44 Acquired by HSBC in early 2008.
45 Formed from the merger of Sparkasse Vogelbergkreis and Sparkasse Wetterau in 2006.
46 Acquired San Juan Financial Holding, WA in 2007.
47 Name changed from State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine.
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