Brazilian lenders still monopolise the top of the Latin American and Caribbean table, while banks from Panama, Argentina, the Dominican Republic and Mexico benefit from instability in the Venezuelan economy.
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Top 1000 World Banks – National Commercial Bank retains Middle East lead
June 29, 2016Middle Eastern banks continue to show impressive Tier 1 capital growth, with Saudi Arabia's National Commercial Bank and Qatar National Bank breaking into the global top 90 for the first time. Among the rest, National Bank of Abu Dhabi is the region's big winner.
Top 1000 World Banks – Asset quality still proving a headache for Europe
June 29, 2016As has been the case in most recent rankings, European lenders have continued to wrestle with asset quality issues.
Top 1000 World Banks – US banks challenge Latin Americans for best returns on assets
June 29, 2016High returns on assets are often shown by emerging markets, but this was not always true in the 2016 Top 1000 World Banks Ranking, with the US showing strongly in this field.
Top 1000 World Banks – Asia-Pacific and North America pull down loan to deposit ratio
June 29, 2016The trend in falling loan-to-deposit ratios continued in the 2016 Top 1000 World Banks ranking, as the aggregate ratio dipped.
Top 1000 World Banks – Asia-Pacific, western Europe and North America still own the global picture
June 29, 2016Asia-Pacific, North America and western Europe continue to dominate the Top 1000 in terms of Tier 1 capital share and the number of banks. Elsewhere, the Middle East shows some growth, but Africa and central and eastern Europe are going backwards.
Top 1000 World Banks – New arrivals from the US soar
June 29, 2016The dollar’s resilience has helped the US produce a large number of new arrivals in the 2016 Top 1000 World Banks ranking, while healthy numbers of European and Asian banks have returned to the list.
Top 1000 World Banks – US stays on top for trading and fee incomes
June 29, 2016While US and Chinese banks continue to dominate the income tables, some of the more notable performances come from the UK (HSBC), Japan (Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group) and Russia (Sberbank).
Top 1000 World Banks – Russia survives rouble depreciation to retain CEE lead
June 29, 2016Russian banks have suffered through the stormy financial conditions of the past two years, but its lenders remain the largest in the central and eastern Europe region. However, Romania, and Banca Transilvania in particular, provide the region's good news story.
Top 1000 World Banks – A more positive picture for Japan's banks
June 29, 2016Almost all the leading Japanese lenders have moved up the ranking thanks to strong growth in Tier 1 capital, while its three mega-banks continue to dominate the country ranking.