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Top 1000 World Banks – JPMorgan tops static North American table

Most of the big names held fast in North America, with JPMorgan still out in front and only a little movement further down the rankings.
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Despite muted economic forecasts for both the US and Canada, North America’s largest banks by Tier 1 capital have performed well and almost all of them have expanded their capital positions.

JPMorgan leads the pack for the fourth consecutive year, with $200.48bn Tier 1 capital, 7.42% higher than 2015's ranking. This has helped improve its Tier 1 capital-to-assets ratio, a measure of soundness, which is now at 8.52%. In 2015’s ranking it was 7.25%. Almost all the largest US players kept a firm grip on their place in the rankings. Only a few places swapped in the lower half of the regional table, and the entrance of M&T Bank Corporation in 24th place displaced KeyCorp in this year’s list.

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Silvia Pavoni is editor in chief of The Banker. Silvia also serves as an advisory board member for the Women of the Future Programme and for the European Risk Management Council, and is part of the London council of non-profit WILL, Women in Leadership in Latin America. In 2019, she was awarded an honorary fellowship by City University of London.
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