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Top 1000 World Banks - Resurgent Russian banks dominate in CEE ranking

Russian banks dominate the 2017 central and eastern Europe rankings, with more making it into the Top 1000. And while Ukraine’s State Savings Bank has moved up the list, it is the country’s only bank left in the ranking. Stefanie Linhardt reports.
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Banks in central and eastern Europe (CEE) have seen an overall increase in capital in the 2017 Top 1000 ranking. The aggregate Tier 1 capital of the top 25 banks in the region rose to $114.4bn, compared with last year’s $91.7bn, largely driven by the strong pick-up in figures by Russian banks.

Russia’s largest bank, state-owned Sberbank, has increased its Tier 1 capital by nearly $14.5bn since the 2016 ranking, making it comfortably the largest bank in the region. The increase also saw it rise in the overall ranking, from last year’s 51st place to 36th this year. Sberbank also has one of the region’s highest returns on capital with 24.82%.

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