Following on from its Top 1000 World Banks 2012, which ranks global banks by Tier 1 capital and was published in the July issue of the magazine, The Banker has compiled a list of the largest banks that fell just outside of the Top 1000 ranking. The 1000th ranked bank in 2012 posted Tier 1 capital of $284m.
In previous years, this list has tended to be dominated by the more developed markets of North America and Europe. Therefore this year the data has been divided geographically to show the top 25 contenders from each region, in order to provide a more panoramic overview of up-and-coming banks from across the globe.