Banks in Asia-Pacific have seen a period of strong growth over recent decades, as world trade flows pivoted towards the region. While the biggest economy, China, and its megabanks dominate the headlines, the smaller countries and their banks are also experiencing strong growth and development.
As well as ranking the top 250 banks in Asia-Pacific by Tier 1 capital, we have also run the lenders through the filter of The Banker’s best-performing methodology by country. This provides insight into the banks which are becoming significant players in their domestic markets. With the largest economies of China, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan and South Korea already analysed as part of the Top 1000 World Banks ranking published in July, here we turn our attention to the smaller, yet still significant, Asia-Pacific markets. In each country, we have evaluated the top five (or less) bank holding companies.
