After a gloomy picture for western Europe in 2017’s Top 1000 ranking, Tier 1 capital among the top 25 institutions in the region rose by $187.912bn, or 14.8%, in the 2018 ranking to $1454.46bn, as every lender increased its capitalisation on the previous year.
Across all 218 western European banks listed in the Top 1000 ranking, Tier 1 capital grew by an average of 16.46%, as only Cypriot banks decreased their capitalisation on aggregate.
