Asia 100 1997: Waiting for the impact
| Rank | Bank | Location | Fiscal period | Share holders' equity ($m) | Equity growth (%) | Total assets ($m) | Asset growth (%) | Net income ($m) | Income growth (%) | Return on equity (%) | $ rate differential (%) | |
| 97 | 96 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | DBS Bank | Singapore | 1996 | 4,963 | 13.42 | 39,818 | 13.32 | 479 | 12.79 | 9.65 | -1.03 |
| 2 | 3 | Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp | Singapore | 1996 | 4,363 | 19.57 | 36,808 | 13.32 | 509 | 17.19 | 11.68 | -1.03 |
| 3 | 2 | Bangkok Bank | Bangkok, Thailand | 1996 | 4,212 | 15.7 | 45,097 | 11.49 | ||||