Bank atlas 1999: The world's biggest banks
Top 50 by market capitalisation
| Top 200 in 1997 | ||||||||||
| Rank | Bank | Country | Fiscal period | Shareholder equity ($m) | Equity growth (%) | Total assets ($m) | Asset growth (%) | Net income ($m) | Income growth (%) | ROAE (%) |
| 1 | HSBC Holdings | UK | 1997 | 30,809 | 4.81 | 466,863 | 17.92 | 6,141 | 4.79 | 20.66 |
| 2 | ING Group | Netherlands | 1997 | 25,409 | 29.20 | 328,472 | 27.54 | 2,313 | 30.15 | 10.26 |
| 3 | Chase Manhattan Corp | US | 1997 | 24,182 | 8.49 | 365,521 | 8.75 | 3,782 | 50.38 | 16.28 |
| 4 | UBS (proforma) | Switzerland | 1997 | 24,174 | -11.18 | 704,980 | 19.07 | -220 | -66.43 | -0.89 |
| 5 | Crédit Agricole | France | 1997 | 24,149 | 8.38 | 447,312 | 0.55 | 2,170 | 26.30 | 9.35 |
| 6 | BankAmerica Corp | US | 1997 | 23,292 | 58.73 | |||||