The World's Top 200 banks: Euromoney/Fitch IBCA World Bank Atlas 1998
The World's Top 200 banks and World Bank ranking: Methodology
| Rank | ||||
| 98 | 97 | Bank | Country | Market capitalization ($m) |
| 1 | 3 | Lloyds TSB Group | UK | 75,705 |
| 2 | 11 | NationsBank Corp | US | 72,286 |
| 3 | 2 | HSBC Holdings | UK | 70,573 |
| 4 | 4 | Citcorp | US | 69,182 |
| 5 | - | ING Group | Netherlands | 61,159 |
| 6 | 8 | Chase Manhattan Corp | US | 59,847 |
| 7 | 21 | Credit Suisse Group | Switzerland | 58,941 |
| 8 | 6 | BankAmerica | US | 56,919 |
| 9 | 18 | First Union Corp | US | 55,199 |
| 10 | 1 | Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi | Japan | 53,032 |
| 11 | - | American Express | US | 48,395 |
| 12 | 14 | Deutsche Bank | Germany | 47,423 |
| 13 | 15 | Union Bank of Switzerland | Switzerland | 44,501 |
| 14 | 12 | Barclays | UK | 42,882 |
| 15 | 31 | Banc One Corp | US | 36,460 |
| 16 | 17 | ABN Amro Holdings | Netherlands | 34,280 |
| 17 | 34 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya | Spain | 33,967 |
| 18 | 16 | Wells Fargo | US | 32,567 |
| 19 | 20 | National Westminster Group | UK | 32,244 |
| 20 | - | Halifax | UK | 31,877 |
| 21 | 43 | Banco Santander | Spain | 29,716 |
| 22 | 28 | Swiss Bank Corp | Switzerland | 29,630 |
| 23 | 5 | Sumitomo Bank | Japan | 29,565 |
| 24 | 25 | Norwest Corp | US | 28,856 |
| 25 | - | US Bankcorp | US | 28,650 |
| 26 | 33 | Dresdner Bank | Germany | 28,292 |
| 27 | - | Associated First Capital Corp | US | 26,805 |
| 28 | 10 | Sanwa Bank | Japan | ...|