The World's Top 200 banks: Euromoney/Fitch IBCA World Bank Atlas 1998
The World's Top 50 banks by Market Capitalization
The 1998 Bank Atlas was compiled in conjunction with Fitch IBCA. All information was supplied by Fitch IBCA from commercial banks' annual reports and financial statements for the years 1996 and 1997. Where possible, figures are presented in consolidated form. Banks owned by other financial institutions are not listed separately as they are consolidated in the parent's figures.
Criteria for inclusion:
G10 countries: minimum shareholders' equity $1 billion (maximum 50 banks per country)
OECD countries outside G10: minimum shareholders' equity $300 million
Other countries: minimum shareholders' equity $200 million, except where information is only available on a small number of emerging-market banks
Notes : Germany: Genu§scheine (participation certificates) are excluded
Japan: where banks are engaged in trust business, deposits include banking-type trust funds
Russia: only banks reporting international accounting standards are eligible
Taiwan: where no growth percentages are shown, 1997 data were obtained from the ministry of finance, not annual reports
OECD countries outside G10: minimum shareholders' equity $300 million
Other countries: minimum shareholders' equity $200 million, except where information is only available on a small number of emerging-market banks
Notes : Germany: Genu§scheine (participation certificates) are excluded
Japan: where banks are engaged in trust business, deposits include banking-type trust funds
Russia: only banks reporting international accounting standards are eligible
Taiwan: where no growth percentages are shown, 1997 data were obtained from the ministry of finance, not annual reports
G10 countries: minimum shareholders' equity $1 billion (maximum 50 banks per country)
OECD countries outside G10: minimum shareholders' equity $300 million
Other countries: minimum shareholders' equity $200 million, except where information is only available on a small number of emerging-market banks
Notes : Germany: Genu§scheine (participation certificates) are excluded
Japan: where banks are engaged in trust business, deposits include banking-type trust funds
Russia: only banks reporting international accounting standards are eligible
Taiwan: where no growth percentages are shown, 1997 data were obtained from the ministry of finance, not annual reports
OECD countries outside G10: minimum shareholders' equity $300 million
Other countries: minimum shareholders' equity $200 million, except where information is only available on a small...