| Largest banks by country | |||||||||||
| Rank | Bank | City | Fiscal period | Shareholders' equity ($m) | Equity growth (%) | Total assets ($m) | Asset growth (%) | Net income ($m) | Income growth (%) | Return on average equity (%) | $ rate differential (%) |
| Spain | |||||||||||
| 1 | Banco Santander | Santander | 1997 | 8,929 | 36.65 | 170,352 | 31.87 | 1,084 | 36.51 | 14.03 | 15.56 |
| 2 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya | Madrid | 1997 | 8,182 | 24.03 | 138,328 | 22.81 | 1,190 | 44.28 | 16.10 | 15.56 |
| 3 | Caja de Ahorros & Pensiones de Barcelona (La Caixa) | Barcelona | 1997 | 4,338 | 27.99 | 65,942 | 0.99 | 668 | 29.21 | 17.28 | 15.56 |
| 4 | Banco Central Hispanoamericano | Madrid | 1997 | 4,170 | 18.18 | 77,211 | 0.01 | 419 | 43.99 | 10.87 | |