Top banks in the world

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Rank Cur Prev		Bank	Assets US$m	+ or - (local cur)	Capital US$m	Balance Sheet
1	1	Deutsche Bank AG , Frankfurt am Main , Germany	*2,804,332	13.56%	3,084.10	31.12.11
2	2	BNP Paribas SA , Paris , France	*2,546,693	-1.65%	33,274.59	31.12.11
3	3	Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Limited , Beijing , China	*2,458,597	15.00%	55,454.17	31.12.11
4	4	Barclays Bank PLC , London , UK	*2,426,889	4.92%	22,499.22	31.12.11
5	5	JAPAN POST BANK Co Ltd , Tokyo , Japan	2,320,244	-0.63%	41,980.52	31.03.11
6	6	Crédit Agricole SA , Montrouge , France	*2,233,521	8.16%	9,711.03	31.12.11
7	7	The Royal Bank of Scotland plc , Edinburgh , UK	*2,224,124	9.60%	10,259.24	31.12.11
8	8	China Construction Bank Corporation , Beijing , China	*1,951,046	13.61%	39,715.81	31.12.11
9	9	Bank of China Limited , Beijing , China	*1,879,280	13.10%	44,344.24	31.12.11
10	10	Agricultural Bank of China Limited , Beijing , China	*1,855,056	12.96%	51,595.55	31.12.11
11	11	The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd , Tokyo , Japan	1,840,587	-0.31%	20,533.97	31.03.11
12	12	JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association , New York , USA	*1,811,678	11.04%	1,785.00	31.12.11
13	13	Banco Santander SA , Boadilla del Monte , Spain	*1,621,778	2.79%	5,772.97	31.12.11
14	14	Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation , Tokyo , Japan	*1,591,849	10.56%	21,242.10	31.03.11
15	15	Lloyds TSB Bank plc , London , UK	*1,534,253	-2.02%	2,443.34	31.12.11
16	16	Société Générale , Paris La Défense , France	*1,530,870	4.35%	1,256.97	31.12.11
17	17	UBS AG , Zürich , Switzerland	*1,511,838	7.74%	408.01	31.12.11
18	19	BPCE , Paris , France	*1,475,178	8.58%	20,750.29	31.12.11
19	18	Bank of America NA , Charlotte , USA	*1,451,969	-2.04%	3,020.04	31.12.11
20	20	Citibank NA , New York , USA	*1,288,592	11.63%	751.00	31.12.11
21	21	HSBC Bank plc , London , UK	*1,285,269	3.69%	1,237.19	31.12.11
22	22	ING Bank NV , Amsterdam , Netherlands	*1,245,516	3.01%	680.32	31.12.11
23	23	UniCredit SpA , Milan , Italy	*1,200,944	-0.29%	15,742.47	31.12.11
24	24	Wells Fargo Bank NA , San Francisco , USA	*1,161,490	5.37%	519.00	31.12.11
25	25	Credit Suisse AG , Zürich , Switzerland	*1,089,991	1.43%	4,687.33	31.12.11
26	26	Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank , Paris La Défense , France	*1,070,369	15.33%	8,779.32	31.12.11
27	27	China Development Bank Corporation , Beijing , China	*993,091	22.31%	48,722.95	31.12.11
28	28	Rabobank Nederland , Utrecht , Netherlands	*948,121	12.13%	10,383.57	31.12.11
29	29	Nordea Bank AB (publ) , Stockholm , Sweden	*928,086	23.31%	5,244.27	31.12.11
30	31	Mizuho Bank Ltd , Tokyo , Japan	881,120	2.69%	8,396.10	31.03.11
31	32	Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd , Tokyo , Japan	880,509	-0.26%	16,840.97	31.03.11
32	33	Bank of Scotland plc , Edinburgh , UK	*866,413	-2.73%	9,076.37	31.12.11
33	34	Commerzbank AG , Frankfurt am Main , Germany	*857,539	-12.27%	10,107.55	31.12.11
34	35	The Norinchukin Bank , Tokyo , Japan	*837,618	-	41,091.83	31.03.11
35	30	Intesa Sanpaolo SpA , Milan , Italy	*828,328	-2.97%	11,074.25	31.12.11
36	36	Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA , Madrid , Spain	*774,508	8.13%	3,113.90	31.12.11
37	37	Royal Bank of Canada , Montréal , Canada	*751,852	3.51%	18,833.77	31.10.11
38	38	Bank of Communications Co Ltd , Shanghai , China	*732,514	16.69%	9,830.98	31.12.11
39	39	National Australia Bank Ltd , Melbourne , Australia	*728,197	9.88%	20,232.83	30.09.11
40	40	The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited , Hong Kong , Hong Kong	*721,990	11.26%	3,887.11	31.12.11
41	41	Commonwealth Bank of Australia , Sydney , Australia	*715,862	3.34%	25,612.00	30.06.11
42	42	Credit Suisse International , London , UK	*712,409	23.37%	9,625.00	31.12.11
43	43	The Toronto-Dominion Bank , Toronto , Canada	*686,497	10.78%	21,816.36	31.10.11
44	44	Natixis , Paris , France	*657,914	10.85%	6,391.08	31.12.11
45	45	Westpac Banking Corporation , Sydney , Australia	*647,501	8.40%	24,592.79	30.09.11
46	49	Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) , Frankfurt am Main , Germany	*641,205	12.01%	4,276.27	31.12.11
47	46	Standard Chartered PLC , London , UK	*599,070	15.97%	1,192.00	31.12.11
48	47	Danske Bank A/S , Copenhagen , Denmark	*597,419	6.55%	1,625.44	31.12.11
49	48	Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited , Dublin , Ireland	*593,241	22.71%	32.07	31.12.11
50	50	The Bank of Nova Scotia , Toronto , Canada	*575,371	9.23%	12,722.54	31.10.11

* Figures are consolidated