Banks of the World

Banks around the World

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	Forex Bank Forex Bank AB provides currency exchange, savings and loans, credit cards, cashier service and money transfer. It is one of the world’s largest foreign exchange bureaus.
	HSBC Bank USA HSBC Bank USA is the American subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc. With total assets of $192.6 billion as of 31 March 2011, the Bank serves nearly 4 million customers through a network of more than 470 branches across the United States.
	Heritage Bank Heritage is the largest member-owned bank in Australia. The principal activity of Heritage is the provision of financial services to its members.
	Investec Investec is an international, specialist bank and asset management group. Founded as a leasing company in Johannesburg in 1974, it acquired a banking licence in 1980 and was listed on the JSE Limited South Africa in 1986.
	Banco Azteca Banco Azteca is one the largest banks in Mexico in terms of coverage. The Bank operates a network of over 1400 branches throughout the country.
	Banco Macro Banco Macro is one of the largest private bank in Argentina. It was formerly known as Banco Macro Bansud S.A.
	Caixa Econômica Federal (CEF) CAIXA is the biggest public bank in Latin America. The customer base was expanded by 42% over the past years, rising from 23.1 million to 33.6 million people.
	Zenith Bank Zenith Bank is the largest bank in Nigeria and in all of West Africa, with total assets of 11.2 billion dollars at December 31, 2009. The bank was established in May 1990 and started operations in July same year as a commercial bank.
	Banorte Banorte is one of Mexico's largest and oldest financial institutions. It provides a full range of services, serving more than 15 million clients. Banorte is the last remaining large bank in Mexico controlled by local shareholders.
	Bradesco Banco Bradesco is one of the biggest banks in Brazil along with Banco do Brasil, Itaú Unibanco and Santander Brasil. It has the most extensive private-sector branch and service network in the country.
	Laurentian Bank of Canada Laurentian Bank of Canada is a Canadian based bank operating through a network of about 160 branches located primarily in Quebec and western Canada.
	National Bank of Canada National Bank of Canada is one of the top banks in Canada and the leading bank in Quebec. It has branches in almost every province in Canada as well as numerous representative offices, subsidiaries in the United States, Europe and other parts of the world.
	Commonwealth Bank Commonwealth Bank is the largest bank by market capitalization in Australia, with businesses across New Zealand, Fiji, Asia, USA and the United Kingdom. It is Australia’s leading provider of integrated financial services including retail banking, premium banking, business banking, etc.
	HSBC Mexico HSBC Mexico is one of the top 10 banks in Mexico and the principal company of Grupo Financiero HSBC. With more than 1000 branches, the Bank serves over 8 million customers.
	ASB Bank ASB Bank founded in 1847, is New Zealand's first savings bank. Today, ASB a wholly owned subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, serves more than one million personal, business, rural, insurance customers via web and 135 nationwide branches.
	National Australia Bank National Australia Bank is one of the 'big four' Australian banks, with ANZ, Westpac, and Commonwealth Bank. It operates across 10 countries serving over 8.4 million consumer and business banking customers.
	la Caixa "la Caixa" is the leading savings bank in Spain and the third largest Spanish financial group. It serves about 11 million customers.
	Mizuho Financial Group Mizuho Financial Group (MHFG) is one of the largest financial institutions in Japan. As of June 30, 2011, the company had total assets of over US$1.94 trillion.
	Shinhan Bank Shinhan Bank is a South Korean based commercial banking company. It operates as a subsidiary of Shinhan Financial Group. Shinhan Bank principally operates in South Korea with its domestic branch network more than 1,000 locations.
	Woori Bank Woori Bank, established in 1899, is the third-largest commercial bank in the nation by assets. It also owns regional banks Kyongnam Bank and Kwangju Bank. Woori Bank is a part of the Woori Financial Group.
	Westpac Westpac is the largest bank in Australia by market capitalisation and the second-largest bank in New Zealand. The Bank serves some 10 million customers through more than 1,200 branches.
	Bank of New Zealand Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) is one of largest banks in New Zealand and provides various financial services to individuals, corporate companies, and agribusiness clients in New Zealand and Singapore. BNZ is now owned by National Australia Bank.
	OCBC OCBC is one of the largest local banks in Singapore and the second largest financial institute in Southeast Asia in terms of assets.
	Public Bank Berhad (PBB) Public Bank Berhad (PBB) is a leading provider of financial services in Malaysia with banking operations in Hong Kong and China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Sri Lanka. In Malaysia, Public Bank is one of the most efficient banks as reflected by its low cost to income ratio.
	DZ BANK is the fifth largest bank in Germany and is acting as central bank for approximately 1,000 cooperative banks, which serve 30 million customers from a combined 12,000 branch offices across Germany.
	National Commercial Bank National Commercial Bank (Alahli Bank) is the largest Bank in terms of capital in the Arab world. NCB is the most prominent of Saudi banks and was the first bank established in Saudi Arabia. Bank provides the highest standards in Islamic banking, with a customer-focused approach that emphasizes service, quality convenience, and innovation.
	Samba Financial Group Samba Financial Group is a large banking group in Saudi Arabia. Samba was established on February 12 1980 with the takeover of Citibank branches in Jeddah and Riyadh in accordance with a Saudi nostrification program.
	Saudi Hollandi Bank Saudi Hollandi Bank founded in 1926, was the first operating bank in the Saudi Arabia. Its main business at the time was providing financial services to Haj pilgrims from Indonesia.
	Saudi British Bank (SABB) SABB is a Saudi Joint Stock Company with a strong track record. Established on 21 January 1978, SABB formally commenced activities on 1 July 1978 when it took over the operations of The British Bank of the Middle East in Saudi Arabia. Global Finance magazine has named SABB the Best Trade Finance Bank in Saudi Arabia in 2010.
	First National Bank First National Bank (FNB) is the oldest bank in South Africa, and can be traced back to the Eastern Province Bank formed in Grahamstown in 1838. Today, FNB trades as a division of FirstRand Bank.
	First Bank of Nigeria FBN is one of the largest banks operating in Nigeria. The company was named the Best Bank in Nigeria by Global Finance magazine in March 2011.
	Scotiabank Scotiabank (Bank of Nova Scotia) was founded in 1832 and is based in Toronto, Canada. It is the third largest bank in Canada by deposits and market capitalization. Scotiabank is Canada's most international bank with over 2000 branches in some 50 countries.
	Toronto-Dominion Bank Toronto-Dominion Bank was created in 1955 through the merger of the Bank of Toronto and Dominion Bank. In Canada, the bank operates as TD Canada Trust and serves more than 11 million customers. Toronto-Dominion Bank is the second largest bank in Canada by market capitalization and deposits and the 6th largest bank in North America.
	Bank of America Bank of America is the largest bank in the United States, by assets, and the second largest bank by market capitalization. Bank of America also boasts one of the country's most extensive branch networks with more than 5,900 locations covering some 40 states from coast to coast.
	Wells Fargo Wells Fargo is a diversified financial services company providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 10,000 branches and over 12,000 ATMs worldwide.
	Swedbank Swedbank is a leading Nordic-Baltic banking group with 9.5 million private customers and 650,000 corporate customers. In June 2010, the balance sheet amounted to SEK 1,905 billion and the number of employees totaled about 17,500. Swedbank has been ranked as the best bank in Estonia and Lithuania by Euromoney.
	Barclays Barclays is a major global financial services provider. It provides financial services to more than 48 million customers in over 50 countries worldwide. Barclays is the second largest bank in the UK based on asset size.