World's Largest Banks 2003

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The following list shows the biggest banks in the World in terms of market capitalization, as of December 31, 2003. The top five banks have combined market caps of over US$725.3 billion.

Rank	Bank	Country	Market cap ($b, 12/2003)
1	Citigroup	US	249.53
2	HSBC Holdings	UK	171.08
3	Bank of America	US	119.31
4	Wells Fargo	US	99.46
5	Royal Bank of Scotland	UK	86.01
6	UBS	Switzerland	79.73
7	JP Morgan Chase	US	74.39
8	Wachovia	US	61.35
9	Barclays	UK	57.12
10	US Bancorp	US	57.09
11	BNP Paribas	France	55.62
12	Banco Santander Central Hispano	Spain	55.42
13	Bank One	US	51.09
14	HBOS	UK	49.25
15	Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial	Japan	49.24
16	Deutsche Bank	Germany	46.99
17	Fleetboston Financial	US	46.02
18	Lloyds TSB	UK	43.65
19	BBVA	Spain	43.53
20	Credit Suisse	Switzerland	42.85
21	Societe Generale	France	37.94
22	ABN Amro	Netherlands	37.12
23	Washington Mutual	US	36.05
24	Credit Agricole	France	34.43
25	Mizuho Financial Group	Japan	34.18
26	UniCredit	Italy	33.69
27	Fifth Third Bancorp	US	33.37
28	National Australia Bank	Australia	33.28
29	Royal Bank Canada	Canada	30.86
30	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial	Japan	29.71
31	Commonwealth Bank of Australia	Australia	27.52
32	Fortis	Belgium	25.57
33	Bank of Nova Scotia	Canada	25.43
34	Hang Seng Bank	Hong Kong	24.56
35	Bank of New York	US	24.1
36	ANZ Banking Group	Australia	23.44
37	UFJ Holdings	Japan	23.36
38	Banca Intesa	Italy	23.11
39	Toronto-Dominion Bank	Canada	21.72
40	Nordea	Sweden	21.47
41	Westpac Banking	Australia	21.26
42	BB&T	US	20.99
43	National City	US	20.57
44	Bank of Montreal	Canada	20.19
45	Suntrust Banks	US	20.08
46	BOC Hong Kong	Hong Kong	19.95
47	Dexia	Belgium	19.46
48	Standard Chartered	UK	19.2
49	San Paolo IMI	Italy	18.65
50	Canadian Imperial Bank Commerce (CIBC)	Canada	17.8