World's Largest Banks 2008

The following list shows the largest banks in the World by market capitalization, as of December 31, 2008. The top five banks have combined market value of US$633.3 billion.

Rank	Bank	Country	Market cap ($b, 12/2008)
1	Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	China	173.93
2	China Construction Bank	China	128.27
3	JP Morgan Chase	US	117.68
4	HSBC Holdings	UK	115.22
5	Bank of China	China	98.2
6	Wells Fargo	US	98.03
7	Banco Santander	Spain	75.01
8	Bank of America	US	70.65
9	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial	Japan	70.06
10	BBVA	Spain	45.12
11	Intesa Sanpaolo	Italy	44.14
12	U. S. Bancorp	US	43.57
13	UBS	Switzerland	40.89
14	Royal Bank Canada	Canada	40.88
15	BNP Paribas	France	38.34
16	Citigroup	US	36.57
17	Bank of Communications	China	34.65
18	Westpac Banking	Australia	34.08
19	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial	Japan	32.73
20	Unicredit	Italy	32.38
21	Mizuho Financial	Japan	31.78
22	Banco Itau	Brazil	30.78
23	Credit Suisse	Switzerland	30.37
24	Toronto Dominion Bank	Canada	29.78
25	Commonwealth Bank of Australia	Australia	29.64
26	Societe Generale	France	29.06
27	Bradesco	Brazil	28.03
28	Royal Bank of Scotland	UK	28.02
29	National Australia Bank	Australia	27.21
30	Bank of Nova Scotia	Canada	27.16
31	China Merchants Bank	China	26.4
32	Hang Seng Bank	Hong Kong	25.09
33	Credit Agricole	France	24.76
34	Standard Chartered	UK	23.85
35	ANZ Banking	Australia	23.01