The top 30 banks in the world based ranked according to Market Capitalisation in 2012 All banks have been ranked by total Market Capitalisation in US$ in 2012. http://www.eagletraders.com/advice/loans_list_top_banks.htm Rank 2012 Bank Market Capitalisation (Billion US$) 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2003 1 Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) 241.7 224.2 234.1 269.4 174.2 249.8 2 China Construction Bank 196.6 167.9 223.0 201.8 128.6 171.3 3 Wells Fargo & Co 161.4 150.9 181.0 199.7 118.0 119.6 4 HSBC Holdings 151.6 135.7 166.5 171.5 115.5 99.7 5 Agricultural Bank of China 142.4 131.1 163.4 154.4 98.5 86.3 6 JP Morgan Chase 141.7 123.0 140.6 138.4 98.3 80.0 7 Bank of China 129.5 121.7 138.1 137.0 75.3 74.6 8 Itau Unibanco 88.9 76.9 135.7 130.7 71.0 61.6 9 Citigroup 87.4 76.1 135.2 95.4 70.4 57.4 10 Commonwealth 83.3 75.6 98.3 94.6 45.4 57.3 11 Royal Bank Canada 77.3 71.3 89.3 90.4 44.4 55.9 12 Bank of America 72.5 71.2 81.3 76.8 43.9 55.7 13 Toronto-Dominion Bank 71.2 66.0 77.3 76.1 41.2 51.3 14 Banco Santander 68.0 64.7 77.2 69.1 41.2 49.5 15 Westpac 66.5 64.3 76.8 68.9 38.6 49.5 16 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial 65.0 62.5 75.7 68.1 36.9 47.2 17 Banco Bradesco 64.6 61.9 70.7 62.7 35.0 46.3 18 Sberbank of Russia 60.1 58.6 69.1 62.3 34.4 43.9 19 ANZ Banking 59.2 57.9 67.9 59.1 33.0 43.8 20 Bank of Nova Scotia 58.9 54.7 66.5 58.8 32.7 43.1 21 Standard Chartered 58.4 53.6 64.1 57.1 32.1 38.2 22 National Australia Bank 56.7 53.0 63.8 56.8 31.1 37.4 23 US Bancorp 55.6 52.2 62.8 55.6 30.7 36.3 24 BNP Paribas 54.9 51.6 60.6 54.5 30.1 34.7 25 Goldman Sachs Group 54.2 45.7 54.9 53.2 29.9 34.4 26 UBS 52.70 44.70 53.40 52.60 29.40 33.90 27 Bank of Communications 48.80 42.70 52.40 52.60 28.30 33.60 28 China Merchants Bank 45.90 41.00 52.30 52.50 28.30 33.50 29 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial 44.30 40.50 52.20 52.40 27.50 31.10 30 BBVA 43.70 39.80 51.10 51.90 27.50 30.00