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The Region's

Largest Banks


Banks Listed Alphabetically
A | B | C | D-G | H | I-J | K-L | M-N | O-R | S | T | U-Z

Lead story:
AFTER THE CRISIS
Getting Rid of the Rust: Three years after the Crisis, many in the Asiaweek Financial 500 are in the black. Will profitability last?

ASIA'S HOTTEST STOCKS

Money and Investing: Riding the hottest financial stocks in Asia (plus the 100 hottest bank stocks)

NATIONS UPDATE : mini-charts on your nation's banking market:
Australia China IndonesiaJapanPhilippines SingaporeSouth KoreaTaiwan Thailand Hong Kong Malaysia
and the best performing banks in
India Sri LankaPakistanBangladesh


PLUS

Foreign Invasion?: Overseas banks go slow on buyouts
Technology: The nitty gritty of Internet banking
Halfway at full speed: Hong Kong and Singapore rebound
The Acquired: What Danu Bank learned form its new owner
The Home-Alone Bank: Why Taiwan's Chinatrust didn't expand
Interview: DBS Bank's hot on the aquisition trail


After getting

clobbered in

the Crisis,

Asia's 500

biggest banks

are over the

hump. Now

comes the

challenge of

consolidation
How the Nations Fared?
Country
Banks
in 500
Assets
$b.
Share
of total
Net profit
$m.
Share
of Total
Australia
22
560
4.64%
5,375
27.56%
Bangladesh
12
12
0.10%
47
0.24%
China
22
1,516
12.54%
2,528
12.97%
Hong Kong
26
398
3.29%
4,599
23.58%
India
54
210
1.74%
913
4.68%
Indonesia
36
93
0.77%
-9,576
Japan
145
7,621
63.05%
-1,276
Macau
6
7
0.06%
48
0.25%
Malaysia
33
141
1.16%
1,063
5.45%
New Zealand
7
54
0.45%
588
3.01%
P.N. Guinea
2
1
0.01%
27
0.14%
Pakistan
12
24
0.20%
-144
Philippines
26
56
0.47%
155
0.80%
Singapore
8
173
1.43%
1,977
10.14%
South Korea
18
482
3.98%
-6,323
Sri Lanka
6
7
0.06%
56
0.29%
Taiwan
48
578
4.78%
2,097
10.75%
Thailand
13
145
1.20%
-8,446
Vietnam
4
9
0.08%
27
0.14%
Total
500
12,087
100.00%
19,500
100.00%

FULL LISITNG: The Biggest Banks in the Region:

1-50 | 51-100 | 101-150 | 151-200 | 201-250 | 251-300 | 301-350 | 351-400 | 401-450 | 451-500




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