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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?

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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
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Country and Performance Topnotchers
More Banks: Bangladesh | India | Pakistan | Sri Lanka


Bangladesh
12 banks in the 500. (1999: 12). Assets: $11.9b. ($11.7b.) Profits: $46.7m. ($63.1m.) Median assets: $537m. Median profits: $4.4m. ROA: 0.392%.

   Institution  HQ
Assets
$ Mill
Profits
$ Mill
Profit as % of

500

Rank

Assets Equity
1 SONALI BANK Dhaka 4,070
12.8
0.3% 12.5% 286
2 JANATA BANK Dhaka 1,981
4.7
0.2% 7.5% 355
3 AGRANI BANK Dhaka 1,964
5.7
0.3% 10.3% 356
4 RUPALI BANK Dhaka 746
-1.5
421
5 ISLAMI BANK BANGLADESH Dhaka 568
2.3
0.4% 7.0% 437
6 PUBALI BANK Dhaka
537
6.0
1.1% 38.2% 440
7 NATIONAL BANK Dhaka
435
1.5
0.4% 5.6% 452
8 IFIC BANK Dhaka 392
2.9
0.8% 15.6% 459
9 UTTARA BANK Dhaka 379
0.4
0.1% 4.0% 446
10 ARAB BANGLADESH BANK Dhaka 301
2.7
0.9% 17.3% 483



India
54 banks in the 500 (1999: 54) Assets: $210.3b. ($180.7b.) Profits: $912.6m. ($1.4b.) Median assets/profits: $1.8b./$8.5m. ROA: 0.434%

   Institution  HQ
Assets
$ Mill
Profits
$ Mill
Profit as % of

500

Rank

Assets Equity
1 STATE BANK OF INDIA Bombay 53,294 236.3 0.4% 9.9% 41
2 BANK OF INDIA Bombay 13,160 46.2 0.4% 8.4% 151
3 BANK OF BARODA Bombay 13,047 96.9 0.7% 14.5% 152
4 CANARA BANK Bangalore 11,703 51.7 0.4% 9.3% 162
5 PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK New Delhi 11,175 85.6 0.8% 19.3% 169
6 CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA Bombay 8,429 33.6 0.4% 5.6% 189
7 UNION BANK OF INDIA Bombay 7,660 36.8 0.5% 9.5% 196
8 INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK Madras 5,849 12.7 0.2% 7.7% 241
9 INDIAN BANK Madras 5,232 -179.0 258
10 SYNDICATE BANK Manipal 5,221 32.8 0.6% 20.4% 260



Pakistan
12 banks in the 500 (1999: 12) Assets: $23.6b. ($22.3b.) Profits: -$143.5m. ($115m.) Median assets/profits: $613m./$2.9m. ROA: -0.607%

   Institution  HQ
Assets
$ Mill
Profits
$ Mill
Profit as % of

500

Rank

Assets Equity
1 NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN Karachi 6,913
-3.5
213
2 HABIB BANK Karachi 6,025
-175.3
235
3 MUSLIM COMMERCIAL BANK Karachi 3,133
11.2
0.4% 14.5% 313
4 UNITED BANK Karachi 3,056
10.0
0.3% 8.6% 317
5 ALLIED BANK OF PAKISTAN Karachi 1,765
0.4
0.0% 1.3% 366
6 ASKARI COMMERCIAL BANK Rawalpindi
613
5.6
0.9% 13.8% 431
7 BANK AL HABIB Multan
393
3.0
0.8% 13.1% 458
8 FAYSAL BANK Lahore 386
-4.9
464
9 BANK OF PUNJAB Lahore 360
0.6
0.2% 1.5% 469
10 METROPOLITAN BANK Karachi 354
3.9
1.1% 16.0% 471



Sri Lanka
6 banks in the 500 (1999: 6) Assets: $6.8b. ($6.8b.) Profits: $56.2m. ($61m.) Median assets/profits: $1.1b./$10.1m. ROA: 0.827%

   Institution  HQ
Assets
$ Mill
Profits
$ Mill
Profit as % of

500

Rank

Assets Equity
1 BANK OF CEYLON Colombo 2,388 11.4 0.5% 7.9% 348
2 PEOPLE’S BANK Colombo 1,704 19.8 1.2% 27.0% 370
3 HATTON NATIONAL BANK Colombo 1,061 10.1 1.0% 14.5% 400
4 SEYLAN BANK Colombo 674 2.1 0.3% 9.0% 427
5 COMMERCIAL BANK OF CEYLON Colombo 581 9.1 1.6% 15.4% 434


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