The top spot on this year’s list goes to DZ Bank, which moves up one
position from last year’s ranking. New banks in the top 10 this year are
Switzerland’s Pictet & Cie and Rabobank from the Netherlands. Three of
Singapore’s leading banks make the top 10 again in 2017, each moving up one
position over last year, with DBS Bank at #2, OCBC Bank at #4 and United
Overseas Bank at #5. New additions to the list for 2017 are UAE’s First Abu
Dhabi Bank at #17, Farm Credit Bank of Texas from the United States at #30,
Germany’s Bank für Sozialwirtschaft at #31 and National Building Society from
the UK at #41. The biggest jump up the list this year was made by ING from the
Netherlands, with a 12 position move to #38.
Banks were selected through an evaluation of long-term foreign currency
ratings—from Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch—and total assets of the
500 largest banks worldwide. “Countries
around the world, for the past several years, have been tightening regulation
in an attempt to forestall another financial crisis. Both government-backed
banks, dominant in many parts of the world, and private commercial banks are
attempting to respond to the demand of corporate treasurers and other
international clients, to provide those clients with financial services they
can trust.
RANK BANK NAME COUNTRY
1 DZ Bank* Germany
2 DBS Bank Singapore
3 Svenska
Handelsbanken Sweden
4 Oversea-Chinese
Banking Corp Singapore
5 United Overseas Bank
Singapore
6 Deutsche Apotheker-
und Ärztebank Germany
7 Toronto-Dominion
Bank Canada
8 Pictet & Cie Switzerland
9 Royal Bank of Canada Canada
10 Rabobank Netherlands
11 ANZ Group Australia
12 Commonwealth Bank of
Australia Australia
13 Nordea Sweden
14 Westpac Australia
15 National Australia
Bank Australia
16 Swedbank Sweden
17 First Abu Dhabi
Bank** UAE
18 Hang Seng Bank Hong
Kong
19 AgriBank United
States
20 Fédération des
Caisses Desjardins Canada
21 U.S. Bancorp United
States
22 Skandinaviska
Enskilda Banken Sweden
23 DNB Norway
24 HSBC France France
25 CoBank United
States
26 National Bank of
Kuwait Kuwait
27 OP Corporate Bank Finland
28 AgFirst United
States
29 LGT Bank Liechtenstein
30 Farm Credit Bank of
Texas** United
States
31 Bank für
Sozialwirtschaft** Germany
32 Scotiabank Canada
33 Bank of Montreal Canada
34 CIBC Canada
35 Qatar National Bank Qatar
36 HSBC Holdings United
Kingdom
37 UBS Switzerland
38 ING*** Netherlands
39 Banque Federative du
Credit Mutuel France
40 BNY Mellon United
States
41 Nationwide Building
Society** United
Kingdom
42 Shinhan Bank Korea
43 State Street United
States
44 Northern Trust United
States
45 Banco Santander Chile Chile
46 Suncorp-Metway Australia
47 Kiwibank New
Zealand
48 BNP Paribas France
49 Wells Fargo United
States
50 Bank of
Tokyo-Mitsubishi Japan
** New entry to the ranking
*** Greatest gain over position on the 2016 list