World Safest Banks

As published by Global Finance Magazine, the world's safest banks for midyear 2009 are as follows:

THE MID YEAR SAFEST BANKS RANKINGS

RANKING	BANK	COUNTRY
1	KfW	Germany
2	Caisse des Dépots et Consignations (CDC)	France
3	Bank Nederlands Gemeenten (BNG)	Netherlands
4	Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank	Germany
5	Rabobank	Netherlands
6	Landeskreditbank Baden-Wuerttemberg-Foerderbank	Germany
7	NRW. Bank	Germany
8	BNP Paribas	France
9	Banco Santander	Spain
10	Royal Bank of Canada	Canada
11	National Australia Bank	Australia
12	Commonwealth Bank of Australia	Australia
13	Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA)	Spain
14	Toronto-Dominion Bank	Canada
15	Australia & New Zealand Banking Group	Australia
16	Westpac Banking Corporation	Australia
17	Banco Espanol de Credito S.A. (Banesto)	Spain
18	ASB Bank	New Zealand
19	HSBC Holdings	United Kingdom
20	Crédit Agricole	France
21	Wells Fargo	United States
22	Nordea Bank	Sweden
23	Scotiabank	Canada
24	La Caixa	Spain
25	Svenska Handelsbanken	Sweden
26	U.S. Bankcorp	United States
27	DBS Bank	Singapore
28	Pohjola Bank	Finland
29	Deutsche Bank	Germany
30	Société Générale	France
31	Intesa Sanpaolo	Italy
32	Bank of Montreal	Canada
33	DnB NOR Bank	Norway
34	The Bank of New York Mellon	United States
35	Banco Popular Español	Spain
36	Caixa Geral de Depositos	Portugal
37 =	United Overseas Bank	Singapore
37 =	OCBC (Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.)	Singapore
39	Axa Bank Europe	Belgium
40	Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg	Germany
41	Nationwide Building Society	United Kingdom
42	CIBC	Canada
43	National Bank of Kuwait	Kuwait
44	UBS	Switzerland
45	JPMorgan Chase	United States
46	Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ	Japan
47	Credit Suisse Group	Switzerland
48	Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM)	France
49	Crédit Industriel et Commercial (CIC)	France
50	BB&T Corporation	United States