Tuesday, August 25, 2009

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 CaixaSpain
25
Svenska HandelsbankenSweden
26
U.S. BankcorpUnited States
27
DBS BankSingapore
28
Pohjola BankFinland
29
Deutsche BankGermany
30
Société GénéraleFrance
31
Intesa SanpaoloItaly
32
Bank of MontrealCanada
33
DnB NOR BankNorway
34
The Bank of New York MellonUnited 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-WuerttembergGermany
41
Nationwide Building SocietyUnited Kingdom
42CIBCCanada
43National Bank of KuwaitKuwait
44UBSSwitzerland
45JPMorgan ChaseUnited States
46Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJJapan
47Credit Suisse Group
Switzerland
48Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM)France
49Crédit Industriel et Commercial (CIC)France
50
BB&T Corporation
United States

1 comment:

Penny Stock Blog said...

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