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The top 25 banks in the world based on data from Moody's
Source: Euromoney (January, 2008)

Rank	Bank	Moody's Ratings (as of October 2008)	Country	Share- holder equity ($m)	Total assets ($m)	Net income ($m)
1	Bank Of America Corporation	Aaa/P-1/A-	United States	146,803	1,720,688	14,982
2	HSBC Holdings Plc	Aa1/P-1/B	United Kingdom	128,160	2,354,266	20,455
3	JP Morgan Chase & Co.	Aaa/P-1/B+	United States	123,221	1,562,147	15,365
4	Citigroup Inc	Aa1/P-1/B	United States	113,598	2,187,631	3,617
5	Intesa Sanpaolo (a)	Aa2/P-1/B-	Italy	107,533	842,429	10,661
6	Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc (The)	Aa1/P-1/B	United Kingdom	105,700	3,787,554	14,879
7	Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc	Aa2/P-1/C	Japan	88,362	157,699	4,923
8	Unicredito Italiano Spa	Aa2/P-1/B-	Italy	84,881	1,502,453	8,765
9	Banco Santander SA	Aa1/P-1/B	Spain	84,637	1,342,404	14,170
10	BNP Paribas	Aa1/P-1/B	France	80,944	2,491,624	11,502
11	Wachovia Corporation	Aa1/P-1/B+	United States	76,872	782,896	6,312
12	Industrial & Commercial Bank Of China (The) - ICBC	A1/P-1/D-	China	67,390	1,188,882	11,261
13	Barclays Plc	Aa1/P-1/B	United Kingdom	63,416	2,446,457	10,216
14	Fortis Bank	A1/P-1/C-	Belgium	60,452	1,128,155	2,619
15	Crédit Agricole	Aa1/P-1/B	France	59,834	2,079,556	5,947
16	China Construction Bank Corporation	A1/P-1/D-	China	57,636	903,353	9,466
17	Deutsche Bank AG	A1/P-1/B-	Germany	56,563	2,970,839	9,573
18	Bank Of China Limited	A1/P-1/D-	China	48,185	820,254	8,493
19	Wells Fargo & Company	Aaa/P-1/A	United States	47,628	575,442	8,057
20	ING Groep NV	--/P-1/--	Netherlands	46,919	1,461,802	5,277
21	Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA	Aa1/P-1/B	Spain	46,503	738,470	9,433
22	ABN Amro Holding NV	Aa2/P-1/B-	Netherlands	45,156	1,507,533	14,668
23	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc	Aa2/P-1/C	Japan	45,152	854,189	3,738
24	Hbos Plc	--/P-1/B	United Kingdom	43,543	1,329,162	8,197
25	Rabobank Nederland	Aaa/P-1/B+	Netherlands	42,146	838,901	3,469

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