Rating of the largest banks in the world for 2013

Annually authoritative edition of The banker makes the rating of thousands of the world's largest banks on various indicators: the size of assets, capital, profits, etc. The leading ten of the current thousand of the most profitable banks is surprising in that its banks are headed by China. In the Middle Kingdom, the profitability of banking business today is much higher than in the US and the Eurozone.

In our top ten largest banks of the world are ranked in terms of profit before tax.

10. BNP Paribas( France, pre-tax profit - $ 12.5 billion)

The European leader in banking services was born in 2000 through the merger of a retail bankBNP with Investment Paribas. In Russia there are two banks from the BNP Paribas group: CJSC BNP Paribas for corporate clients and BNP Paribas Vostok for retail customers.

9. Citigroup( US, pre-tax profit - $ 14.7 billion)

One of the world's largest banking corporations serves more than 200 million customers in 139 countries. The group is represented in Russia by ZAO Citibank. Citigroup took part in the IPO of major Russian companies: Rosneft, Severstal and VTB as underwriter, organizer and coordinator.

8. Mitsubishi UFJ( Japan, pre-tax profit - $ 17.6 billion)

The largest bank in Japan owns 21% in the US bank Morgan Stanley. In 2006, Mitsubishi UFJ received a license to work in Russia. Several scandals have been associated with the holding's activities, when the Japanese government made accusations of issuing loans to criminal organizations against the bank.

7. HSBC( UK, pre-tax profit - $ 21.8 billion)

The British holding company is Europe's largest capitalization company. The bank has branches in 85 countries around the world. In Russia, HSBC is represented by HSBC Bank( RR), which since 2011 has served exclusively corporate clients.

6. Wells Fargo( US, pre-tax profit - $ 23.3 billion)

The financial brand Wells Fargo has more than 150 years and, despite the change of owners, the name of the holding always remains unchanged. Today Wells Fargo has more than 6 thousand offices, which serve 23 million customers.

5. Agricultural Bank of China( China, pre-tax profit - $ 25.1 billion)

The Agricultural Bank of China has offices not only throughout the Middle Kingdom, but also in Hong Kong and Singapore. Among the bank's clients there are about 3 million corporate clients and more than 300 thousand retail customers.

4. JP Morgan Chase( US, pre-tax profit - $ 26.75 billion)

The largest US bank is the absolute world leader in terms of investment and commercial banking services. In March 2013, the press got information about how the management of the bank intentionally hides significant losses incurred from investment operations in Europe.

3. Bank of China( China, pre-tax profit - $ 26.76 billion)

The oldest bank in China was founded in 1912.The controlling block of shares belongs to the government of China. The bank has representative offices in 25 countries of the world. In Russia there is a subsidiary structure of Bank of China - CJSC AKB "BANK OF CHINA( ELOS)".

2. China Construction Bank( China, pre-tax profit - $ 34.8 billion)

The second largest asset and capital bank of China since 2013 is represented in Russia through OOO "China Construction Bank", which in March received a license to conduct ruble and foreign exchange operations, as well as to attract deposits.

1. Industrial &Commercial Bank of China( China, pre-tax profit - $ 43.2 billion)

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China - is the world's largest bank in terms of profit and capitalization. ICBC is the largest company in the Asia-Pacific region. The main shareholder is the state, which owns 70.7% of the shares.