50 TOP WORLD PRIME BANKS
Assets in
                                                         Fiscal
Rank Bank Name                            Country                  $BILLIONS
                                                         Year
                                                                      USD
 1    Citigroup                          United States   12/2002        1,097.19
 2    Mizuho Holdings                       Japan        3/2003         1,029.69
 3    UBS                                Switzerland     3/2003          851.69
      Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
 4                                          Japan        3/2003          826.60
      Corporation
 5    Deutsche Bank                       Germany        3/2003          795.74
 6    Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group      Japan        3/2003          784.52
 7    JPMorgan Chase                     United States   12/2002         758.80
 8    ING Group                          Netherlands     12/2002         751.78
                                           United
 9    HSBC Holdings                                      12/2002         748.89
                                          Kingdom
 10   BNP Paribas                           France       12/2002         745.41
 11   Bayerische Hypo und Vereinsbank     Germany        3/2003          711.87
 12   Credit Suisse                      Switzerland     12/2002         686.39
                                           United
 13   Royal Bank of Scotland                             12/2002         649.38
                                          Kingdom
 14   UFJ Holdings                          Japan        3/2003          641.82
                                           United
 15   Barclays                                           12/2002         637.83
                                          Kingdom
 16   Bank of America                    United States   9/2002          621.76
 17   ABN AMRO Holding                   Netherlands     3/2003          583.50
 18   Credit Agricole                       France       12/2002         530.71
 19   Morgan Stanley                     United States   2/2003          529.50
 20   Social Generale                       France       12/2002         526.04
      Industrial & Commercial Bank of
 21                                         China        12/2001         524.23
      China
                                         United
22   HBOS                                              12/2002   512.15
                                        Kingdom
23   Fortis                              Belgium       12/2002   502.89
24   Merrill Lynch                     United States   3/2003    447.93
25   Commerzbank                        Germany        3/2003    442.66
26   Bank of China                        China        12/2002   434.19
27   Dresdner Bank                      Germany        12/2002   433.81
28   Norinchukin Bank                     Japan        3/2002    431.00
29   Rabobank                          Netherlands     12/2002   393.24
30   Groupe Caisse D'Epargne              France       12/2002   374.79
31   Dexia                               Belgium       12/2002   368.03
32   Goldman Sachs                     United States   11/2002   355.57
33   Wells Fargo                       United States   12/2002   349.26
34   DZ Bank                            Germany        12/2002   348.47
35   Wachovia                          United States   12/2002   341.84
36   Resona Holdings                      Japan        3/2003    341.54
37   Santander Central Hispano            Spain        12/2002   334.80
                                         United
38   Lloyds TSB Group                                  12/2002   334.29
                                        Kingdom
39   China Construction Bank              China        12/2001   334.06
40   Landesbank Baden-Wьrttemberg       Germany        12/2002   327.69
41   Agricultural Bank of China           China        12/2001   305.43
42   Banca Intesa                          Italy       3/2003    291.13
43   Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria      Spain        12/2002   288.52
                                         United
44   Abbey National                                    12/2002   284.11
                                        Kingdom
45   Bank One                          United States   12/2002   277.38
46   Washington Mutual                 United States   12/2002   268.30
             47   Almanij                          Belgium   12/2002   265.27
             48   CDC Ixis                         France    12/2002   263.10
             49   Kreditanstalt fьr Wiederaufbau   Germany   12/2002   262.26
             50   Nordea                           Sweden    12/2002   261.96
                       100 TOP WORLD PRIME BANKS
BANK NAME                                                               COUNTRY
1. HSBC HOLDINGS                                                        HONG KONG
2. CHASE MANHATTAN BANK                                                     USA
3. CREDIT AGRICOLE GROUP                                                  FRANCE
4. CITI CORP                                                                USA
5. BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI                                                JAPAN
6. DEUTSCHE BANK                                                         GERMANY
7. ABN AMRO BANK                                                       NETHERLAND
8. SUMITOMO BANK                                                           JAPAN
10. DAI-ICHI KANGYO BANK                                                   JAPAN
11. FUJI BANK                                                              JAPAN
12. SANWA BANK                                                             JAPAN
13. NATIONS BANK                                                            USA
14. UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND                                          SWITZERLAND
15. BARCLAYS BANK                                                            UK
16. CREDIT SUISSE GROUP                                                SWITZERLAND
17. SAKURA BANK                                                            JAPAN
18. RABOBANK NETHERLAND                                                NETHERLAND
19. NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK                                                UK
20. HALIFAX                                                                  UK
21. J P MORGAN & CO                                                         USA
22. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA                                CHINA
23. BANQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS                                              FRANCE
24. NARINCHUKIN BANK                                                       JAPAN
25. GROUPE CAISSE D’EPARGNE                                               FRANCE
26. INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN                                               JAPAN
27. BANK OF CHINA                                                          CHINA
28. DRESDNER BANK                                                        GERMANY
29. LLOYDS TSB GROUP                                                         UK
30. FIRST UNION CORPORATION                                                 USA
31. SOCIETE GENERALE                                                      FRANCE
32. TOKAI BANK                                                             JAPAN
33. BANC ONE CORPORATION                                                    USA
34. COMMERZBANK                                                          GERMANY
35. ING BANK GROUP                                                     NETHERLAND
36. BAYERISCHE VEREINSBANK                     GERMANY
37. FIRST CHICAGO NBD CORPORATION                 USA
38. CAMPAGNIE FINANCIERE DE PARIBAS             FRANCE
39. ABBEY NATIONAL                                 UK
40. BANNCO SANTANDER                             SPAIN
41. CREDIT MUTUEL                               FRANCE
42. WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK-GIROZENTRALE       GERMANY
43. LONG-TERM CREDIT BANK OF JAPAN               JAPAN
44. NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK                   AUSTRALIA
45. CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE          CANADA
46. ROYAL BANK OF CANADA                        CANADA
47. ASAHI BANK                                   JAPAN
48. CREDIT LYONNAIS                             FRANCE
49. SCOTIABANK                                  CANADA
50. BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA                         SPAIN
51. BANKERS TRUST OF NEW YORK                     USA
52. SWISS BANK CORP                          SWITZERLAND
53. FLEET FINANCIAL                               USA
54. BANK OF MONTREAL                            CANADA
55. WELLS FARGO & CO                              USA
56. CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK                      CHINA
57. DEXIO
58. CARIPLO                                     ITALY
59. BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK                     GERMANY
60. MITSUBISHI TRUST & BANKING CORPORATION      JAPAN
61. KREDITANSTALT FUR WIDERAUBAU              GERMANY
62. COMMONWEALT BANK CORP                     AUSTRALIA
63. BANKO DE BRASIL                            BRAZIL
64. NORWEST CORP                                 USA
65. BANCO BRADESCO                             BRAZIL
66. WECHOVIA CORPORATION                         USA
67. GROUPE BANQUES POPULAIRES                  FRANCE
68. BANCO DE ROMA                               ITALY
69. INSTITUTO BANCOCIO SAN APULO DI TORINO      ITALY
70. BAYERRISCHE-HYPOHEKEN & WECHSEL-BANK      GERMANY
71. PNC BANK CORPORATION                         USA
72. ARGENTURIA                                  SPAIN
73. ANZ BANKING GROUP                         AUSTRALIA
74. US BANCORP                                   USA
75. WESTPARC BANKING CORPORATION              AUSTRALIA
76. ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND                        UK
77. BANK OF BOSTON                               USA
78. TORONTO DOMINION BANK                      CANADA
79. AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA                  CHINA
80. SIMITOMO TRUST AND BANKING                  JAPAN
81. BANCO COMMERCIALE ITALIANO                  ITALY
82. DAIWA BANK                                  JAPAN
83. BANK OF NEW YORK                             USA
84. KEYCORP                                      USA
85. BANK OF SCOTLAND                           UK
86. BANKGESELLSCHAFT BERLIN                GERMANY
87. OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION      CHINA
88. SHOKO CHUKIN BANK                        JAPAN
89. DBS BANK                              SINGAPORE
90. MITSUI TRUST & BANKING                   JAPAN
91. BANK AUSTRIA                            AUSTRIA
92. STANDARD CHARTERED BANK                    UK
93. GENERALE BANK                          BELGIUM
94. INSTITUTO MOBILIASE ITALIANO             ITALY
95. CREDITO ITALIANO                         ITALY
96. NATIONAL CITY CORP                        USA
97. BANCO MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA          ITALY
98. DEN DANSKE BANK                        DENMARK
99. BANCO ITOIS SAN PAULO BRAZIL            BRAZIL
100. SHIZUOKA BANK                           JAPAN