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These are lists of the largest banks in the world, as measured by total assets and market capitalization.

Rank	Bank name	Total assets (US$ billion)
1	Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)	3,181.88
2	HSBC Holdings	2,758.45
3	China Construction Bank Corporation	2,602.54
4	BNP Paribas	2,589.19
5	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	2,508.84
6	JPMorgan Chase & Co	2,476.99
7	Agricultural Bank of China	2,470.43
8	Bank of China	2,435.49
9	Crédit Agricole Group	2,346.56
10	Barclays PLC	2,266.82
11	Deutsche Bank	2,250.64
12	Bank of America	2,149.85
13	Japan Post Bank	1,968.27
14	Citigroup Inc	1,894.74
15	Société Générale	1,740.75
16	Mizuho Financial Group	1,708.86
17	Royal Bank of Scotland Group	1,703.96
18	Banco Santander	1,607.24
19	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group	1,569.99
20	Group BPCE	1,567.88

Banks by country

Rank	Country	Number of banks in the top 100 banks by total assets (2013)[4]
1	China	17
2	United States	10
3	Japan	8
4	Germany	7
5	United Kingdom	6
5	France	6
7	Canada	5
8	Australia	4
8	Brazil	4
8	Italy	4
8	South Korea	4
8	Spain	4
8	Sweden	4

BY MARKET CAPITALIZATION

Rank	Bank name	Market capitalization (US$ billion)
1	Wells Fargo & Co	261.72
2	JP Morgan Chase & Co	229.90
3	ICBC	196.21
4	HSBC Holdings	191.43
5	Bank of America	181.77
6	China Construction Bank	160.83
7	Citigroup Inc	144.63
8	Agricultural Bank of China	126.41
9	Bank of China	115.92
10	Commonwealth Bank of Australia	131.53
11	Banco Santander	110.57
12	Allied Irish Banks plc	104.81
13	Westpac	99.22
14	BNP Paribas	96.03
15	Royal Bank of Canada	95.18
16	Lloyds Banking Group	90.92
17	Toronto-Dominion Bank	86.49
18	Australia and New Zealand Banking (ANZ)	83.25
19	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)	78.45
20	US Bancorp	78.11