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THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BANKS 2008| Rank | Name
| Country | Fiscal Year | Total Assets ($b) | 1
| Royal Bank of Scotland Group
| United Kingdom | 12/2007 | 3,807 | | 2 | Deutsche Bank
| Germany | 12/2007 | 2,974 | 3
| BNP Paribas
| France | 12/2007 | 2,494 | | 4 | Barclays
| United Kingdom | 12/2007 | 2,459 | | 5 | HSBC | United Kingdom | 12/2007 | 2,354 | | 6 | Crédit Agricole | France | 12/2007 | 2,268 | | 7 | Citi
| United States | 12/2007 | 2,188 | | 8 | UBS
| Switzerland | 12/2007 | 2,019 | | 9 | Bank of America
| United States | 12/2007 | 1,716 | | 10 | Société Générale
| France | 12/2007 | 1,578 | | 11 | JPMorgane Chase | United States | 12/2007 | 1,562 | | 12 | Mizuho Financial group | Japan | 03/2008 | 1,507 | | 13 | UniCredit | Italy | 12/2007 | 1,504 | | 14 | ING | Netherlands | 12/2007 | 1,463 | | 15 | Santander | Spain | 12/2007 | 1,344 | | 16 | Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ | Japan | 03/2008 | 1,337 | | 17 | HBOS | United Kingdom | 12/2007 | 1,336 | | 18 | Credit Suisse Group | Switzerland | 12/2007 | 1,209 | | 19 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China | China | 12/2007 | 1,189 | | 20 | Fortis | Belgium | 12/2007 | 1,129 | | 21 | Goldman Sachs Group | United States | 11/2007 | 1,120 | | 22 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | Japan | 03/2008 | 1,081 | | 23 | Morgan Stanley | United States | 11/2007 | 1,045 | | 24 | Merril Lynch | United States | 12/2007 | 1,020 | | 25 | Commerzbank | Germany | 12/2007 | 908 | | 26 | China Construction Bank | China | 12/2007 | 903 | | 27 | Dexia | Belgium | 12/2007 | 890 | | 28 | Groupe Caisse d'Epargne | France | 12/2007 | 885 | | 29 | Intesa Sanpaolo | Italy | 12/2007 | 843 | | 30 | Rabobank Group | Netherlands | 12/2007 | 840 | | 31 | Agricultural Bank of China | China | 12/2007 | 828 | | 32 | Bank of China | China | 12/2007 | 820 | | 33 | Wachovia | United States | 12/2007 | 783 | | 34 | Natixis | France | 12/2007 | 766 | | 35 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) | Spain | 12/2007 | 739 | | 36 | Dresdner Bank | Germany | 12/2007 | 736 | | 37 | Lloyds TBS Group | United Kingdom | 12/2007 | 708 | | 38 | Dansk Bank | Denmark | 12/2007 | 660 | | 39 | Landesbank Baden-Württemberg | Germany | 12/2007 | 653 | | 40 | DZ Bank | Germany | 12/2007 | 635 | | 41 | Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank | Germany | 12/2007 | 621 | | 42 | Royal Bank of Canada | Canada | 10/2007 | 620 | | 43 | Bayerische Landesbank
| Germany | 12/2007 | 612 | | 44 | Norinchukin Bank | Japan | 03/2008 | 611 | | 45 | Wells Fargo | United States | 12/2007 | 575 | | 46 | Nordea Bank | Sweden | 12/2007 | 573 | | 47 | KBC Group | Belgium | 12/2007 | 523 | | 48 | KfW | Germany | 12/2007 | 521 | | 49 | Groupe Banque Populaire | France | 12/2007 | 514 | | 50 | National Australia Bank | Australie | 09/2007 | 498 | |