Author: Andrea Fiano

Global Finance names the Safest Banks in North America: April 2012

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NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 Global Finance magazine ( GFfmag.com ) has named the top 10 “Safest Banks in North America: April 2012” in an exclusive survey to be published in the April 2012 issue. The banks were selected through a comparison of the long-term credit ratings and total assets of the largest banks. Ratings from Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch were used.


The full report covers the safest banks in Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North America, Latin America and Australasia. “More than ever, customers around the world are viewing long-term creditworthiness as the key feature of the banks with which they do business,” says Joseph D. Giarraputo, publisher of Global Finance . “These banks have solid capital positions and superior risk management capabilities.”

For editorial information please contact: Andrea Fiano, Editor, email: afiano@gfmag.com

Safest Banks in North America: April 2012

1. Royal Bank of Canada

( Canada )

6. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
( Canada )

2. Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)
( Canada )

7. BNY Mellon
( United States )

3. Scotiabank (Bank of Nova Scotia)
( Canada )

8. CoBank, ACB
( United States )

4. Caisse centrale Desjardins
( Canada )

9. JP Morgan Chase
( United States )

5. Bank of Montreal (BMO)

( Canada )

10. U.S. Bancorp
( United States )