JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and ICBC top the TABInsights World’s Top 50 Corporate, Investment and Wholesale Banks Ranking 2025, while Deutsche Bank, Itaú Unibanco, First Abu Dhabi Bank and Standard Bank lead in their respective regions.
JPMorgan Chase, Emirates NBD and Standard Chartered Hong Kong top TABInsights World’s Best Retail Banks Ranking, with the top 50 banks showing modest improvements in retail profitability.
Asia is leading in financial platform development and adoption, with Alipay building a vast ecosystem and global reach, while Revolut excels in user acquisition and financial performance.
Chinese banks dominate the world’s top 10 banks by net profit, but their profit growth lagged behind US and UK banks, mainly due to rate cuts, narrowing profit margins.
Islamic banks in Saudi Arabia display exceptional financial strength, with Al Rajhi Bank maintaining its position as the largest and strongest Islamic bank worldwide.
The Middle East and Africa lead in bank profitability, benefiting from considerable non-interest-bearing deposits and elevated oil prices in the Middle East, along with high interest rates and foreign exchange gains in Africa, according to the TAB Global 1000 Strongest Banks Ranking.
North America and Asia Pacific banks maintain overall balance sheet strength over those in other regions, with the Middle East showing some improvements. Profitability among all 1000 banks improved, driven by higher interest rates, while asset quality indicators stayed stable.
While asset growth of world’s 1000 largest banks remained stable, loan and deposit growth slowed
Bank boards globally lack enough technology experts to influence strategy decisions, though North American banks are better at integrating such experts into their boards
.jpg)
From 2019 to 2023, the share of consumer finance relative to total retail lending declined in Hong Kong and South Korea, but increased significantly in the Philippines.
.webp)
South American banks led with the highest average loan-to-deposit ratio at 109%, followed by Europe at 96%, with around 50% of South American and 42% of European banks with ratios exceeding 100%
The world’s top 10 most profitable banks with assets over $100 billion include four from the Middle East, three from Asia, two from the Americas, and one from Europe
© Copyright , TABInsights. All Rights Reserved
Google 
LinkedIn
