This report offers a comprehensive analysis of the top retail banks in key markets around the world, based on the Global Retail Banks Ranking, and covers key insights that can be drawn from the ranking. The ranking evaluates retail banks’ capabilities across six critical dimensions: retail financial performance, digital customer base, brand strength, sales management, customer experience, and risk management. It applies the same rigorous evaluation to leading institutions across the Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, Europe, and North and South America.

The report provides a detailed analysis of the financial performance of the commercial banking industry in Asia Pacific, based on the AB500 Strongest Banks in Asia Pacific ranking, and covers key insights that can be drawn from the ranking. The AB500 ranks 500 commercial banks in the Asia Pacific based on balance sheet strength. It uses a detailed and transparent scorecard to evaluate the ranking which entails six areas of balance sheet financial performance: the ability to scale, balance sheet growth, risk profile, profitability, asset quality and liquidity.

The ranking contains information on the key financial figures of the 700 largest banks in Asia Pacific. The AB700 Largest Banks in Asia Pacific ranks the 700 largest banks in the region by asset size, which provides insights into the financial performance of the commercial banking industry in Asia Pacific.

The report provides a detailed analysis of the financial performance of the commercial banking industry in the Middle East and Africa, based on the Strongest Banks in the Middle East and Africa ranking, and covers key insights that can be drawn from the ranking. The ranking is based on a detailed and transparent scorecard that evaluates the 200 commercial banks and financial holding companies in the Middle East and Africa on six areas of balance sheet financial performance: the ability to scale, balance sheet growth, risk profile, profitability, asset quality and liquidity.

The report provides a detailed analysis of the financial performance of the Islamic banking industry in the world, based on the World’s Strongest Islamic Banks ranking, and covers key insights that can be drawn from the ranking. The ranking is based on a detailed and transparent scorecard that evaluates the 100 Islamic banks and financial holding companies in the world on six areas of balance sheet financial performance: the ability to scale, balance sheet growth, risk profile, profitability, asset quality and liquidity.

The ranking contains information on the key financial figures of the 100 largest Islamic banks in the world. The World’s Largest Islamic Banks ranks the 100 largest Islamic banks in the world by asset size, which provides insights into the financial performance of the Islamic banking industry in the world.

The report provides a detailed analysis of the financial performance of the commercial banking industry in the Middle East and Africa, based on the Strongest Banks in the Middle East and Africa ranking, and covers key insights that can be drawn from the ranking. The ranking is based on a detailed and transparent scorecard that evaluates the 200 commercial banks and financial holding companies in the Middle East and Africa on six areas of balance sheet financial performance: the ability to scale, balance sheet growth, risk profile, profitability, asset quality and liquidity

Over the last decade since the start of the fintech boom, the financial service sector has seen the rise of more than 100 stand-alone digital banks globally. They have transformed the way digitally inclined consumers save, borrow, transact and invest. Despite early hits and misses, the second generation of digital-only banks has emerged since 2014 to cater mainly to the younger and mobile-native clientele. But reckoning is coming. They now must prove that beyond a superior customer and user experience, they can also be profitable. This report provides a detailed analysis of the state of digital-only banks, based on the