HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY Annual Report 1996

TABLE 4: PRESENCE OF WORLD'S LARGEST 500 BANKS IN HONG KONG

 

Positions as at 31.12.96










World Ranking(a)Number of
Overseas Banks(b)

Licensed Banks (c)

9293949596
9293949596
1-20 19 18 19 19 19
19 17 17 18 18
21-50 24 26 28 27 26
23 23 23 25 25
51-100 35 37 38 39 36
28 30 29 29 29
101-200 53 58 65 57 57
27 34 44 45 42
201-500 80 71 86 86 75
21 20 24 26 19
Sub total 211 210 236 228 213
118 124 137 143 133
Others 99 101 93 109 121
16 16 11 11 18
Total 310 311 329 337 334
134 140 148 154 151

 

  1. Top 500 banks/banking groups in the world ranked by total assets less contra items. Figures are extracted from The Banker, July 1996 issue.
  2. The sum of the number of licensed banks, restricted licensed banks, deposit-taking companies and local representative offices is greater than the number of banks with a presence in Hong Kong due to multiple presence of some banks. The figures exclude banks incorporated in Hong Kong
  3. Including restricted licence banks and deposit-taking companies which are subsidiaries of overseas banks, classified in accordance with the world ranking of these overseas banks

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