OVERVIEW

A comprehensive ranking of the top 300 commercial banks in Asia Pacific by size. Banks are detailed across several balance sheet measures including asset size, deposits, loans, net interest income, total operating income, operating expenses, operating profits, net profits, shareholders' equity, and efficiency measures including operational ratios, liquidity ratios, capital ratios, capital adequacy ratios and gross non-performing loan (NPL) ratio.

An alternative ranking of Asia Pacific's largest and strongest banks, based on our proprietary the Asian Banker Strongest Banks Scorecard, that looks beyond the conventional asset size ranking. The Asian Banker Strongest Banks ranking aims to provide comprehensive knowledge of the region's strongest banks for genuine competitive profiling, as well as benchmark banks based on the strength of their balance sheets and income statements. Banks are measured in 11 dynamic dimensions covering five key aspects of size, balance sheet growth, risk profile, profitability and asset quality.

An assessment of 13 banking markets in Asia Pacific, including performance, future growth engines, outlook for the next year and potential potholes. The countries covered are Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.