Statistic based on sample of top 1,000 banks’ data. Cost leader direct bank peer group includes ING Bank Australia, UmweltBank, Granit Bank, Rakuten Bank, Sumishin SBI Netbank, Sbanken ASA, Gjensidige Bank.
ROE based on average net income and average equity including goodwill for 2009–18.
Between 2009 and 2018, the spread between return on equity and cost of equity for ** percent of banks globally was less than zero, which means that they may not be economically viable, according to data. Over 100 of these banks had a spread of negative four percent or more.
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