The selection of banks is based on total assets. All figures were collected from respective annual reports. Figures have been rounded.Â
Figures of HSBC and Standard Chartered have been converted from U.S. dollars to British pounds. The date of currency conversion used for calculations was December 31, 2024.Â
HSBC Holdings had the highest amount of risk-weighted assets (RWA) among the five largest banks in the United Kingdom as of 2024. HSBC's total RWAs exceeded *** billion British pounds. HSBC was followed by Barclays and Lloyds. Risk-weighted assets are used to calculate the minimum amount of capital that must be held by a bank to reduce the risk of insolvency.
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