In 2025, the ***** was the world's largest bank by total assets, reaching nearly *** trillion U.S. dollars. The next three largest banks were also based in China: the Agricultural Bank of China, China Construction Bank, and Bank of China. The largest non-Chinese bank that year was JPMorgan Chase, with total assets exceeding *** trillion U.S. dollars.
Largest bank by market capitalization
The value of total assets is a common measure of a bank's prosperity, and is defined as all assets owned by the bank. Another common indicator is the bank's market capitalization, which is used to determine the size of the bank. The market capitalization is the market price of one share multiplied by the number of shares outstanding. Ranked by market capitalization instead of total assets, **** was the largest bank in the world in 2024, while ICBC ranked third.
How do digital banks compare?
Digital banks have surged in popularity over the past decade, attracting millions of customers with their convenient mobile interfaces, lower fees, and innovative financial products. Despite this impressive user growth, their financial footprint remains dwarfed by traditional banking institutions. A prime example is WeBank, which despite boasting approximately *** million users - making it the world's largest digital bank by customer count - managed total assets of only about ** billion U.S. dollars in 2023.Â
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