SAFEST BANKS IN ASIA 2012




Global Finance

names the Safest Banks In Asia: April 2012

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NEW YORK, March 1, 2012


Global Finance

magazine (

GFmag.com

) has named the top 10

Safest Banks In Asia: April 2012

in an exclusive survey to be published in the April 2012 issue. The banks were selected through a comparison of the long-term credit ratings and total assets of the regions largest banks. Ratings from Moodys, Standard & Poors and Fitch Ratings were used.


The full report covers the safest banks in Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North America, Latin America and Australasia. More than ever, customers around the world are viewing long-term creditworthiness as the key feature of the banks with which they do business, says Joseph D. Giarraputo, publisher of

Global Finance

. These banks have solid capital positions and superior risk management capabilities.

For editorial information please contact: Andrea Fiano, Editor, email:

afiano@gfmag.com


1. DBS Bank

(

Singapore

)


Tie* 6. Shizuoka Bank

(

Japan

)


2. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation

(

Singapore

)


7. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

(

Japan

)


3. United Overseas Bank

(

Singapore

)


8. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

(

Japan

)


4. China Development Bank

(

China

)


9. Shinkin Central Bank

(

Japan

)


5. Agricultural Development Bank of China

(

China

)


10. Korea Finance Corporation

(

South Korea

)


Tie* 6. Bank of Taiwan

(

Taiwan

)

*A tie is assigned when two banks with the same score have total assets within a $5 billion range.

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