In the list of world's biggest banks for 2012, China has six banks in top 50- the largest group from any single country, according to Global Finance.
The US, UK, France and Germany each have five banks in the top 50. There is relative stability among the largest banks in the world as far as the total value of their assets, says Global Finance.
Here's a list of the world's 30 biggest banks in terms of total assets...
Deutsche Bank (Rank 1)
Country: Germany
Total assets: $2.79 trillion
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HSBC (Rank 2)
Country: United Kingdom
Total assets: $2.55 trillion
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BNP Paribas (Rank 3)
Country: France
Total assets: $2.54 trillion
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Rank 4)
Country: China
Total assets: $2.45 trillion
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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (Rank 5)
Country: Japan
Total assets: $2.44 trillion
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Credit Agricole (Rank 6)
Country: France
Total assets: $2.43 trillion
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Barclays Group (Rank 7)
Country: United Kingdom
Total assets: $2.41 trillion
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Royal Bank of Scotland (Rank 8)
Country: United Kingdom:
Total assets: $2.32 trillion
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JPMorgan Chase (Rank 9)
Country: United States
Total assets: $2.26 trillion
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Bank of America (Rank 10)
Country: United States
Total assets: $2.12 trillion
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China Construction Bank (Rank 11)
Country: China
Total assets: $1.94 trillion
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Mizuho Financial Group, Inc (Rank 12)
Country: Japan
Total assets: $1.89 trillion
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Bank of China (Rank 13)
Country: China
Total assets: $1.87 trillion
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Citigroup (Rank 14)
Country: United States
Total assets: $1.87 trillion
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Agricultural Bank of China (Rank 15)
Country: China
Total assets: $1.85 trillion
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ING Group (Rank 16)
Country: The Netherlands
Total assets: $1.65 trillion
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Banco Santander (Rank 17)
Country: Spain
Total assets: $1.61 trillion
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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (Rank 18)
Country: Japan
Total assets: $1.59 trillion
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Societe Generale (Rank 19)
Country: France
Total assets: $1.52 trillion
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UBS (Rank 20)
Country: Switzerland
Total assets: $1.50 trillion
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Lloyds Banking Group (Rank 21)
Country: United Kingdom
Total assets: $1.50 trillion
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Groupe BPCE (Rank 22)
Country: France
Total assets: $1.47 trillion
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Wells Fargo (Rank 23)
Country: United States
Total assets: $1.31 trillion
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UniCredit (Rank 24)
Country: Italy
Total assets: $1.19 trillion
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Credit Suisse (Rank 25)
Country: Switzerland
Total assets: $1.11 trillion
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China Development Bank (Rank 26)
Country: China
Total assets: $992 billion
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Rabobank (Rank 27)
Country: The Netherlands
Total assets: $946 billion
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Goldman Sachs (Rank 28)
Country: United States
Total assets: $942 billion
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Nordea Sweden (Rank 29)
Country: Sweden
Total assets: $926 billion
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Norinchukin Bank (Rank 30)
Country: Japan
Total assets: $908 billion