Business

Safety in numbers

September 3, 2009

Global Finance magazine's Top 20 safest banks.

1. KfW
(Germany)

2. Caisse des Depots et Consignations (CDC)
(France)

3. Bank Nederlands Gemeenten (BNG)
(Netherlands)

4. Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
(Germany)

5. Zuercher Kantonalbank
(Switzerland)

6. Rabobank Group
(Netherlands)

7. Landeskreditbank Baden-Wuerttemberg-Foerderbank
(Germany)

8. NRW. Bank
(Germany)

9. BNP Paribas
(France)

10. Royal Bank of Canada
(Canada)

11. National Australia Bank
(Australia)

12. Commonwealth Bank of Australia
(Australia)

13. Banco Santander
(Spain)

14. Toronto-Dominion Bank
(Canada)

15. Australia & New Zealand Banking Group
(Australia)

16. Westpac Banking Corporation
(Australia)

17. ASB Bank Limited
(New Zealand)

18. HSBC Holdings plc
(United Kingdom)

19. Credit Agricole S.A.
(France)

20. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA)
(Spain)

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