If the alliance between Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd., Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd. and Fuji Bank Ltd. goes through, the combined company would contain the most assets of any bank in the world.
The world's largest banks, ranked by assets, according to the newspaper American Banker:
Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany, $735.2 billion
UBS Group, Zurich, Switzerland, $687.4 billion
Citigroup, New York, $668.6 billion
Bank of America Corp., Charlotte, N.C., $617.7 billion.
Bank of Toyko-Mitsubishi Ltd., Tokyo, $579.8 billion.