Biggest Universal/Commercial Banks in the Philippines, Dec 2013

The two biggest universal/commercial banks in the Philippines — BDO and Metrobank — based on total assets as of December 2013, are now trillionaire banks.

BDO first surpassed the one-trillion-peso-asset mark in June 2011 — more than 2 years before Metrobank did in September 2013.

PNB broke into the Top 5 list in the first quarter of 2013 after completing its merger with sister company Allied Bank in February 2013.

 TOP 17 — Banks with Over One Hundred Billion in Total Assets

(Top Commercial and Universal Banks)

RANK BANK ASSETS in RANK
DEC 2013 BILLION PESOS    SEP 2013
1 BDO 1,629.853 1
2 METROBANK 1,132.035 2
3 BPI   965.620 3
4 LANDBANK   841.853 4
5 PNB   573.238 5
6 DBP   436.426 6
7 CHINABANK   396.058 7
8 RCBC   366.452 8
9 UNION BANK   364.233 9
10 SECURITY BANK   339.940 10
11 CITIBANK  272.163 11
12 UCBP   265.213 12
13 HSBC   194.685 13
14 EASTWEST   140.254 14
15 PHILTRUST   121.282 15
16 BANCOM   118.111 16
17 AUB   105.070 18
No. 18 to No. 32
18 STANDARD CHARTERED  75.546 17
19 DEUTSCHE BANK  74.215 19
20 MAYBANK  73.792 20
21 PBCOM  64.880 21
22 VETERANS  55.397 22
23 ANZ  60.269 23
24 BANK of TOKYO  53.965 24
25 ROBINSONS BANK  43.266 27
26 JP MORGAN CHASE   40.863 25
27 BDO PRIVATE  40.317 28
28 MIZUHO  33.076 29
29 ING BANK  30.271 26
30 CHINATRUST  28.045 30
31 BANK OF AMERICA  21.299 31
32 KOREA EXCHANGE  10.732 32
No. 33 to No. 36
33 MEGA ICB  10.043 33
34 BANK OF CHINA  10.020 34
35 BANGKOK BANK   7.974 35
36 AL-AMANAH   0.679 36

Notes:
1. All the Top 16 banks maintained their past quarter’s rankings.

2. Standard Chartered Bank moved down from No. 17 to No. 18.
AUB moved up and replaced Standard at No. 17.

3. Metrobank first surpassed the one-trillion-asset mark in the quarter ended September 2013.

4. Chinatrust (Philippines) Commercial Bank Corporation changed its English corporate
name to CTBC Bank (Philippines) Corp. (CTBC Bank) in November 2013.
CTBC Bank (Philippines) Corp. started in 1995.
Its parent holding company, CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (formerly Chinatrust
Financial Holding Co. Ltd.) is the most awarded bank in Taiwan and one of the 200
biggest banks in the world based on capital.

5. PNB was No. 6 based on total assets in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters of 2012. After
acquiring Allied Bank in February 2013, it moved up to No. 5

6. Allied Savings Bank, the thrift subsidiary of Allied Bank, is now the thrift
subsidiary of Philippine National Bank (PNB).

7. Robinsons Bank moved up from No. 27 to No. 25

See bank rankings one year later:
Top Commercial/Universal Banks in the Philippines, based on total assets as of December 2014.

Biggest universal/commercial banks in the Philippines

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