Here’s a list of the TOP 20 Commercial and Universal Banks in the Philippines, based on total assets as of SEPTEMBER 2011, as published by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on its website.
Banco de Oro BDO remained the only Philippine bank which has surpassed the one-trillion-peso mark as of SEPTEMBER 2011. It was the only one which surpassed this mark as of JUNE 2011.
| RANK | BANK | ASSETS in | PREVIOUS |
| BILLION PESOS | RANK | ||
| 1 | Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. BDO | 1,025.102 | 1 |
| 2 | Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. METROBANK | 720.439 | 2 |
| 3 | Bank of the Philippine Islands BPI | 645.885 | 3 |
| 4 | Land Bank of the Philippines LANDBANK | 590.649 | 4 |
| 5 | Development Bank of the Philippines DBP | 323.569 | 6 |
| 6 | Philippine National Bank PNB | 318.085 | 5 |
| 7 | Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. RCBC | 265.354 | 7 |
| 8 | Union Bank of the Philippines UNION BANK | 249.693 | 8 |
| 9 | Citibank NA CITIBANK | 248.962 | 10 |
| 10 | China Banking Corp CHINABANK | 237.886 | 9 |
| 11 | Security Bank Corp. SECURITY BANK | 196.492 | 12 |
| 12 | United Coconut Planters Bank UCBP | 181.100 | 11 |
| 13 | Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp HSBC | 177.306 | 13 |
| 14 | Allied Banking Corp ALLIED BANK | 165.672 | 14 |
| 15 | Philippine Trust Co PHILTRUST | 101.330 | 16 |
| 16 | Bank of Commerce BANCOM | 96.539 | 15 |
| 17 | East West Banking Corp EASTWEST | 71.283 | 17 |
| 18 | Standard Chartered Bank STANDARD | 62.968 | 18 |
| 19 | Philippine Veterans Bank VETERANS | 57.258 | 19 |
| 20 | ANZ Banking Group | 52.887 |
Deutsche Bank was the 20th in assets as of June 2011. It moved down to 21st despite an increase in assets.
Asia United Bank Corp., which was 21st, moved down to 23rd, as it assets dropped.
Banks that Increased in Assets Over the 3-Month Period from June 2011 to Sept 2011
Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. BDO
Development Bank of the Philippines DBP (Up from Rank 6 to 5)
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. RCBC
Union Bank of the Philippines UNION BANK
Citibank NA CITIBANK (Up from Rank 10 to 9)
China Banking Corp CHINABANK (Down from 9 to 10, Replaced by CITIBANK)
United Coconut Planters Bank UCBP
Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp HSBC (UP from 14 to 13)
Allied Banking Corp ALLIED BANK (Down from 13 to 14, replaced by HSBC)
Philippine Trust Co PHILTRUST
Bank of Commerce BANCOM
East West Banking Corp EASTWEST
Banks that Dropped in Assets over the Quarter:
Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. METROBANK
Bank of the Philippine Islands BPI
Land Bank of the Philippines LANDBANK
Philippine National Bank PNB (Down from 5 to 6, replaced by DBP)
Security Bank Corp. SECURITY BANK
East West Banking Corp EASTWEST
Philippine Veterans Bank VETERANS
Top 20 Banks in the Philippines, by Assets JUNE 2011
Top 20 Banks in the Philippines, by Assets as of March 2011
Top Banks in the Philippines by ROE June 2011