As of December 2011, Banco de Oro (BDO) retained the honor of being the only Philippine bank that has surpassed the one-trillion-peso mark in assets. BDO surpassed the trillion mark in JUNE 2011.
Here’s a list of the TOP 25 Commercial and Universal Banks in the Philippines, based on total assets as of DECEMBER 2011, as published by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on its website.
| RANK | BANK | ASSETS in | PREVIOUS |
| BILLION PESOS | RANK | ||
| 1 | Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. BDO | 1,067.815 | 1 |
| 2 | Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. METROBANK | 753.866 | 2 |
| 3 | Bank of the Philippine Islands BPI | 685.340 | 3 |
| 4 | Land Bank of the Philippines LANDBANK | 683.923 | 4 |
| 5 | Development Bank of the Philippines DBP | 339.992 | 5 |
| 6 | Philippine National Bank PNB | 314.424 | 6 |
| 7 | Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. RCBC | 291.889 | 7 |
| 8 | Union Bank of the Philippines UNION BANK | 269.108 | 8 |
| 9 | Citibank NA CITIBANK | 266.729 | 9 |
| 10 | China Banking Corp CHINABANK | 258.442 | 10 |
| 11 | Security Bank Corp. SECURITY BANK | 215.061 | 11 |
| 12 | United Coconut Planters Bank UCBP | 196.459 | 12 |
| 13 | Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp HSBC | 170.032 | 13 |
| 14 | Allied Banking Corp ALLIED BANK | 168.280 | 14 |
| 15 | Philippine Trust Co PHILTRUST | 103.133 | 15 |
| 16 | Bank of Commerce BANCOM | 96.032 | 16 |
| 17 | East West Banking Corp EASTWEST | 94.587 | 17 |
| 18 | Philippine Veterans Bank VETERANS | 57.275 | 19 |
| 19 | Standard Chartered Bank STANDARD | 53.230 | 18 |
| 20 | Asia United Bank Corp. AUB | 49.222 | 23 |
| 21 | Maybank Philippines Inc. MAYBANK | 46.183 | 24 |
| 22 | Philippine Bank of Communications PBCOM | 45.447 | 25 |
| 23 | ANZ Banking Group Ltd. ANZ | 41.214 | 20 |
| 24 | Deutsche Bank AG | 40.185 | 21 |
| 25 | Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. | 36.484 | 28 |
Banks that Increased Their Assets Over the Quarter from 3rd to 4th:
Banco de Oro Unibank Inc.
BDO
Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. METROBANK
Bank of the Philippine Islands BPI
Land Bank of the Philippines LANDBANK
Development Bank of the Philippines DBP
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. RCBC
Union Bank of the Philippines UNION BANK
Citibank NA CITIBANK
China Banking Corp CHINABANK
Security Bank Corp. SECURITY BANK
United Coconut Planters Bank UCBP
Allied Banking Corp ALLIED BANK
Philippine Trust Co PHILTRUST
East West Banking Corp EASTWEST
Banks That Improved Their Rankings:
Asia United Bank Corp. AUB (up from 23rd to 20th)
Maybank Philippines Inc. MAYBANK (up from 24th to 21st)
Philippine Bank of Communications PBCOM (up from 25th to 22nd)
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (up from 28th to 25th)
Banks that Dropped in Assets over the Quarter:
Philippine National Bank PNB (but retained 6th ranking)
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp HSBC (but retained 13th ranking)
Bank of Commerce BANCOM (but retained 16th ranking)
Philippine Veterans Bank VETERANS (but increased its ranking from 19th to 18th)
Standard Chartered Bank STANDARD (fell from 18th to 19th)
ANZ Banking Group Ltd. ANZ (fell from 20th to 23rd)
Deutsche Bank AG (fell from 21st to 24th)