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BUSINESS / FINANCIAL SERVICES
List: Top 10 European Banks, Ranked by Market Capitalisation
Date: as of June 15, 2005
Source: Thomson Datastream
Base: All banks with headquarters based within Europe.
Notes: All ten bar UBS (Switzerland) are based within the European Union. Five are British based, two Spanish, one French and UniCredit/HVB is part-Italian part-German.
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Bank
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Country
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Market Capitalisation Euro billions
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HSBC
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Britain
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148
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Royal Bank of Scotland
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Britain
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80
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UBS
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Switzerland
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72
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Santander Central Hispano
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Spain
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60
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Barclays
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Britain
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50
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BNP Paribas
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France
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49
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HBOS
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Britain
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48
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UniCredit / HVB
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Italy / Germany
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44
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Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
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Spain
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42
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Lloyds TSB
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Britain
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40
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