Commercial Real Estate Finance

10. Royal Bank of Canada

Size of Banking Industry: $1,700 billion (Canadian)
Key interest rate: 0.5%
Number of commercial banks: 21

Other Banks in Top 50
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Scotia Bank
Bank of Montreal
CIBC

Canada’s banks make up over half of the North American institutions listed on the rankings from Global Finance. Topping the Canadian banks is the Royal Bank of Canada, the country’s biggest bank with a market cap of $30.96 billion.

9. Banco Santander

Size of Banking Industry: 3,008 billion euros
Key interest rate: 2%
Number of commercial banks: 284

Other Banks in Top 50
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
Banco Espanol de Credito S.A.
La Caixa
Banco Popular Espanol

With five banks listed on this year’s list, Spain has a wealth of safe banks compared to many other countries. With a market capitalization of 46.17 billion, Banco Santander finds itself ranked #9 worldwide.

8. BNP Paribas - France

7. NRW. Bank - Germany

6. Landeskreditbank Baden - Wuerttenberg-Foerderbank - Germany

5. Rabbobank - The Netherlands

4. Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank - Germany

3. Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten- The Netherlands

Size of Banking Industry: 1,807 billion euros
Key interest rate: 2%
Number of commercial banks: 99

Other Banks in Top 50
Rabobank

The Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG) is one of the two Dutch banks finding itself in the top 5 safest banks in the world. A government-owned bank (50% by the Dutch government and 50% by municipalities), BNG is neck-and-neck in both domestic and worldwide rankings with the other Dutch firm Rabobank, ranked #5 by Global Finance.

2. Caisse des Depots et Consignations- France

Size of Banking Industry: 5,876 billion euros
Key interest rate: 2%
Number of commercial banks: 17

Other Banks in Top 50
BNP Paribas
Credit Agricole
Societe Generale
Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel
Credit Industriel et Commercial

France is home to the World’s second-safest bank, according to Global Finance, and with only 17 commercial banks based in the country, approximately 35% of the country’s banks are on the list. Caisse des Depots et Consignations (CDC) is a public financial institution that performs public-interest missions on behalf of France’s central, regional and local governments.

1. KfW - Germany

Size of Banking Industry: 6,625 billion euros
Key interest rate: 2%
Number of commercial banks: 1,700

Other Banks in Top 50
Landwirtschaftllche Rentenbank
Landeskreditbank Baden-Wuerttemberg-Foerderbank
NRW. Bank
Deutsche Bank
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg

With six banks listed on Global Finance’s World’s 50 Safest Banks, Germany places four banks in the Top Ten, which includes KfW at #1 overall.  KfW is government owned and has been in operation for over 60 years, since 1948.