Forbes, in partnership with market research firm Statista, has published its first ranking of the World’s Top Performing Banks, based on objective financial data rather than customer surveys.
The ranking evaluates banks across four key areas: profitability, growth and earnings quality, capital and funding resilience, and asset quality and efficiency.
Eligible banks were required to be licensed deposit-taking institutions with more than $3 billion in assets, publish audited financial statements and provide at least three consecutive years of financial data.
Banks were divided into six tiers based on total assets, ranging from global banks with more than $500 billion in assets to small banks with $3−10 billion. In total, 500 banks from 89 countries were included in the 2026 ranking.
OCBC Bank took the top position among global banks, followed by DBS Group. DBS, founded in 1968 and headquartered in Singapore, provides retail, SME, corporate and investment banking services. Forbes lists its 2026 assets at about $698 billion.
Another notable result came from Zimbabwe’s CBZ Bank, which ranked first among large banks with $100−500 billion in assets. Saudi Arabia dominated the next category, with Alinma and Arab National Bank taking the first two positions among upper mid-size banks.
In the mid-size category, the top two spots went to U.S.-based SoFi and Egypt’s Commercial International Bank. Denmark’s Ringkøbing Landbobank and Texas-based International Bancshares led the lower mid-size category.
Uzbekistan was also represented in the ranking by Xalq Banki, which placed 142nd among small banks in the Tier 6 category.
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