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Monday, May 6, 2013

Lloyds Banking Group - The second-largest UK bank by market capitalisation after HSBC Holdings

Lloyds TSB was created in 1995, when Lloyds Bank and the Trustee Savings Bank ("TSB") agreed to merge, creating at that time the second-largest UK bank by market capitalisation after HSBC Holdings; and the largest by market share.


Type: Public limited company
Traded as LSE:  LLOY
NYSE: LYG
Industry: Banking
Financial: services
Founded: 2009
               (Lloyds Bank: 1765)
               (Bank of Scotland: 1695)
               (Trustee Savings Bank: 1810)
               (Halifax: 1853)
Headquarters: Gresham Street, London, United Kingdom
Area served: Worldwide
Key people: Sir Win Bischoff (Chairman)
                       António Horta-Osório (Group Chief Executive)
Products: Retail banking
               Commercial banking
               Private banking
               General insurance
               Life insurance
               Pensions
Revenue: £23.535 billion (2011)
Operating income: £4.579 billion (2011)
Net income: £(1.343) billion) (2011)
Owner(s) : British Government (41%)
Employees:  120,449 (2011)
Subsidiaries: Lloyds TSB Bank plc
                        Lloyds TSB Scotland plc
                       Bank of Scotland plc
Website: www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

Societe Generale - one of the oldest banks in France

Societe Generale  is a French multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Paris.
Based on 2011 data Societe Generale is France's second largest bank behind BNP Paribas and the no. 8 bank in the European zone. Societe Generale has been ranked as one of the world's most admired companies to work in.


Type : Société Anonyme
Traded as Euronext: GLE, OTC Pink: SCGLY
Industry: Financial services
Founded: May 4, 1864
Headquarters: Boulevard Haussmann, 9th arrondissement, Paris (registered office),
                        Tours Société Générale, Nanterre/La Défense, France (operational headquarters)
Area served: Worldwide
Key people: Frederic Oudea (Chairman and CEO)
Products: Retail, private, investment and corporate banking; insurance; investment management
Revenue: €25.636 billion (2011)
Operating income: €4.270 billion (2011)
Profit: €2.385 billion (2011)
Total assets: €1.181 trillion (2011)
Total equity: €51.1 billion (2011)
Employees: 159,616 (average, 2011)
Website: www.societegenerale.com

BNP Paribas - A Bank is ranked by Bloomberg and Forbes as the third largest bank in the world


Type : Société Anonyme
Traded as Euronext: BNP, OTCQX: BNPQY
Industry: Financial services
Founded: 23 May 2000
Headquarters: Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, France
Area served: Worldwide
Key people: Baudouin Prot (Chairman)
                        Jean-Laurent Bonnafé (CEO)
Products: Asset management, consumer banking, corporate banking, credit cards, investment banking, mortgage loans, private banking, wealth management, islamic finance, islamic banking
Revenue: €47.86 billion (2011)
Operating income: €9.677 billion (2011)
Profit: €6.050 billion (2011)
Total assets: €1.965 trillion (2011)
Total equity: €85.62 billion (2011)
Employees: 200,000 (2011)
Website: www.bnpparibas.com

A Bank is ranked by Bloomberg and Forbes as the third largest bank in the world, as measured by total assets

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group - A Japanese bank holding / financial services company

Type : Public
          KK
Traded as NYSE: MTU
TYO: 8306
Industry: Banking, Financial services
Predecessor(s): Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, Inc.
                        UFJ Holdings, Inc.
Founded: October 1, 2005
(by merger)
Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Area served: Worldwide
Key people : 
 Ryosuke Tamakoshi (Chairman)
 Haruya Uehara (Deputy Chairman)
 Nobuo Kuroyanagi (President & CEO)
Services: Personal Banking
                Corporate Banking
                Investment Banking
                Investment Management
                Wealth Management
                Mortgage
                Credit Cards
Revenue: ¥4.106 trillion (2011)[1]
Profit: ¥461.79 billion (2011)[1]
Total assets: ¥202.86 trillion (2011)[1]
Total equity: ¥8.343 trillion (2011)[1]
Employees: 80,400 (2011)
Parent: Mitsubishi Group
Subsidiaries:
    The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
    Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
    Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., Ltd.
    Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co., Ltd.
    Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited
    UnionBanCal Corporation
Website: www.mufg.jp


Credit Agricole - The largest retail banking group in France


Type: Société Anonyme
Traded as Euronext: ACA
Industry: Financial services
Founded: May 23, 2000
Headquarters: Paris, France
Area served: Worldwide
Key people: Jean-Paul Chifflet (CEO), Jean-Marie Sander (Chairman)
Products: Banking, asset management, insurance
Revenue: €34.21 billion (2010)
Operating income: €8.166 billion (2010)
Profit: €3.611 billion (2010)
Total assets: €1,594 billion (06/2011)
Total equity: €77.43 billion (end 2010)
Employees: 87,520 (end 2011)
Website www.credit-agricole.com

JPMorgan Chase - An American multinational banking and financial services holding company

Type :  Public
Traded as NYSE:  JPM
                             Dow Jones Industrial Average Component
                             S&P 500 Component
Industry: Banking, Financial services
Predecessor(s):  Chase Manhattan Corporation
                         J.P. Morgan & Co.
Founded: 2000
Headquarters: 270 Park Avenue, Manhattan,
                        New York City, New York, U.S.
Area served: Worldwide
Key people: Jamie Dimon (Chairman, President & CEO)
Products: Consumer banking, corporate banking, credit cards, finance and insurance, foreign currency exchange, investment banking, mortgage loans, private banking, private equity, wealth management
Revenue: US$ 97.03 billion (2012)[1]
Operating income: US$ 28.91 billion (2012)[1]
Net income: US$ 21.28 billion (2012)[1]
Total assets: US$ 2.509 trillion (2012)[1]
Total equity: US$ 204.06 billion (2012)[1]
Employees: 258,965 (2012)[1]
Divisions: J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Subsidiaries: Chase, J.P. Morgan & Co., J.P. Morgan Cazenove, One Equity Partners


Bank of America - An American multinational banking and financial services corporation



Type:  Public
Traded as NYSE: BAC
                Dow Jones Industrial Average Component
                S&P 500 Component
Industry: Banking, Financial services
Predecessor(s): Bank America
                        NationsBank
Founded: 1998 (1904 as Bank of Italy)
Headquarters: Bank of America Corporate Center
                        100 North Tryon Street
                        Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Area served: Worldwide
Key people: Charles O. Holliday (Chairman)
                        Brian T. Moynihan (President & CEO)
Products: Consumer banking, corporate banking, finance and insurance, investment banking, mortgage loans, private banking, private equity, wealth management, credit cards,
Revenue: US$ 83.33 billion (2012)
Operating income: US$ 3.072 billion (2012)
Net income: US$ 4.188 billion (2012)
Total assets: US$ 2.209 trillion (2012)
Total equity: US$ 236.95 billion (2012)
Employees: 262,812 (2012)
Divisions: Bank of America Home Loans, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Subsidiaries: Merrill Lynch, U.S. Trust Corporation
Website: BankofAmerica.com