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FACTBOX-The world's biggest banks
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LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of America's planned takeover of Merrill Lynch would take it from the world's fourth to second-largest bank, after the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC).
The following are the top 20 banks, based on their market capitalization at Friday's close, according to Thomson Reuters data (in billions of dollars):
ICBC $206
Bank of America/Merrill* $198
HSBC $191
China Construction Bank $168
JP Morgan Chase $141
Bank of China $123
Wells Fargo $113
Banco Santander $101
Citigroup $98
Mitsubishi UFJ $87
BNP Paribas $84
UniCredit $71
Royal Bank of Scotland $69
Intesa SanPaolo $66
Royal Bank of Canada $62
BBVA $62
UBS $61
US Bancorp $59
Societe Generale $55
Credit Suisse $52
* Based on the combination of the $44 billion Bank of America has agreed to pay for Merrill Lynch's common shares, plus BoA's own value on Friday of $154 billion.
(Compiled by Steve Slater, editing by Will Waterman)
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