Top 500 Banking Brands 2017

China’s aggregate banking brand power has continued to surge, overtaking the US for the first time and giving further credence to the belief that this will be 'China's century'. Joy Macknight reports.

by Joy Macknight

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For the first time in the history of The Banker’s Top 500 Banking Brands rankings, the aggregate valuation of leading brands has broken through the $1 trillion mark.

In spite of lingering consumer trust and confidence issues stemming from the global financial crisis and a series of scandals predominantly affecting Western banks, global brand value has grown by 8.7%, to $1074.0bn.

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Joy Macknight

Joy Macknight is the editor of The Banker. She joined the publication in 2015 as transaction banking and technology editor. Previously, she was features editor at Profit & Loss, editorial director at Treasury Today and editor at gtnews. She also worked as a staff writer on Banking Technology and IBM Computer Today, as well as a freelancer on Computer Weekly. She has a BSc from the University of Victoria, Canada.