5 Largest Banks in the World by Assets

3. China Construction Bank

Total Assets: $4.98 trillion

Founded on 1 October 1954 under the name of People’s Construction Bank of China, and later changed to China Construction Bank (CCB) on 26 March 1996, CCB engages in the provision of financial and banking services by operating through the following segments: Corporate Banking, Personal Banking, Treasury Business, and Others. As another of China’s big four state owned banks, China Construction Bank is an economically important bank with almost $5 trillion in total assets.