Ontem à noite, a Fitch rebaixou o rating do banco francês BNP Paribas de AA para AA-
Bom, é verdade, as avaliações das empresas de rating já são relativas: todavia é interessante notar que o BNP é nada menos que o primeiro banco europeu (e do mundo) em termos de activo (assets).

Aqui está a classificação dos bancos da Zona Euro, com os valores em bilhões de Dólares:

Top 40 Eurozone Banks by Assets
 

BNP Paribas	France	2,952.22
Crédit Agricole	France	2,227.22
Deutsche Bank	Germany	2,150.60
ING Group	Netherlands	1,667.62
Société Générale Group	France	1,468.72
UniCredit Group	Italy	1,438.91
Banco Santander	Spain	1,438.68
Commerzbank	Germany	1202.99
Intesa Sanpaolo	Italy	877.66
Dexia	Belgium	828.74
Natixis	France	769.48
BBVA-Banco Bilbao Vizcaya	Spain	760.39
KBC Group	Belgium	462.66
CIC Group	France	351.15
Deutsche Postbank	Germany	325.12
Banca MPS	Italy	292.22
Erste Bank	Austria	278.9
Bank of Ireland	Ireland	256.98
Allied Irish Banks	Ireland	249.26
Banque Nat de Belgique	Belgium	212.96
Landesbank Berlin	Germany	200.8
Banco Popular Español	Spain	185.5
SNS Reaal	Netherlands	184.22
UBI Banca	Italy	168.46
Banco Popolare	Italy	166.15
National Bank of Greece	Greece	140.48
BCP-Banco Com. Português	Portugal	136.25
Raiffeisen International Bank	Austria	118.58
Banco de Sabadell	Spain	117.85
EFG Eurobank Ergasias	Greece	113.92
CAM Group	Spain	108.25
Espirito Santo Finl	Luxembourg	108.15
Bank of Greece	Greece	98.58
Alpha Bank Group	Greece	90.26
Bankinter	Spain	78.06
Piraeus Bank	Greece	75.95
Volksbank	Austria	73.06
BPER-Emilia Romagna	Italy	73.05
Banca Popolare di Milano	Italy	62.26
IKB	Germany	59.02

E a seguir a classificação mundial:

Top 40 Banks in the World By Assets

BNP Paribas	France	2,952.22
Royal Bank of Scotland	United Kingdom	2,727.94
HSBC Holdings	United Kingdom	2,355.83
Crédit Agricole	France	2,227.22
Bank of America	United States	2,223.30
Barclays	United Kingdom	2,223.04
Deutsche Bank	Germany	2,150.60
JPMorgan Chase	United States	2,031.99
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial	Japan	1,999.58
Citigroup	United States	1,856.65
ING Group	Netherlands	1,667.62
Lloyds Banking Group	United Kingdom	1,650.78
Mizuho Financial	Japan	1,538.94
Société Générale Group	France	1,468.72
UniCredit Group	Italy	1,438.91
Banco Santander	Spain	1,438.68
ICBC	China	1,428.46
UBS	Switzerland	1,288.19
Wells Fargo	United States	1,243.65
Commerzbank	Germany	1202.99
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial	Japan	1,202.59
China Construction Bank	China	1,106.20
Bank of China	China	1,016.31
Credit Suisse Group	Switzerland	988.91
Intesa Sanpaolo	Italy	877.66
Fannie Mae	United States	869.14
Goldman Sachs Group	United States	849.00
Freddie Mac	United States	841.78
Dexia	Belgium	828.74
Morgan Stanley	United States	771.46
Natixis	France	769.48
BBVA-Banco Bilbao Vizcaya	Spain	760.39
Nordea Bank	Sweden	729.06
Royal Bank of Canada	Canada	608.05
Danske Bank Group	Denmark	597.03
National Australia Bank	Australia	574.41
Westpac Banking Group	Australia	519.03
Toronto-Dominion Bank	Canada	517.28
Commonwealth Bank	Australia	500.2
KBC Group	Belgium	462.66

Fonte: Il Grande Bluff