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Forbes World’s Top-Performing Banks 2026 rankings

Overview

Forbes and Statista released the inaugural ‘World’s Top-Performing Banks 2026’ ranking, which evaluated 500 global institutions across various categories based on profitability, growth, asset quality, efficiency, and capital resilience.

Initial reports highlighted OTP Grupa as the highest-ranked European bank in the large bank category, securing 10th place globally. BKS Bank was also recognized within the ‘lower mid-sized banks’ category.

Subsequent details regarding the rankings noted that Bank of Cyprus was ranked 19th among 102 medium-sized banks globally, placing it in the Tier 4 category for institutions with assets between $20 billion and $50 billion. Bank of Cyprus was the only Cypriot bank included in the assessment.

Entities

Statista · Forbes · BKS Bank · OTP Grupa · Bank of Cyprus

Timeline

  1. [BUSINESS] 8 sources
    Bank of Cyprus ranked among world's top performing banks by Forbes

    Bank of Cyprus ranked 19th globally among medium-sized banks in the Forbes ‘World's Top Performing Banks 2026’ list, marking it as the only Cypriot bank to receive the distinction.

  2. [BUSINESS] 4 sources
    Forbes ranks OTP Grupa and BKS Bank in top global banking list

    Forbes and Statista’s inaugural ‘World’s Top-Performing Banks 2026’ ranking features OTP Grupa as the top European large bank and includes BKS Bank among the world's top 500 performers.

Sources

5min.at · banks.com.gr · bokfinancial.com · businessdaily.gr · bvifsc.vg · capital.gr · dubrovackidnevnik.net.hr · economistas.gr · lamiareport.gr · naftemporiki.gr · newmoney.gr · powergame.gr