List of systemically important banks
Updated: 11/6/2025, 4:17:27 AM Wikipedia source
Certain large banks are tracked and labelled by several authorities as Systemically Important Financial Institutions (SIFIs), depending on the scale and the degree of influence they hold in global and domestic financial markets. Since 2011, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published a list of global SIFIs (G-SIFIs), while individual countries also maintain their own lists of Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs), also known in Europe as "national SIFIs" (N-SIFIs). In addition, special lists of regional systemically important banks (R-SIBs) also exist. The European Central Bank has separate criteria to designate credit institutions as "significant" under the framework of European Banking Supervision.
Tables
| Tier | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Buffer | 1.0% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 3.5% |
| Tier | 2024(29) | 2023(29) | 2022(30) |
| 5 | (Empty) | (Empty) | (Empty) |
| 4 | JP Morgan Chase | JP Morgan Chase | JP Morgan Chase |
| 3 | Citigroup HSBC | Bank of America Citigroup HSBC | Bank of America Citigroup HSBC |
| 2 | Agricultural Bank of China Bank of America Bank of China Barclays BNP Paribas China Construction Bank Crédit Agricole Deutsche Bank Goldman Sachs ICBC MUFG UBS | Agricultural Bank of China Bank of China Barclays BNP Paribas China Construction Bank Deutsche Bank Goldman Sachs ICBC MUFG UBS | Bank of China Barclays BNP Paribas Deutsche Bank Goldman Sachs ICBC MUFG |
| 1 | Bank of Communications (BoCom) Bank of New York Mellon Groupe BPCE ING Mizuho FG Morgan Stanley Royal Bank of Canada Banco Santander Société Générale Standard Chartered State Street Sumitomo Mitsui Toronto-Dominion Bank Wells Fargo | Bank of Communications (BoCom) Bank of New York Mellon Groupe BPCE Crédit Agricole ING Mizuho FG Morgan Stanley Royal Bank of Canada Banco Santander Société Générale Standard Chartered State Street Sumitomo Mitsui Toronto-Dominion Bank Wells Fargo | Agricultural Bank of China Bank of New York Mellon China Construction Bank Credit Suisse Groupe BPCE Crédit Agricole ING Mizuho FG Morgan Stanley Royal Bank of Canada Banco Santander Société Générale Standard Chartered State Street Sumitomo Mitsui Toronto-Dominion Bank UBS UniCredit Wells Fargo |
| Entity | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
| Agricultural Bank of China | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bank of America | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Bank of China | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bank of Communications | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Credit Suisse | insolvency | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Goldman Sachs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| BPCE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | dropped | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Crédit Agricole | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| ING | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mitsubishi UFJ FG | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mizuho FG | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Morgan Stanley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Royal Bank of Scotland | reorganized | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Santander | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Société Générale | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Standard Chartered | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| State Street | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sumitomo Mitsui FG | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Toronto Dominion | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| UBS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| UniCredit | dropped | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wells Fargo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Legend .mw- Former D-SIB |
| Entity | Region | HQ country | Reporting currency | FSB-G-SIB | USA-ST | HQ regulator | Major exchange(s) | IR | Notes |
| Ally Financial | Americas | US | $, USD | 2009– | FSOC | NYSE | IR | Formerly GMAC Inc. | |
| American Express | Americas | US | $, USD | 2009– | FSOC | NYSE | IR | ||
| Truist Financial | Americas | US | $, USD | 2009– | FSOC | NYSE | IR | ||
| BMO Financial Corp. | Americas | US | $, USD | 2014– | FSOC | IR | Subsidiary of Bank of Montreal. Formerly Harris Financial Corp. | ||
| Capital One Financial | Americas | US | $, USD | 2009– | FSOC | NYSE | IR | ||
| Comerica | Americas | US | $, USD | 2014– | FSOC | NYSE | IR | ||
| Discover Financial Services | Americas | US | $, USD | 2014– | FSOC | NYSE | IR | ||
| Fifth Third Bank | Americas | US | $, USD | 2009– | FSOC | NASDAQ | IR | ||
| HSBC North America Holdings | Americas | US | $, USD | 2014– | FSOC | IR | Subsidiary of HSBC Holdings | ||
| Huntington Bancshares | Americas | US | $, USD | 2014– | FSOC | NASDAQ | IR | ||
| KeyCorp | Americas | US | $, USD | 2009– | FSOC | NYSE | IR | ||
| M&T Bank | Americas | US | $, USD | 2014– | FSOC | NYSE | IR | ||
| MetLife | Americas | US | $, USD | 2009‑12 | FSOC | NYSE | IR | Failed the stress test in 2012, and consequently sold its banking unit to GE Capital and its mortgage servicing business to JPMorgan Chase. | |
| Northern Trust | Americas | US | $, USD | 2014– | FSOC | NASDAQ | IR | ||
| PNC Financial Services | Americas | US | $, USD | 2009– | FSOC | NYSE | IR | ||
| RBS Citizens Financial Group | Americas | US | $, USD | 2014– | FSOC | NYSE | IR | ||
| Regions Financial | Americas | US | $, USD | 2009– | FSOC | NYSE | IR | ||
| Santander Holdings USA | Americas | US | $, USD | 2014– | FSOC | NYSE | IR | Subsidiary of Santander Group | |
| SunTrust Banks | Americas | US | $, USD | 2009– | FSOC | NYSE | IR | Now Truist Financial through merger with BB&T. | |
| Bancorp | Americas | US | $, USD | 2009– | FSOC | NYSE | IR | ||
| UnionBanCal | Americas | US | $, USD | 2014– | FSOC | IR | Subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ FG | ||
| Zions | Americas | US | $, USD | 2014– | FSOC | NYSE, NASDAQ | IR |
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