The “World’s 50 Safest Banks” were selected through a comparison of the long-term credit ratings and total assets of the 500 largest banks around the world. Ratings from Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch were used. BNG Bank was moved up from the third to the second place in the half-yearly update published in March 2012 and kept its position in the year 2013. The German bank KfW is ranked first.
Global Finance has published its 'World’s Safest Banks' since 1992. Please find the full list of the safests banks here.