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To see the full ranking of the 10 biggest U.S. banks by assets, headlined as usual by JPMorgan Chase, simply scroll through the brief slideshow below. Chart data from the earnings releases of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, US Bancorp, PNC Financial, Capital One, BB&T, SunTrust Banks, and Fifth Third Bancorp.
Four banks had total assets in excess of $1 trillion, and the largest commercial bankâJPMorgan Chase Bankâhad $1.8 trillion of assets, equal to 14 percent of the total assets of all U.S. commercial banks.Number of Banks Falls as Average Assets Rise.The number of banks reached its post-World War II peak in 1984.) Moreover, the share of total banking system assets held by the very largest banks has continued to rise.