Forbes World’s Top Performing Banks 2026: HDFC Bank Secures 3rd Rank in Global Top 10

Key facts

• Forbes released its World’s Top Performing Banks 2026 list, in which India’s HDFC Bank secured the 3rd rank and is the only Indian bank in the global top 10.
• The top 10 ranking: 1. OCBC (Singapore), 2. DBS (Singapore), 3. HDFC Bank (India), 4. China Merchants Bank (China), 5. JPMorgan Chase (US), 6. Nordea Bank (Finland), 7. Wells Fargo (US), 8. UniCredit (Italy), 9. PNC Financial Services (US), 10. Rabobank (Netherlands).
• OCBC of Singapore ranked 1st with a reported value of $525 billion, DBS ranked 2nd with $698 billion, and HDFC Bank ranked 3rd with $518 billion.
• Forbes ranked banks on four parameters: Profitability (30%), Capital and Funding Resilience (25%), Asset Quality and Efficiency (25%), and Growth and Earnings Quality (20%); eligible banks were divided into six asset-size categories before final scoring.
• Forbes used objective financial data from providers such as the S&P Capital IQ platform, along with desk research and information submitted by banks to Forbes.com.
• HDFC Bank has submitted its two preferences to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the MD and CEO position, with Kaizad Bharucha the top internal name, as current CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan’s term ends on 26 October 2026.