Eight Philippine banks were included in Forbes’ inaugural World’s Top Performing Banks ranking for 2026.

Created with market research firm Statista, the ranking takes a financial-performance approach rather than relying primarily on customer surveys.

Forbes drew on financial data from sources including S&P Capital IQ, its own research and information provided by participating banks.

Banks were evaluated across profitability, growth and earnings quality, capital and funding resilience, and asset quality and efficiency.

Profitability accounted for 30% of the overall score, while capital and funding resilience and asset quality and efficiency each carried a 25% weighting. Growth and earnings quality made up the remaining 20%.

Only banks with more than US$3 billion in assets, audited financial statements and at least three consecutive years of financial data were eligible.

Rather than comparing institutions of vastly different sizes directly, Forbes grouped them into six tiers based on total assets.

The 2026 ranking covered 500 banks across 89 countries. Philippine lenders appeared across three of the six tiers.

Tier 3 – Upper Mid-Size Banks

Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), BDO Unibank and Metropolitan Bank & Trust (Metrobank) represented the Philippines in Tier 3.

The category covers banks with between US$50 billion and US$100 billion in assets.

Tier 4 – Mid-Size Banks

China Banking Corporation and Philippine National Bank were the country’s two entries in Tier 4.

This tier includes banks with assets ranging from US$20 billion to US$50 billion.

Tier 6 – Small Banks

Asia United Bank (AUB), Bank of Commerce and Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCOM) appeared in Tier 6.

AUB ranked first globally in the category, ahead of Moldova’s maib. Tier 6 covers banks with between US$3 billion and US$10 billion in assets.

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