Information on banks and banking worldwide?

Answered By: Bobray Bordelon

Last Updated: Aug 29, 2023 Views: 267

For the United States, use the Bank portion of Compustat available through Wharton Research Data Service (WRDS). A video showing how to do a simple retrieval is here. Note that a WRDS account (available to currently-affiliated Princeton researchers) is required.

For Call Reports from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) go to WRDS. More recent information may be available directly from the FDIC. For 1987-1993, see the FDIC Bulk Download Site for summary of deposit data.
SNL Financial Institutions (FIG). Available through WRDS.** USA data is back to 1981. International back coverage goes back to at least 2010 with many of the significant institutions in Europe dating to 2005 and Asia-Pacific to 2008.
Bankscope. 1980-2016. Product ceased. Detailed international banking data.

To find banking institutions and subsidiaries, identify banking markets, and perform a "what if" (pro forma) HHI analysis, use Cassidi, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis banking structure analysis website.
For international banking concentration, see Global Financial Development.

Text (609) 277-3245 to get live help on your mobile phone (available the same hours as the Chat service)

You can email your research questions to refdesk@princeton.edu or you can request an individual appointment with a subject specialist.

Call (609) 258-5964 to speak to a reference librarian during most open hours of the Libraries.