Founded in 1908, Bank of Communications is China's oldest modern commercial bank and one of the note-issuing banks in China's modern history.

In 1987, Bank of Communications was reorganized and became China's first national joint-stock commercial bank.

Since 2004, Bank of Communications has completed the trilogy of reforms of "financial restructuring - introduction of foreign capital - public listing", and was successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in June 2005, becoming the first state-owned holding company to complete financial restructuring.

Bank, the first large commercial bank to introduce international strategic investors and the first mainland commercial bank to be publicly listed overseas.

In 2006, Bank of Communications became the only commercial bank global partner of the "China 2010 Shanghai World Expo".

In May 2007, Bank of Communications successfully returned to the A-share market.

In April 2008, Bank of Communications became my country's first national financial brand with a history of more than a century.

Entering 2009, Bank of Communications' market value has entered the forefront of the global banking industry, and its brand value ranks among the top three in China's banking industry. It has entered the Fortune Global 500 list for the first time, and ranks among the top 2000 companies in the Forbes Global 2000.

Ranked 143rd on the list, 31st in the banking category, and jumped to 43rd among China's top 500 companies.

As of the end of June 2009, Bank of Communications' total assets reached 3.29 trillion yuan, with a capital adequacy ratio of 12.57%. In the first half of 2009, it achieved a net profit of 15.58 billion yuan.

Bank of Communications is headquartered in Shanghai, with 2,649 branches in 181 cities across the country, with more than 660,000 corporate and institutional customers and 55 million individual customers, and has branches in Hong Kong, New York, Tokyo, Singapore, London, Frankfurt, Seoul, Macau, etc.

A branch or representative office has been established in the country.

The business scope of Bank of Communications covers banking, insurance, securities, leasing, trust and other fields. It has three wholly-owned subsidiaries: Bank of Communications Insurance, Bank of Communications International and Bank of Communications Financial Leasing. It controls Bank of Communications Schroeder Fund, Bank of Communications

Yin International Trust, Dayi Bank of Communications Xingmin Rural Bank, and Jiangsu Changshu Rural Commercial Bank.

Bank of Communications has won many honors and awards at home and abroad for its first-class operation and management level: "The Asian Banker" "2009 Bank and Corporate Cash Service Achievement Award", "The Asset" "2009 China's Most Growth Cash Management Bank",

"Euromoney" "China's Best Private Wealth Management Bank" in 2008, World Brand Lab's "China's Three Major Banking Brands" in 2007, "Euromoney" "China's Best Bank" in 2006, "Financial Asia" "China's Best"

Management Award", "Asia Money" "Best Structural Currency Product Supplier in China", "Business Weekly" "Asia's Top 50" companies, the only Chinese financial institution on the list, etc.

Bank of Communications has now become a large bank with a century-old history, modern structure, good growth potential, global expansion, and comprehensive operations. It is a financial institution with leading advantages and important influence in the market.

As one of the most competitive large banks in China, Bank of Communications is making strides towards the strategic goal of “taking the road of internationalization and comprehensiveness and building a first-class public-holding banking group with the characteristics of wealth management”.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia will celebrate its centenary in 2012.

For eighty years before privatization in 1991, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia was Australia's first government-owned bank, and for nearly forty years it served as Australia's national central bank.

Since then, Commonwealth Bank of Australia has grown to become Australia's largest and most prestigious bank, with more than 40,000 employees.

Today, Commonwealth Bank of Australia has Australia's largest branch (more than 1,000) and ATM (more than 4,000) network, leading the market share in home loans, personal loans, retail deposits, discount stock brokerage and other fields. The bank is Australia's largest bank

It is the largest credit card issuer and also owns Australia's most popular online banking system (CommSec) and fund management company (CommSec).

In the field of life insurance, Commonwealth Bank of Australia owns the largest life insurance company in New Zealand and the second largest life insurance company in Australia.

Steady development of cross-border business Commonwealth Bank of Australia has withstood the test of the global financial crisis with a strong attitude, its reputation has been greatly enhanced, and its success is obvious to all.

Over the past eighteen months, Commonwealth Bank of Australia has become: · Australia's largest bank by market capitalization (approximately US$85 billion, plus US$785 billion in assets and funds under custody) · One of Australia's three largest listed companies · Globally

One of the 15 largest banks by market capitalization (as of December 2009) One of the best-performing banks in the world (Oliver Wyman, 2010) The second most profitable bank in the world (Boston Consulting Group, 2010

) · Ranked among the top 20 safest banks in the world (Global Finance Magazine) · One of only 12 banks in the world with an investment rating of AA · The best retail bank in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region (The Banker Asia)

Magazine, 2010) Asia Business Commonwealth Bank of Australia has established operating institutions, investment institutions and representative offices in 12 countries around the world.