OREANDA-NEWS. In the annual ranking of the world’s strongest banks conducted by the international magazine Bloomberg Markets, Swedbank AB is in the top 20, taking 13th position among the strongest banks. Swedbank has also been recognized as one of five Europe’s regional leaders in the rating of the strongest banks. Moreover, Swedbank has been recognized as the best capitalized bank in the rating.

Bloomberg’s ranking criteria includes capital adequacy, amount of bad debts, provisions for bad loans, efficiency and deposits.