This database defines the relative strength of the banks in the database of the 500 largest banks in Asia Pacific region by assets. Asian Banker Research has developed over several years a Strength Scorecard that ranks banks in six areas: scale, balance sheet growth, risk profile, profitability asset, quality and liquidity. Included in the ranking are commercial banks -as well as financial holding companies that focus on banking - from Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.