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Sourced statistics on finance and insurance: banking, stock and bond markets, insurance premiums and claims, fintech, payments and cryptocurrency, with the original source named on every chart.
Overview
Finance is the circulatory system of the economy. Banks move savings into lending, markets price risk and allocate capital, and insurers absorb the shocks that would otherwise fall on households and firms. When credit tightens, markets fall or an insurer's losses spike, the effects spread quickly into spending, investment and jobs. Following these numbers shows not just how the financial sector is doing, but where the wider economy is heading.
This category brings together the statistics that describe that system: how large banks and insurers are and how they perform, how markets are valued and traded, how much is paid in premiums and claims, and how fintech, digital payments and cryptocurrency are changing money. Comparisons across firms and countries show who leads, where growth is fastest and where risk is building.
Every chart names the organisation that produced the underlying data and the date it was published, and separates reported figures from estimates and forecasts. Use the topic links above to narrow the list, or scroll to the latest statistics below.
Latest statistics
Newest first. Each chart links to its full page with source and notes.
Topics
Six areas make up the Finance & Insurance category. Each block lists the indicators we track most often so you know what to expect before opening a chart.
The largest banks by assets and revenue, deposits, lending and how the sector performs across countries.
Indicators: bank assets, revenue, deposits, largest banks
Market capitalisation, major indices, trading volumes and how equity and bond markets move.
Indicators: market cap, index levels, trading volume, IPO activity
Life and non-life insurance premiums and claims, penetration and the leading insurers by market.
Indicators: premiums, claims, penetration, largest insurers
Digital and card payments, fintech funding and how people and businesses move money.
Indicators: payment volume, card vs digital share, fintech funding
Cryptocurrency market value, prices, trading and adoption across countries.
Indicators: market value, prices, trading volume, adoption
Interest rates, credit growth and mortgage and consumer lending statistics.
Indicators: policy rates, credit growth, mortgage lending
Data sources
We use the organisations that produce or collect the primary data. The specific source and its publication date are shown on each chart.
Interest rates, banking and monetary statistics.
Financial-sector and stability data across countries.
Financial development and access indicators.
Market capitalisation, index and trading data.
Premium, claims and solvency statistics.
Filings of the largest banks, insurers and fintechs.
Banking, payments and financial-market data.
Banking, insurance and payments trade bodies.
Questions
Finance and insurance statistics: banking and the largest banks, stock and capital markets, insurance premiums and claims, fintech and digital payments, cryptocurrency, and interest rates and lending.
Primary sources such as central banks, the IMF, the World Bank, the BIS, stock exchanges, insurance regulators and company filings. The source and date are shown on every chart so you can check the figure yourself.
Market and rate data are refreshed regularly, company results each earnings quarter, and annual banking and insurance data when the source publishes new figures. Each chart shows the date of its last update.
Yes. Reference them in reports, articles and academic work with credit to Business Stats and the original source named on the chart. For commercial reuse of full charts or datasets, contact us first.