In the late 1980s, the top international banks were predominantly Japanese because the Japanese economy was responsible for a lot of electronic device production.
As the world became even more digitized, Japanese firms did not adapt fast enough and so their banks lost their predominance.
The late 2000s saw American banks being predominant thanks to the real estate boom which ended with the Great Recession of 2008/9.
The late 2010s saw Chinese banks in the ascendancy thanks to China's massive production capacity. This came to a halt in 2019 with the pandemic.
Which nations dominated banking over the years?
The Japanese dominated the banking industry in the late 1980s because Japan was responsible for much of the world's gadget production.
The Japanese lost their dominance however, when they did not embrace digitization fast enough which led to a fall in the fortunes of Japanese companies like Kodak.
American banks took advantage of the housing boom of the 2000s to become the most dominant but they lost some dominance after the horrible 2008 Great Recession.
The Chinese then took over in the 2010s thanks to their massive manufacturing capacity and worldwide influence.
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