There's something looking like a CBD near Paris called La Défense but that tiny buisness district is hardly comparable to the top dogs in finance that are London and Frankfurt. London is the leading financial place in the world (for now), Frankfurt is the leading financial place in Germany (and, de facto, of the Eurozone) and seat of the European Central Bank. La Défense cannot compete with the City or Mainhattan.
I'm living in Bern. There are actually no really big banks located here. However, I'm really surprised that Geneva is supposed to be the bigger financial hub then Zurich, which is home to all big Swiss banks like UBS and Credit Suisse.
Aren't Shenzhen considered part of Guangzhou? I tried Guangzhou (and also got Hong Kong because that usually counts as it's own on Jetpunk) and assumed that none of the cities in that metro area was on the list.
Yeah, most of the quizes here tend to count Guangzhou and Shenzen as one agglomeration, for the same reason I didn't try to type Sheznen in after finding out Guangzhou was not there.
17/20, always annoying when you think of cities (in my case Osaka and Shenzhen) but then decide not to try them because you think they aren't gonna be right. Also should have gotten Geneva after getting Zürich.
I think the title of the quiz is misleading - the source itself says that the list is a ranking of competitiveness, not size. Looking at the full list you link to shows that - Lisbon is ranked ahead of Mumbai, while Sao Paulo is somehow behind not just Rio but also Tallinn, Bratislava and Sofia! Perhaps a better title would be 'World's Most Competitive Financial Centres' or 'Ranking of Global Financial Centres'?
Agree that the title is misleading. Mumbai would easily be in the top 20 biggest financial centres, perhaps not the most competitive as per the Global Financial Centres Index.