Summary Statistics: Top Banks in Commercial Business and Real Estate Lending

+++ Top 100 Banks in Commercial Business Loans Largest Growth in Comm'l Bus. Loans in 1994

% Growth

1 Marine Midland Bank, Buffalo, N.Y. (22) 79.2

2 Wachovia Bank of Georgia NA, Atlanta (24) 44.84

3 American Nat'l Bank & Trust Co., Chicago (37) 41.73

4 First Union National Bank, Charlotte, N.C. (18) 36.89

5 NBD Bank NA, Detroit (10) 34.38

6 Mercantile Bank of St. Louis, NA (98) 33.43

7 Provident Bank, Cincinnati (67) 32.83

8 Fleet Bank of Massachusetts, NA, Boston (52) 31.74

9 Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati (80) 29.46

10 First Interstate Bank of Texas, NA, Houston (60) 28.7 Largest Percentage Noncurrent

% Noncur.

1 Bankers Trust Co., New York (31) 15.23

2 First Hawaiian Bank, Honolulu (82) 3.73

3 IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Co., New York (90) 3.51

4 Midlantic National Bank, Newark, N.J. (34) 2.9

5 First Fidelity Bank NA, Elkton, Md. (25) 2.77

6 Bank of America Illinois, Chicago (13) 2.61

7 National Westminster Bank NJ, Jersey City (62) 2.36

8 NationsBank of Virginia NA, Richmond (38) 2.3

9 First Interstate Bank of Oregon NA, Portland (94) 2.19

10 Chemical Bank, New York (3) 2.1 Largest Percentage Charged-off

% C-O

1 IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Co., New York (90) 4.83

2 National Westminster Bank USA, New York (19) 2.96

3 Bank of Hawaii, Honolulu (57) 2.46

4 Chemical Bank, New York (3) 2.32

5 Fleet Bank of New York, Albany (59) 2.29

6 First Fidelity Bank NA, Elkton, Md. (25) 2.06

7 Bankers Trust Co., New York (31) 2

8 Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, San Juan (81) 1.76

9 Midlantic National Bank, Newark, N.J. (34) 1.74

10 United Jersey Bank, Hackensack, N.J. (39) 1.72 Top 100 Banks in Commercial Real Estate Loans (CREAL) Largest Growth in Comm'l R.E. Loans in 1994

% Growth

1 North Fork Bank, Mattituck, N.Y. (78) 122.7

2 SouthTrust Bank of Georgia NA, Atlanta (99) 100.1

3 National Westminster Bank NJ, Jersey City (36) 76.8

4 AmSouth Bank of Florida, Pensacola (89) 43.8

5 First Interstate Bank of Calif., Los Angeles (9) 42.9

6 First of America Bk-Illinois NA, Libertyville (62) 34.2

7 Bank One, Texas, NA, Dallas (67) 29.4

8 Bank One, Arizona, NA, Phoenix (43) 25.1

9 Branch Banking & Trust Co., Wilson, N.C. (35) 23.7

10 U.S. Bank of Washington NA, Seattle (48) 21.6 Largest Percentage Noncurrent

% Noncur.

1 Bankers Trust Co., New York (71) 23.33

2 Bank of California NA, San Francisco (73) 14.54

3 Chase Manhattan Bank NA, New York (24) 13.41

4 Citibank NA, New York (3) 12.11

5 Marine Midland Bank, Buffalo, N.Y. (61) 8.91

6 Bank of America NT&SA, San Francisco (1) 8.11

7 Shawmut Bank Connecticut NA, Hartford (52) 8.07

8 Bank of America Illinois, Chicago (60) 7.71

9 Chemical Bank, New York (4) 7.24

10 Sanwa Bank California, San Francisco (54) 6.53 Largest Percentage Charged-off

% C-O

1 CoreStates N.J. Nat'l Bank, Pennington (66) 7.32

2 Chase Manhattan Bank NA, New York (24) 6.11

3 Chemical Bank, New York (4) 6.11

4 Shawmut Bank Connecticut NA, Hartford (52) 4.25

5 Bankers Trust Co., New York (71) 4.19

6 First National Bank, Boston (17) 4

7 National Westminster Bank USA, New York (39) 3.54

8 United Jersey Bank, Hackensack, N.J. (20) 3.48

9 Union Bank, San Francisco (13) 3.36

10 Citibank NA, New York (3) 2.64 === Data Source: Compiled by American Banker from data provided by Sheshunoff Information Services Inc., Austin, Tex. The number appearing in parenthesis after the bank's name, is its respective rank among the top 100 banks in commercial business loans or top 100 banks in commercial real estate loans. American Banker, 1995.

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