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Performance Study Peer Groups
Asset Total Assets
Rank $ millions
30-Jun Mega Banks 6/30/96 6/30/95
1 Chase Manhattan Corp., New York (r) 321,761 297,183
2 Citicorp, New York 266,824 256,994
3 BankAmerica Corp., San Francisco 238,841 226,599
4 J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc., New York 198,765 166,560
5 NationsBank Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 192,308 184,188
6 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. (r) 139,886 118,462
7 Bankers Trust New York Corp. 114,601 102,937
8 First Chicago NBD Corp. (r) 113,714 123,180
9 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco 108,586 50,931
SUPERREGIONAL BANKS
1 Banc One Corp., Columbus, Ohio 97,051 86,783
2 Fleet Financial Group, Boston (r) 87,728 87,168
3 Norwest Corp., Minneapolis 77,849 66,623
4 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh (r) 71,961 76,519
5 KeyCorp, Cleveland 64,764 67,481
6 Bank of New York Co., Inc., 51,499 53,464
7 Bank of Boston Corp. 50,830 45,254
8 National City Corp., Cleveland (r) 48,806 49,372
9 Republic New York Corp., 48,580 41,716
10 SunTrust Banks, Inc., Atlanta 48,067 44,248
11 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. 46,049 42,867
12 CoreStates Financial Corp, Philadelphia ( 43,668 45,559
13 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 42,769 40,016
14 Barnett Banks, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. 41,674 41,787
15 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc., St. Louis (r) 40,683 40,894
16 First Bank System, Inc., Minneapolis 36,184 33,456
17 Comerica Inc., Detroit 35,386 35,451
18 U.S. Bancorp, Portland, Ore. (r) 32,789 30,506
19 State Street Boston Corp., 28,944 25,570
20 UnionBanCal Corp., San Francisco (r) 28,115 25,916
LARGE REGIONAL BANKS: THE 20 LARGEST
1 SouthTrust Corp., Birmingham, Ala. 23,615 19,079
2 HSBC Americas, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y. (r) 22,727 19,379
3 Summit Bancorp., Princeton, N.J. (r) 22,387 20,953
4 First of America Bank Corp., Kalamazoo, M 22,204 23,888
5 Northern Trust Corp., Chicago 21,751 19,301
6 Southern National Corp., Winston-Salem, N 20,556 20,664
7 Huntington Bancshares Inc., Columbus, Ohi 20,321 19,371
8 Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati 19,855 16,164
9 Harris Bank, Chicago 19,678 17,142
10 Firstar Corp., Milwaukee 18,812 18,572
11 Crestar Financial Corp., Richmond, Va. (r 18,488 17,212
12 AmSouth Bancorp., Birmingham, Ala. 18,140 17,005
13 Mercantile Bancorp. Inc., St. Louis (r) 18,038 17,274
14 Regions Financial Corp., Birmingham, Ala. 17,921 16,607
15 LaSalle National Corp., Chicago 16,775 14,512
16 BanPonce Corp., San Juan, P.R. 16,442 14,573
17 Citizens Financial Group, Inc., Providenc 14,653 10,417
18 MBNA Corp., Wilmington, Del. 13,954 12,080
19 Bancorp Hawaii, Inc., Honolulu 13,690 12,574
20 Marshall & Ilsley Corp., Milwaukee 13,683 12,799
Sources of Asset Data: American Banker quarterly earnings roundup and
