2d Quarter Performance of Top U.S. Banking Companies

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Performane Study Peer Groups

Asset Total Assets: Jun. 30

Rank $ (millions)

MEGABANKS 1997 1996

1 Chase Manhattan Corp., New York $352,033.0 $321,761.0

2 Citicorp, New York 304,293.00 266,824.00

3 BankAmerica Corp., San Francisco 258,363.00 238,841.00

4 J.P. Morgan & Co., New York 250,490.00 196,765.00

5 NationsBank Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 240,362.00 192,308.00

6 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 142,942.00 139,886.00

7 Bankers Trust New York Corp. 128,948.00 114,601.00

8 Banc One Corp., Columbus, Ohio 115,492.00 104,791.70

9 First Chicago NBD Corp. 112,595.00 113,714.00

10 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco 100,180.00 108,586.00

11 Norwest Corp., Minneapolis 83,856.30 77,849.30

12 Fleet Financial Group, Boston 83,401.00 87,728.00

SUPERREGIONAL BANKS

1 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh $71,973.00 $71,961.00

2 KeyCorp, Cleveland 69,672.00 64,764.00

3 BankBoston Corp. 66,138.00 62,387.00

4 Bank of New York Co. 61,575.00 51,463.00

5 Republic New York Corp. 56,052.00 48,580.00

6 SunTrust Banks Inc., Atlanta 55,463.00 48,067.00

7 National City Corp., Cleveland 52,027.10 48,805.80

8 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. 48,512.00 46,049.00

9 CoreStates Financial Corp., Philadelph 46,847.00 43,668.00

10 Barnett Banks Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. 44,005.00 41,674.00

11 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa. 43,712.00 42,769.00

12 First Bank System, Inc., Minneapolis 37,729.00 36,184.00

13 State Street Corp., Boston 36,686.00 28,944.00

14 Comerica Inc., Detroit 35,854.00 35,386.00

15 U.S. Bancorp, Portland, Ore. 33,989.40 32,789.40

16 HSBC Americas, Inc., Buffalo 32,872.70 22,727.00

17 Union Bank of California, San Francisc 30,275.20 28,115.00

18 SouthTrust Corp., Birmingham, Ala. 29,192.90 23,614.70

19 Northern Trust Corp., Chicago 26,051.00 21,751.20

LARGE REGIONAL BANKS

1 Summit Bancorp, Princeton, N.J. $23,798.10 $22,386.80

2 BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. 22,972.40 20,719.50

3 Crestar Financial Corp., Richmond, Va. 22,809.80 22,663.00

4 Mercantile Bancorp, St. Louis, Mo. 22,580.00 20,914.00

5 Harris Bankcorp, Chicago 22,119.00 19,678.00

6 LaSalle National Corp., Chicago 21,977.20 16,775.30

7 Huntington Bancshares, Columbus, Ohio 21,584.20 20,321.20

8 First of America Bank Corp., Kalamazoo 21,565.10 22,203.70

9 Regions Financial Corp., Montgomery, A 21,214.90 17,920.60

10 Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati 20,694.00 19,855.00

11 Firstar Corp., Milwaukee 19,905.70 18,812.40

12 MBNA Corp., Newark, Del. 19,471.00 13,954.40

13 Popular, Inc., San Juan, P.R. 19,151.60 16,442.10

14 AmSouth Bancorp, Birmingham, Ala. 18,353.30 18,140.40

15 Citizens Fin'l Group, Inc., Providence 15,764.60 14,653.50

16 First Security Corp., Salt Lake City, 15,671.50 13,036.60

17 Marshall & Ilsley Corp., Milwaukee 15,414.70 13,682.80

18 Union Planters Corp., Memphis, Tenn. 14,770.30 15,273.10

19 Pacific Century Fin'l Corp., Honolulu, 14,168.70 13,690.20

20 First Tennesee National Corp., Memphis 13,679.60 12,955.00

21 First Empire State Corp., Buffalo 13,441.00 12,542.40

22 Old Kent Financial Corp., Grand Rapids 13,361.00 12,236.00

23 Compass Bancshares Inc., Birmingham, A 12,449.30 11,310.30

24 Signet Banking Corp., Richmond, Va. 11,852.90 11,525.80

25 First Maryland Bancorp, Baltimore 11,246.00 9,798.90

26 Star Banc Corp., Cincinnati 10,753.10 9,612.80

27 Central Fidelity Banks Inc. Richmond, 10,668.70 10,491.50 ===

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