Top Nonbank Deals Announced by Banks in August

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Buyer Targets Type of Assets Deals Value($000's) 1 First Union Corp., NC Wheat First Butcher Singer Inc., VA Securities Brokerage $481,909 2 Fleet Financial Group, MA Columbia Management Co., OR Investment Advisor 400,000 3 Household International Inc., IL ACC Consumer Finance Corp., CA Specialty Financing 200,000 4 Mellon Bank Corp., PA Pacific Brokerage Services Inc., CA Securities Brokerage 140,000 5 National City Corp., OH FA Holdings Inc., KY Merchant Processing Organization 64,000 6 Boston Private Bancorp, MA Westfield Capital Management Inc., MA Investment Advisor 32,327 7 UST Corp., MA Firestone Financial Corp., MA Specialty Financing 27,400 8 Premier Bancshares, GA Traditional Mortgage Corp., GA Mortgage Banking Operations N/A 9 Bank of Granite Corp., NC GLL & Associates Inc., NC Mortgage Banking Operations N/A 10 Patriot Bank Corp., PA First Nations Capital Corp., PA Specialty Financing N/A 11 Bancwest Corp., CA Essex Credit Corp., CT Specialty Financing N/A 12 Bank of New York Co., NY BondNet, CT Securities Brokerage N/A 13 Norwest Corp., MN Western National Trust Co., TX Trust Services N/A 14 Household Bk NA, NV Seaman Furniture Co. Inc., NY Customer Accounts Receivables N/A 15 Citizens Bancshares, OH ValueNet Inc., OH Internet Service Provider N/A 16 Chase Manhattan Corp., NY First Maryland Bancorp, MD Credit Card Portfolio N/A ===