Top 100 Bank Holding Companies in Asset: Summary of Survey Findings

+++ The 1995 ranking are for banks in existence at years end 1996.(dollar amounts in millions

Top 25 in Deposits

Deposits Deposits

Rank Rank Dec-96 Dec-95

1 2 Citicorp, New York 184,955 167,131

2 1 Chase Manhattan Corp., New York * 180,921 171,534

3 3 BankAmerica Corp., San Francisco 168,015 160,494

4 4 NationsBank Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 106,498 105,940

5 5 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 94,815 92,555

6 6 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco * 82,090 88,043

7 9 Banc One Corp., Columbus, Ohio 72,373 67,320

8 7 Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Boston 67,072 78,144

9 8 First Chicago NBD Corp. 63,669 69,106

10 12 J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc., New York 52,724 46,438

11 13 Norwest Corp., Minneapolis 50,130 42,029

12 11 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 45,676 46,899

13 10 KeyCorp, Cleveland 45,317 47,282

14 14 Bank of Boston Corp. * 42,831 41,166

15 15 Bank of New York Co., Inc. 39,343 35,918

16 18 SunTrust Banks, Inc., Atlanta 36,890 33,183

17 16 National City Corp., Cleveland * 36,000 35,581

18 17 Barnett Banks, Inc., Jacksonville, 33,820 34,224

19 19 CoreStates Financial Corp, Philadel 33,727 32,667

20 20 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc., St. Lou 31,954 31,978

21 24 Republic New York Corp. 31,726 24,920

22 21 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 31,374 29,261

23 23 Bankers Trust New York Corp. 30,315 25,708

24 22 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. 27,250 26,369

25 25 U.S. Bancorp, Portland, Ore. 24,977 23,265

(*)-The 1995 data has

been restated for merger

Top 25 in Domestic Bank Branches BranchesBranches

Rank Rank Dec-96 Dec-95

1 1 NationsBank Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 1,979 1,988

2 4 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco * 1,947 1,774

3 3 BankAmerica Corp., San Francisco 1,944 1,929

4 2 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 1,908 1,959

5 6 Banc One Corp., Columbus, Ohio 1,502 1,408

6 5 Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Boston 1,246 1,419

7 7 KeyCorp, Cleveland 1,205 1,284

8 9 National City Corp., Cleveland * 885 908

9 8 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 831 953

10 13 Norwest Corp., Minneapolis 818 694

11 10 Chase Manhattan Corp., New York * 700 789

12 14 SunTrust Banks, Inc., Atlanta 689 657

13 11 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc., St. Lou 657 768

14 12 First Chicago NBD Corp. 650 742

15 15 U.S. Bancorp, Portland, Ore. 634 656

16 17 Barnett Banks, Inc., Jacksonville, 622 613

17 18 First of America Bank Corp., Kalama 604 613

18 16 CoreStates Financial Corp, Philadel 597 647

19 20 Bank of Boston Corp. * 535 516

20 23 SouthTrust Corp., Birmingham, Ala. 511 448

21 30 Crestar Financial Corp., Richmond 503 328

22 21 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. 488 489

23 19 Citicorp, New York 473 535

24 25 Union Planters Corp., Memphis, Tenn 444 404

25 24 Southern National Corp., Winston-Sa 419 441

(*)-The 1995 data has been restated for merger

Top 25 in Assets Per Employee

Ast/Emp.Ast/Emp.

Rank Rank Dec-96 Dec-95

1 1 J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc., New York 14,299 11,841

2 2 Republic New York Corp. 9,178 8,996

3 3 Bankers Trust New York Corp. 7,896 7,392

4 4 Chase Manhattan Corp., New York * 4,958 4,198

5 5 LaSalle National Corp., Chicago 4,948 4,167

6 9 North Fork Bancorporation, Inc., Me 4,447 3,556

7 6 Onbancorp, Inc., Syracuse, N.Y. 4,040 3,988

8 7 Provident Bancorp, Inc., Cincinnati 3,658 3,696

9 11 Bank of New York Co., Inc. 3,451 3,483

10 21 Riggs National Corp., Washington, D 3,381 3,003

11 10 Valley National Bancorp, Wayne, N.J 3,357 3,517

12 25 BankAmerica Corp., San Francisco 3,215 2,909

13 15 Citizens Financial Group, Inc., Pro 3,207 3,156

14 23 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 3,161 2,961

15 8 City National Corp., Beverly Hills, 3,158 3,612

16 27 Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati 3,138 2,792

17 12 First Chicago NBD Corp. 3,131 3,453

18 17 Northern Trust Corp., Chicago 3,117 3,052

19 31 Summit Bancorp, Princeton, N.J. 3,091 2,699

20 29 Comerica, Inc., Detroit 3,087 2,728

21 30 Union BanCal Corp., San Francisco 3,065 2,700

22 28 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 3,002 2,743

23 13 National Commerce Bancorporation, M 2,981 3,172

24 44 HSBC Americas, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y. 2,959 2,504

25 14 NationsBank Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 2,950 3,158

(*)-The 1995 data has been restated for merger

Top 25 in Net Interest Margin

NIM(%) NIM(%)

Rank Rank 1996 1995

1 1 First National of Nebraska, Inc., O 8.5 7.39

2 4 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco 6.11 5.8

3 2 City National Corp., Beverly Hills, 5.87 6.26

4 6 Norwest Corp., Minneapolis 5.63 5.58

5 8 Banc One Corp., Columbus, Ohio 5.59 5.37

6 3 CoreStates Financial Corp, Philadel 5.53 5.97

7 5 MBNA Corp., Wilmington, Del. 5.52 5.74

8 7 U.S. Bancorp, Portland, Ore. 5.32 5.38

9 19 Barnett Banks, Inc., Jacksonville, 5.24 4.88

10 11 Synovus Financial Corp., Columbus, 5.19 5.15

11 12 Mercantile Bankshares Corp., Baltim 5.17 5.12

12 15 First Virginia Banks, Inc., Falls C 5.06 5

13 39 FirstMerit Corp., Akron, Ohio 4.98 4.51

14 14 HSBC Americas, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y. 4.94 5.06

15 17 First Bank System, Inc., Minneapoli 4.89 4.91

16 27 Hibernia Corp., New Orleans, La. 4.89 4.7

17 16 Whitney Holding Corp., New Orleans, 4.81 5

18 71 Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Boston 4.81 4.12

19 24 BanPonce Corp., Ponce, P.R. 4.8 4.74

20 29 First Commerce Corp., New Orleans, 4.79 4.68

21 46 KeyCorp, Cleveland 4.78 4.47

22 51 Star Banc Corp., Cincinnati 4.78 4.44

23 23 Deposit Guaranty Corp., Jackson, Mi 4.77 4.75

24 41 Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc., San Ant 4.76 4.5

25 9 Union BanCal Corp., San Francisco 4.75 5.21

Top 25 in Tier 1 Capital

$ Tier 1$ Tier 1

Rank Rank Dec-96 Dec-95

1 1 Chase Manhattan Corp., New York * 20,315 19,186

2 2 Citicorp, New York 19,800 18,915

3 3 BankAmerica Corp., San Francisco 17,044 14,991

4 4 NationsBank Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 12,384 11,385

5 5 J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc., New York 11,449 9,033

6 7 First Chicago NBD Corp. 9,186 7,750

7 6 Banc One Corp., Columbus, Ohio 8,079 7,796

8 10 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 7,633 6,551

9 9 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco * 6,565 7,067

10 8 Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Boston 6,027 7,518

11 12 Bankers Trust New York Corp. 5,326 4,512

12 11 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 5,283 4,762

13 14 Bank of Boston Corp. * 4,954 4,275

14 16 Norwest Corp., Minneapolis 4,716 4,020

15 13 Bank of New York Co., Inc. 4,642 4,503

16 15 KeyCorp, Cleveland 4,442 4,063

17 17 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. 3,987 3,628

18 18 National City Corp., Cleveland * 3,977 3,548

19 19 Republic New York Corp. 3,757 3,440

20 20 CoreStates Financial Corp, Philadel 3,725 3,354

21 22 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 3,448 3,144

22 21 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc., St. Lou 3,364 3,249

23 24 Barnett Banks, Inc., Jacksonville, 3,288 2,491

24 23 SunTrust Banks, Inc., Atlanta 3,034 2,859

25 25 U.S. Bancorp, Portland, Ore. 2,628 2,419

(*)-The 1995 data has been restated for merger

Top 25 in Total Capital

$ Total $ Total

Rank Rank Dec-96 Dec-95

1 1 Chase Manhattan Corp., New York * 29,365 28,534

2 2 Citicorp, New York 28,900 27,725

3 3 BankAmerica Corp., San Francisco 25,880 23,416

4 4 NationsBank Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 20,208 17,964

5 5 J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc., New York 16,297 13,398

6 10 First Chicago NBD Corp. 13,332 8,450

7 6 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 12,843 11,212

8 7 Banc One Corp., Columbus, Ohio 11,731 10,899

9 9 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco * 10,000 9,842

10 8 Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Boston 8,933 10,834

11 11 Bankers Trust New York Corp. 8,330 7,370

12 12 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 7,427 6,882

13 13 Bank of Boston Corp. * 7,291 6,440

14 14 KeyCorp, Cleveland 7,243 5,854

15 17 Bank of New York Co., Inc. 7,132 5,232

16 15 Republic New York Corp. 6,339 5,832

17 18 National City Corp., Cleveland * 5,981 5,230

18 19 Norwest Corp., Minneapolis 5,692 5,038

19 21 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 5,589 4,360

20 16 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. 5,534 5,245

21 20 CoreStates Financial Corp, Philadel 5,216 4,416

22 23 SunTrust Banks, Inc., Atlanta 4,422 3,568

23 24 Barnett Banks, Inc., Jacksonville, 4,249 3,475

24 22 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc., St. Lou 4,111 4,042

25 27 First Bank System, Inc., Minneapoli 3,943 3,367

(*)-The 1995 data has been restated for merger ===

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