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199796-97
Net InChg. in
rank rank
1- General Electric Capital Services, Stamford, Conn.
2 1 General Motors Acceptance Corp., Detroit, Mich.
3 1 Associates First Capital Corp., Irving, Tex. (1)
4 -2 Ford Motor Credit Company, Dearborn, Mich.
5- Household International Inc., Prospect Heights, Ill (2)
6- Chrysler Financial Corp., Southfield, Mich. (3)
7 16 Transamerica Finance Group Inc., San Francisco
8 2 International Lease Finance Co., Los Angeles
9- CIT Group Holdings Inc. New York
10 1 Green Tree Financial Corp., St. Paul, Minn (3)
11 -3 IBM Credit Corp., Stamford, Conn.
12 -5 Beneficial Corp., Wilmington, Del. (2)
13 -1 Commercial Credit Company, Baltimore
14 -1 Avco Financial Services, Inc., Irvine, Calif. (1)
15 -1 Pitney Bowes Credit Corp., Norwalk, Conn.
16 2 Toyota Motor Credit Corp., Torrance, Calif. (s, F)
17 3 Heller Financial, Inc. Chicago (4, f, F)
18 3 FINOVA Group, Inc., Phoenix, Az.
19 18 FIRSTPLUS Financial Group, Dallas, Tex. (s)
20 11 American General Finance Corp., Evensville, Ind.
21 -2 John Deere Capital Corp., Reno, Nev.
22- Comdisco Inc., Rosemont, Ill.
23 1 Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp., Wilmington, Del.
24 3 Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., Nashville, Tenn.
25- Money Store Inc., Union, N.J. (9)
Total for the Top 25 Finance Companies
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199796-97 Net Net 96-97
Net InChg. in income income Percent
rank rank 1997 1996 change
1- Gen$3,256,000 $2,817,000 15.6
2 1 Gen 1,301,100 1,240,500 4.9
3 1 Ass 1,031,700 857,000 20.4
4 -2 For 1,030,800 1,440,600 -28.5
5- Hou 685,600 538,600 27.3
6- Chr 419,000 376,000 11.4
7 16 Tra 380,005 94,173 303.5
8 2 Int 338,685 251,774 34.5
9- CIT 310,100 260,100 19.2
10 1 Gre 301,396 200,774 50.1
11 -3 IBM 283,893 271,082 4.7
12 -5 Ben 253,700 281,000 -9.7
13 -1 Com 240,100 195,800 22.6
14 -1 Avc 196,116 187,007 4.9
15 -1 Pit 194,833 179,234 8.7
16 2 Toy 162,000 152,000 6.6
17 3 Hel 158,000 133,000 18.8
18 3 FIN 143,090 117,000 22.3
19 18 FIR 139,169 34,210 306.8
20 11 Ame 137,071 50,959 169
21 -2 Joh 135,800 134,100 1.3
22- Com 131,000 114,000 14.9
23 1 Sea 125,000 92,000 35.9
24 3 Cat 94,200 75,600 24.6
25- Mon 92,088 85,655 7.5
Tot$11,540,446$10,179,168 13.40%
Source: American Banker survey and Annual Reports. Total Capital funds