Top Line-of-Business Acquisitions Announced in the First Half

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(Dollars in millions)

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Buyer

CREDIT CARDS

1 Citigroup, New York

2 Asta Funding, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

3 Metris Companies, Minneapolis

4 Associates First Capital Corp., Irving, Tex.

5 MBNA Corp., Wilmington, Del.

6 Bank One Corp., Chicago

7 MBNA Corp., Wilmington, Del.

INSURANCE LINES

1 Countrywide Credit Industries, Calabasas, Calif.

2 Allstate Corp., Northbrook, Ill.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY

1 Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, New York

2 UBS, Zurich

3 Credit Suisse Group, Zurich

4 Raymond James Financial, St. Petersburg, Fla.

MISCELLANEOUS ASSETS

1 New Boston Real Estate Investment Funds, Boston

2 Popular, Hato Rey, P.R.

3 Fahnestock Viner Holdings, Toronto

4 Investment Services Intl. Co., Washington

5 Bentley Forbes Group, Los Angeles

MORTGAGE SERVICING/BANKING OPERATIONS

1 Orix USA Corp., New York

2 Financial Freedom Sr. Funding Corp., Irvine, Calif.

3 GMAC Mortgage Corp., Horsham, Pa.

4 HomeSide Lending, Jacksonville, Fla.

5 First Tennessee National Corp., Memphis

6 Chase Manhattan Corp., New York

7 Citigroup, New York

8 First BanCorp Puerto Rico

SPECIALTY FINANCE

1 CIT Group Holdings, New York

2 General Motors Corp., Detroit

3 Bank of America Corp., Charlotte, N.C.

4 Dime Bancorp, New York

5 Textron , Providence, R.I.

6 Thaxton Investment Corp., S.C.

7 Bay View Capital Corp., San Mateo, Calif.

8 Citigroup, New York

9 International Payment Services, Chicago

TRUST SERVICES

1 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C.

2 UnionBanCal Corp., San Francisco

3 Bank of New York Co.

4 Bankers Trust Corp., New York

5 Bank of New York Co.

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Announced

Seller date

1 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh Mar. 23

2 Bank One Corp., Chicago Mar. 31

3 General Electric Capital Corp., Stamford, 10-May

4 Shell Oil Co., Houston Jan. 13

5 CCB Financial Corp., Durham, N.C. 28-Jun

6 Carolina First Corp., Greenville, S.C. 13-May

7 First Virginia Banks, Falls Church, Va. Mar. 11

1 Balboa Life & Casualty Ins. Grp., Irvine, 14-Jun

2 CNA Financial Corp., New York 9-Jun

1 Citigroup, New York Feb. 25

2 Bank of America Corp., Charlotte, N.C. Mar. 11

3 Warburg Pincus Asset Management, New York Feb. 15

4 Bank One Corp., Chicago (b) Apr. 14

1 Mech Financial, Hartford, Conn. Feb. 11

2 GM Group, San Juan, P.R. Feb. 16

3 Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati Feb. 19

4 National City Corp., Cleveland Feb. 22

5 Bank of America Corp., Charlotte, N.C. Feb. 26

1 Bank One Corp., Chicago (d) 17-Jun

2 TransAmerica Corp., San Francisco 21-Jun

3 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh Apr. 1

4 Bank One Corp., Chicago Mar. 4

5 McGuire Mortgage Co., Kan. Jan. 6

6 First Town Mtg. & HomeSouth Mtg., SecaucusFeb. 12

7 Fund American Enterprise Hldgs., Hanover, Mar. 25

8 Royal Bank of Canada, Montreal Apr. 26

1 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. Apr. 27

2 Bank of New York Co. 8-Jun

3 Associates First Capital Corp., Irving, TeJan. 28

4 Citigroup, New York Apr. 19

5 Bank of America Corp., Charlotte, N.C. Jan. 14

6 FirstPlus Financial Group, Dallas Jan. 14

7 Franchise Mtg. Acceptance Co., Los AngelesMar. 11

8 Associates First Capital Corp., Irving, TeMar. 15

9 National City Corp., Cleveland Apr. 14

1 Offitbank Holdings, New York 13-May

2 Imperial Bancorp, Inglewood, Calif. Apr. 23

3 Union Planters Corp., Memphis Mar. 1

4 Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., San Francisc Mar. 4

5 Citizens Bancshares, Providence, R.I. Mar. 23

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Completi Acquisition

date or Type of assets transferred price

1 Mar. 31 Credit card portfolio & servcin NA

2 Mar. 31 Credit card portfolio & servcin NA

3 30-Jun Credit card portfolio & servcin NA

4 Feb. 1 Credit card portfolio & servcin NA

5 Pending Credit card portfolio & servcin NA

6 13-May Credit card portfolio & servcin NA

7 Pending Credit card portfolio & servcin 114

1 Pending Insurance life & casualty group 425

2 Pending Homeowner and auto insurance li NA

1 Mar. 23 Securities services-brokerage NA

2 Mar. 15 European & Asian private bankin NA

3 Pending Investment advisory, management 650

4 Pending Investment advisory, management 80

1 Feb. 11 Miscellaneous assets 33

2 Pending Miscellaneous assets 51

3 Pending Miscellaneous assets NA

4 3-May Miscellaneous assets 25

5 Feb. 26 Miscellaneous assets 30

1 Pending Mortgage banking operations NA

2 Pending Mtg. bkg. ops./reverse mtg. por NA

3 Pending Servicing portfolio NA

4 Pending Servicing portfolio NA

5 Jan. 6 Mortgage banking operations NA

6 Mar. 1 Mortgage banking operations NA

7 3-May Mortgage banking operations NA

8 Pending Mortgage banking operations NA

1 Apr. 27 Specialty financing NA

2 Pending Specialty financing 1,800

3 Mar. 4 Specialty financing NA

4 Pending Specialty financing NA

5 Jan. 14 Specialty financing NA

6 Feb. 2 Specialty financing 51

7 Pending Specialty financing 300

8 Mar. 31 Specialty financing NA

9 31-May Specialty financing 38

1 Pending Trust services 204

2 Pending Trust services NA

3 11-May Trust services NA

4 Mar. 4 Trust services NA

5 Pending Trust services NA

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Assets

purchased

1 $1,900

2 1,350

3 1,200

4 272

5 150

6 112

7 103

1 NA

2 NA

1 NA

2 NA

3 NA

4 NA

1 NA

2 NA

3 NA

4 NA

5 NA

1 593

2 200

3 14

4 10

5 NA

6 NA

7 NA

8 NA

1 4,000

2 3,900

3 2,000

4 930

5 184

6 NA

7 NA

8 NA

9 NA

1 11,000

2 10,000

3 NA

4 NA

5 NA

Source: Sheshunoff Information Services, a Thomson Financial company, and American Banker research

(a) Owned by Associates First Capital, Irving, Tex. (b) Roney & Co. (c) Source One Mortgage Corp. (d) Joint venture between the two companies ===

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