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Asset
Rank ($ millions) 1998
1 Citigroup, New York $667,400
2 BankAmerica Corp., Charlotte 617,679
3 Chase Manhattan Corp., New York 365,875
4 Bank One Corp., Chicago 261,496
5 J.P. Morgan & Co., New York 261,067
6 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 237,363
7 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco 202,475
8 Bankers Trust New York Corp. 133,115
9 Fleet Financial Group, Boston 104,382
10 SunTrust Banks Inc., Atlanta 93,170
11 National City Corp., Cleveland 88,246
12 KeyCorp, Cleveland 80,020
13 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 77,207
14 U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis 76,438
15 BankBoston Corp., Boston 73,513
16 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. 64,123
17 Bank of New York Co. 63,579
18 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 50,777
19 Republic New York Corp. 50,424
20 State Street Corp., Boston 47,081
21 Firstar Corp., Milwaukee 38,476
22 SouthTrust Corp., Birmingham, Ala. 38,134
23 Regions Financial Corp., Birmingham, A 36,832
24 Comerica Inc., Detroit 36,601
25 Mercantile Bancorp., St. Louis 35,800
26 BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. 34,427
27 HSBC Americas Inc., Buffalo (1) 33,944
28 Summit Bancorp, Princeton, N.J. 33,101
29 Union Bank of California, San Francisc 32,276
30 Union Planters Corp., Memphis 31,692
31 LaSalle National Corp., Chicago (1) 28,983
32 Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati 28,922
33 Huntington Bancshares, Columbus, Ohio 28,296
34 Northern Trust Corp., Chicago 27,870
35 MBNA Corp., Wilmington, Del. 25,806
36 Harris Bankcorp, Chicago (1) 25,112
37 Popular Inc., Hato Rey-San Juan, P.R. 23,205
38 First Security Corp., Salt Lake City, 21,768
39 Marshall & Ilsley Corp., Milwaukee 21,566
40 First American Corp., Nashville, Tenn. 20,732
41 M& T Bank Corp., Buffalo 20,584
42 AmSouth Bancorp., Birmingham, Ala. 19,902
43 First Tennessee National Corp., Memphi 18,734
44 Citizens Financial Group, Providence, 18,422
45 First Maryland Bancorp, Baltimore (1) 18,294
46 Compass Bancshares Inc., Birmingham, A 17,289
47 Zions Bancorp, Salt Lake City, Utah 16,663
48 Old Kent Financial Corp., Grand Rapids 16,589
49 BancWest Corp., Honolulu 15,050
50 Pacific Century Financial Corp., Honol 15,017
Total Assets for Top 50 $4,395,518
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Top 50 U.S. Banking Companies
Ranked by assets on Dec. 31
Asset
Rank ($ millions) 1997
1 Citigroup, New York $697,400
2 BankAmerica Corp., Charlotte 570,983
3 Chase Manhattan Corp., New York 365,521
4 Bank One Corp., Chicago 239,372
5 J.P. Morgan & Co., New York 262,159
6 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N. 205,735
7 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco 185,685
8 Bankers Trust New York Corp. 140,102
9 Fleet Financial Group, Boston 91,047
10 SunTrust Banks Inc., Atlanta 82,841
11 National City Corp., Cleveland 75,779
12 KeyCorp, Cleveland 73,699
13 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 75,120
14 U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis 71,295
15 BankBoston Corp., Boston 69,268
16 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, N 65,397
17 Bank of New York Co. 59,961
18 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 44,892
19 Republic New York Corp. 55,638
20 State Street Corp., Boston 37,975
21 Firstar Corp., Milwaukee 32,860
22 SouthTrust Corp., Birmingham, Al 30,906
23 Regions Financial Corp., Birming 31,414
24 Comerica Inc., Detroit 36,292
25 Mercantile Bancorp., St. Louis 33,332
26 BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. 31,290
27 HSBC Americas Inc., Buffalo (1) 31,518
28 Summit Bancorp, Princeton, N.J. 29,964
29 Union Bank of California, San Fr 30,585
30 Union Planters Corp., Memphis 29,975
31 LaSalle National Corp., Chicago 24,876
32 Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati 27,711
33 Huntington Bancshares, Columbus, 25,430
34 Northern Trust Corp., Chicago 25,315
35 MBNA Corp., Wilmington, Del. 21,306
36 Harris Bankcorp, Chicago (1) 22,224
37 Popular Inc., Hato Rey-San Juan, 19,301
38 First Security Corp., Salt Lake 18,152
39 Marshall & Ilsley Corp., Milwauk 20,502
40 First American Corp., Nashville, 18,791
41 M& T Bank Corp., Buffalo 19,323
42 AmSouth Bancorp., Birmingham, Al 18,622
43 First Tennessee National Corp., 14,388
44 Citizens Financial Group, Provid 16,791
45 First Maryland Bancorp, Baltimor 17,792
46 Compass Bancshares Inc., Birming 14,901
47 Zions Bancorp, Salt Lake City, U 10,869
48 Old Kent Financial Corp., Grand 15,707
49 BancWest Corp., Honolulu 13,693
50 Pacific Century Financial Corp., 14,996
Total Assets for Top 50 $4,168,694
