Top 100 Banking Companies (Q1 2000)

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Top 100 Banking Companies (Q1 2000)

Top 100 Banking Companies (Q1 2000)

Bank and Thrift Holding Companies, Ranked by Assets on March 31, 2000;
dollars in millions; (f) foreign-owned
Published May 15, 2000

Rank Ticker Symbol

Company Name

Total Assets
($ in millions)

Percent
Change
3/31/2000  3/31/1999 
1 C Citigroup Inc., New York * $738,205.0 $690,500.0 6.91%
2 BAC Bank of America Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 656,113.0 614,245.0 6.82%
3 CMB Chase Manhattan Corp., New York 391,484.0 361,258.0 8.37%
4 JPM J.P. Morgan & Co., New York 284,562.0 269,070.0 5.76%
5 ONE Bank One Corp., Chicago 273,008.0 250,402.0 9.03%
6 FTU First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 253,648.0 222,700.0 13.90%
7 WFC Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco 222,276.0 201,430.0 10.35%
8 WM Washington Mutual Inc., Seattle (T) 188,605.2 174,295.1 8.21%
9 FBF FleetBoston Financial Corp., Boston 187,814.0 181,873.0 3.27%
10 STI SunTrust Banks Inc., Atlanta 96,041.0 91,122.5 5.40%
11 NCC National City Corp., Cleveland 86,895.4 84,094.5 3.33%
12 HBC HSBC USA Inc., New York (a)  (f) 86,440.1 33,773.3 155.94%
13 KEY KeyCorp, Cleveland 83,504.0 79,992.0 4.39%
14 USB U.S.Bancorp, Minneapolis 83,072.0 76,110.0 9.15%
15 BK Bank of New York, New York 76,041.0 64,917.0 17.14%
16 PNC PNC Financial Services Group, Pittsburgh ** 74,307.0 74,868.0 (0.75%)
17 FSR Firstar Corp., Milwaukee 73,059.9 73,581.6 (0.71%)
18 WB Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. 68,817.0 65,319.0 5.36%
19 STT State Street Corp., Boston 60,530.0 49,750.0 21.67%
20 GSB Golden State Bancorp, San Francisco (T) 59,015.1 56,232.1 4.95%
21 MEL Mellon Financial Corp., Pittsburgh 47,381.0 49,384.0 (4.06%)
22 BBT BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. 46,629.2 42,826.2 8.88%
23 GDW Golden West Financial Corp., Oakland, Calif. (T) 45,636.2 38,666.1 18.03%
24 FITB Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati 44,388.8 38,061.1 16.63%
25 SOTR Southtrust Corp., Birmingham 43,866.3 39,016.1 12.43%
Rank Ticker Symbol

Company Name

Total Assets
($ in millions)

Percent
Change
3/31/2000  3/31/1999 
26 ASO Amsouth Bancorp , Birmingham 43,680.5 40,405.8 8.10%
27 RGBK Regions Financial Corp., Birmingham 41,418.4 38,601.8 7.30%
28 CMA Comerica Inc., Detroit 39,660.0 36,448.0 8.81%
29 SUB Summit Bancorp, Princeton, N.J. 38,064.5 33,477.4 13.70%
30 UB Unionbancal Corp., San Francisco (f) 33,616.4 32,347.6 3.92%
31 UPC Union Planters Corp., Memphis 33,350.5 33,669.2 (0.95%)
32 NTRS Northern Trust Corp., Chicago 33,219.4 27,554.6 20.56%
33 KRB MBNA Corp., Wilmington, Del. 31,419.5 27,521.7 14.16%
34 SVRN Sovereign Bancorp, Philadelphia (T) 30,878.0 23,188.1 33.16%
35 CF Charter One Financial, Cleveland 30,619.7 30,512.1 0.35%
36 ABN LaSalle National Corp., Chicago (f) (g) 30,426.6 28,982.5 4.98%
37 RBS Citizens Financial Group, Providence, R.I. (f) (Q2) 29,335.3 18,925.8 55.00%
38 HBAN Huntington Bancshares, Columbus, Ohio 28,952.6 28,422.3 1.87%
39 BMO Harris Bank, Chicago (f) 28,006.0 25,323.0 10.60%
40 BPOP Popular Inc., San Juan, P.R. 25,302.0 23,174.1 9.18%
41 MI Marshall & Ilsley Corp., Milwaukee 24,921.4 21,989.6 13.33%
42 DME Dime Bancorp, New York (T) 24,180.0 21,550.0 12.20%
43 FSCO First Security Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah 23,336.6 21,959.2 6.27%
44 MTB M&T Bancorp, Buffalo, N.Y. 22,761.6 20,284.8 12.21%
45 ASFC Astoria Financial Corp., Lake Success, N.Y. (T) 22,589.8 23,001.9 (1.79%)
46 ZION Zions Bancorp, Salt Lake City 20,996.6 18,526.4 13.33%
47 FTN First Tennessee National Corp., Memphis 20,071.6 18,325.0 9.53%
48 OK Old Kent Financial Corp., Grand Rapids, Mich. 19,664.9 18,722.2 5.04%
49 CBSS Compass Bancshares Inc., Birmingham 18,466.8 17,577.9 5.06%
50 BWE BancWest Corp., Honolulu (f) 17,528.0 16,272.0 7.72%
Rank Ticker Symbol

Company Name

Total Assets
($ in millions)

Percent
Change
3/31/2000  3/31/1999 
51 AIB Allfirst Financial Inc., Baltimore (f) (g) 17,507.3 18,294.9 (4.31%)
52 BNKU BankUnited Corp., Houston (Q2) 17,388.4 14,995.3 15.96%
53 HIB Hibernia Corp., New Orleans, La. 15,741.8 14,283.7 10.21%
54 GPT Greenpoint Financial Corp., New York (T) 15,175.8 15,265.9 (0.59%)
55 NFB North Fork Bancorp, Melville, N.Y. 15,024.8 12,834.3 17.07%
56 BOH Pacific Century Financial Corp., Honolulu 14,250.4 14,928.3 (4.54%)
57 PHBK Peoples Heritage Financial Group, Portland, Me. (m) (T) 13,803.6 12,594.3 9.60%
58 CFB Commercial Federal Corp., Omaha 13,299.6 12,866.5 3.37%
59 SNV Synovus Financial Corp., Columbus, Ga. 13,048.2 10,942.6 19.24%
60 ASBC Associated Banc-Corp., Green Bay, Wis. 12,734.6 11,301.8 12.68%
61 COF Capital One Financial Corp., Falls Church, Va. 12,525.1 10,151.6 23.38%
62 PFGI Provident Financial Group, Cincinnati 11,746.0 9,440.8 24.42%
63 CNB Colonial BancGroup Inc., Montgomery, Ala. 11,223.0  10,639.4 5.49%
64 CBSH Commerce Bancshares, Kansas City, Mo. 11,207.0 11,072.0 1.22%
65 CBC Centura Banks Inc., Rocky Mount, N.C. 11,206.6 10,868.5 3.11%
66 NAB Michigan National Corp.,Farmington Hills (f) 11,183.0 10,542.0 6.08%
67 TCB TCF Financial Corp., Minneapolis 10,761.8 10,200.7 5.50%
68 PBCT People's Bank, Bridgeport, Conn. (T) 10,648.5 9,988.3 6.61%
69 FMER FirstMerit Corp., Akron, Ohio 10,375.1 9,175.2 13.08%
70 WBST Webster Financial Corp., Waterbury, Conn. (T) 10,061.0 9,931.7 1.30%
71 DSL Downey Financial Corp., Newport Beach, Calif. (T) 9,959.0 6,594.1 51.03%
72 FCNCA First Citizens Bancshares, Raleigh, N.C. 9,880.7 9,702.2 1.84%
73 FVB First Virginia Banks Inc., Falls Church, Va. 9,516.7 9,540.9 (0.25%)
74 HU Hudson United Bancorp, Mahwah, N.J. 9,318.4 7,046.1 32.25%
75 - Sanwa Bank California, Los Angeles 9,203.6 8,358.6 10.11%
Rank Ticker Symbol

Company Name

Total Assets
($ in millions)

Percent
Change
3/31/2000  3/31/1999 
76 HCBK Hudson City Bancorp, Paramus, N.J. (T) 8,777.8 7,879.9 11.39%
77 CCB CCB Financial Corp., Durham, N.C. 8,549.7 7,771.6 10.01%
78 BOKF BOK Financial Corp., Tulsa, Okla. 8,549.6 7,291.0 17.26%
79 CYN City National Corp., Beverly Hills, Calif. 8,423.5 6,284.3 34.04%
80 FINN First National of Nebraska, Omaha  *** 8,402.0 7,742.5 8.52%
81 OLDB Old National Bancorp, Evansville, Ind. 8,180.6 7,583.1 7.88%
82 MRBK Mercantile Bankshares Corp., Baltimore 8,071.0 7,584.6 6.41%
83 SKYF Sky Financial Group, Bowling Green, Ohio 8,031.3 7,674.7 4.65%
84 CBCF Citizens Banking Corp., Flint, Mich. 7,936.3 7,046.0 12.64%
85 CFFN Capitol Federal Financial, Topeka, Ks. (T) 7,607.2 5,730.9 32.74%
86 RSLN Roslyn Bancorp, Roslyn, N.Y. (T) 7,416.9  7,628.3 (2.77%)
87 - Emigrant Savings Bank, New York * (T) 7,400.0 6,226.4 18.85%
88 UMBF UMB Financial Corp., Kansas City, Mo. 7,303.8 7,346.5 (0.58%)
89 WL Wilmington Trust Corp., in Del. 7,217.9 6,285.8 14.83%
90 NCBC National Commerce Bancorp, Memphis 7,180.0 6,296.4 14.03%
91 CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc., San Antonio 7,019.4 6,714.4 4.54%
92 KSTN Keystone Financial Inc., Harrisburg, Pa. 7,012.3 6,829.5 2.68%
93 IMP Imperial Bancorp, Inglewood, Calif. 7,001.5 6,420.7 9.05%
94 CBH Commerce Bancorp, Cherry Hill, NJ 6,926.8 6,635.8 4.39%
95 TRMK Trustmark Corp., Jackson, Miss. 6,741.0 6,532.0 3.20%
96 ICBC Independence Community Bank Corp., New York (Q4) (T) 6,604.2 5,537.0 19.27%
97 OV One Valley Bancorp, Charleston, W.Va. 6,473.5 5,973.9 8.36%
98 BVC Bay View Capital Corp., San Mateo, Calif. 6,443.6 5,763.6 11.80%
99 WFSL Washington Federal Inc., Seattle (T) 6,346.8 5,773.6 9.93%
100 VLY Valley National Corp., Wayne, N.J. 6,292.7 6,041.2 4.16%

Total Assets of Top 100 (dollars in millions)

$5,476,505.3 $5,002,135.3 9.48%

Compiled by American Banker.
Source: Company announcements and SEC filings. (T) - Thrifts
(a) On Dec. 31, 1999, HSBC USA Inc. ($34.4 billion-asset bank at Sept. 30, 1999) merged with Republic New York Corp. ($53.1 billion-asset bank at Sept. 30).
(f) Citizens Financial Group is owned by Royal Bank of Scotland PLC - Citizens bought UST Corp. (USTB) on Jan. 11, 2000; HSBC USA Inc. is a subsidiary of HSBC Group in London; Unionbancal Corp. is majority-owned by Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd.; LaSalle National Corp. is a subsidiary of ABN Amro Bank NV, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Allfirst Financial Inc. is owned by Allied Irish Banks plc -- the US banking company said it will only release yearend figures with its parent company, and would no longer release quarterly earnings; BancWest Corp. is minority owned by Banque Nationale de Paris; Harris Bank in Chicago, is owned by Bank of Montreal; Michigan National Corp. is a subsidiary of National Australia Bank; Sanwa Bank California is a unit of The Sanwa Bank Ltd., Japan.
(g) Assets as of Dec. 31, 1999. The company said it did not file an update on earnings at period end March 31.
(m) Peoples Heritage completed its acquisition of Banknorth Group on May 10, 2000. The company took the Banknorth Group name, and its ticker symbol changed to BKNGD.
* Estimated assets at March 31.
(Q2) Second quarter ended March 31, 2000.
(Q3) Third quarter ended March 31, 2000.
(Q4) Fourth quarter ended March 31, 2000.
**PNC Bank Corp. changed its name to PNC Financial Services Group on March 15, 2000.
*** First National of Nebraska reported first quarter earnings on May 11, 2000 for period end March 30.
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