| BANKS AND THRIFTS | |||
| Bank Rank | Overall Rank | Company Name, Headquarters | Overall Score |
| 1 | 4 | North Fork Bancorp., Melville, NY | 70 |
| 2 | 7 | Bank of New York Co., New York | 76 |
| 3 | 8 | State Street Corp., Boston | 89 |
| 4 | 11 | Chase Manhattan Corp., New York | 111 |
| 5 | 16 | Mellon Financial Corp., Pittsburgh | 168 |
| 6 | 6 | National City Corp., Cleveland | 178 |
| 7 | 19 | U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis | 179 |
| 8 | 20 | Northern Trust Corp., Chicago | 179 |
| 9 | 22 | Synovous Financial Corp., Columbus, GA | 193 |
| 10 | 23 | Comerica Inc., Detroit | 193 |
| 11 | 24 | Washington Mutual, Seattle | 209 |
| 12 | 25 | First Tennessee National Corp., Memphis | 211 |
| 13 | 28 | Golden State Bancorp, San Francisco | 224 |
| 14 | 29 | First Union Corp., Charlotte, NC | 226 |
| 15 | 30 | Marshall & Ilsley Corp., Milwaukee | 231 |
| 16 | 31 | PNC Financial Services Group, Pittsburgh | 231 |
| 17 | 33 | Compass Bancshares, Birmingham, AL | 248 |
| 18 | 34 | M&T Bank Corp., Buffalo, NY | 252 |
| 19 | 35 | Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati | 253 |
| 20 | 36 | BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, NC | 255 |
| 21 | 37 | Old Kent Financial Corp., Grand Rapids, MI | 256 |
| 22 | 42 | Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco | 268 |
| 23 | 43 | Astoria Financial Corp., Lake Success, NY | 269 |
| 24 | 44 | Huntington Bancshares, Columbus, OH | 273 |
| 25 | 45 | KeyCorp, Cleveland | 276 |
| 26 | 47 | UnionBanCal Corp., San Francisco | 279 |
| 27 | 50 | Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, NC | 288 |
| 28 | 53 | SouthTrust Corp., Birmingham, AL | 297 |
| 29 | 55 | Summit Bancorp, Princeton, NJ | 313 |
| 30 | 56 | Bank of America Corp., Charlotte, NC | 315 |
| 31 | 57 | Zions Bancorp, Salt Lake City | 315 |
| 32 | 58 | Dime Bancorp, New York | 316 |
| 33 | 59 | Peoples Heritage Fin'l Group, Portland, ME | 317 |
| 34 | 60 | Regions Financial Corp., Birmingham, AL | 317 |
| 35 | 62 | Associated Banc-Corp, Green Bay, WI | 331 |
| 36 | 63 | Popular Inc., San Juan, PR | 333 |
| 37 | 64 | First Security Corp., Salt Lake City | 335 |
| 38 | 66 | SunTrust Banks, Atlanta | 343 |
| 39 | 67 | Bank One Corp., Chicago | 344 |
| 40 | 68 | Golden West Fin'l Corp., Oakland, CA | 344 |
| 41 | 70 | Commerce Bancshares, Kansas City, MO | 357 |
| 42 | 71 | Charter One Financial, Cleveland | 363 |
| 43 | 72 | Sovereign Bancorp, Philadelphia | 370 |
| 44 | 73 | Union Planters Corp., Memphis | 387 |
| 45 | 74 | GreenPoint Financial Corp., New York | 396 |
| 46 | 76 | FleetBoston Fin'l Corp., Boston | 421 |
| 47 | 77 | Commercial Federal Corp., Omaha | 422 |
| 48 | 80 | Bank United Corp., Houston | 435 |
| 49 | 82 | Firstar Corp., Milwaukee | 444 |
| 50 | 83 | Hibernia Corp., New Orleans | 448 |
| 51 | 86 | BancWest Corp., Honolulu | 462 |
| 52 | 87 | Pacific Century Fin'l Corp., Honolulu | 467 |
| 53 | 90 | AmSouth Bancorp., Birmingham, AL | 492 |
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