Largest Originators of Automated Clearing House Payments

+++ Calendar-year 1997 transaction consolidated by holding company, including pending mergers part 1 of 2

Rank Company Debits

1 Chase Manhattan Corp., New York 267,986,371

2 Norwest Corp., Minneapolis 99,736,937

3 Banc One Corp, Columbus Ohio 156,163,037

4 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 60,065,601

5 NationsBank Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 66,185,487

6 BankAmerica Corp., San Francisco 41,764,858

7 Northern Trust Corp., Chicago 45,775,338

8 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. 45,391,839

9 Fleet Financial Group, Boston 17,271,212

10 First Chicago NBD Corp. 23,228,294

11 Citicorp New York 33,890,762

12 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco 16,641,269

13 U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis NA

14 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 16,855,437

15 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 16,340,679

16 KeyCorp, Cleveland 22,955,000

17 National City Corp., Cleveland 10,845,011

18 Suntrust Banks Inc., Atlanta 13,460,107

19 BankBoston Corp 11,692,595

20 Harris Bankcorp, Chicago 17,281,881

21 First National of Nebraska Inc., Omaha 16,523,399

22 First American Corp, Nashville 23,422,897

23 UMB Financial Corp., Kansas City, Mo. 14,772,001

24 Firstar Corp, Milwaukee 11,539,067

25 State Street Corp, Boston 10,360,210

26 ABN Amro North America, Chicago 9,199,554

27 Amsouth Bancorp., Birmingham, Ala. 11,583,271

28 EFS National Bank, Memphis 1,043,148

29 First Maryland Bancorp, Baltimore 6,450,000

30 First Tennessee National Corp., Memphis 2,483,504

31 Bank of New York Co. 3,350,874

32 Comerica Inc., Detroit 3,862,469

33 Regions Financial Corp, Birmingham, Ala. NA

34 Marshall & Ilsley Corp, Milwaukee 4,789,020

35 Huntington Bancshares, Columbus, Ohio 3,876,273

36 Unionbancal Corp., San Francisco 2,492,761

37 Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati 2,964,118

38 Crestar Financial Corp., Richmond 2,465,130

39 First Security Corp., Salt Lake City 4,613,625

40 Compass Bancshares, Birmingham, Ala 7,691,432

41 Summit Bancorp, Princeton, N.J. 1,970,289

42 Pacific Century Financial Corp., Honolulu 5,285,800

43 USAA Federal Savings Bank, San Antonio 6,871,478

44 Mercantile Bancorp., St. Louis 3,501,491

45 Old Kent Financial Corp., Grand Rapids, Mich 1,691,804

46 First Financial Bank, Stevens Point, Wis. 5,691,232

47 Bankers Trust New York Corp. 605,485

48 Commerce Bancshares, Kansas City, Mo. 2,382,916

49 First Premier Bank, Sioux Falls, S.D. 5,277,381

50 American Security Bancshares, Ville Platte, 513,308

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Annual

Rank Company Credits Total change*

1 Chase Manhattan Corp., Ne161,922,971 429,909,342 27%

2 Norwest Corp., Minneapoli140,383,032 240,119,969 13

3 Banc One Corp, Columbus O 46,260,482 202,423,519 9

4 First Union Corp., Charlo141,932,134 201,997,735 156

5 NationsBank Corp., Charlo 86,583,413 152,768,900 17

6 BankAmerica Corp., San Fr 91,007,621 132,772,479 10

7 Northern Trust Corp., Chi 72,665,335 118,440,673 37

8 Wachovia Corp., Winston-S 56,059,635 101,451,474 -16

9 Fleet Financial Group, Bo 62,138,392 79,409,604 28

10 First Chicago NBD Corp. 53,653,900 76,992,194 10

11 Citicorp New York 36,661,949 70,552,711 19

12 Wells Fargo & Co., San Fr 50,735,894 67,377,163 -5

13 U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis NA 65,758,326 4

14 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburg 42,599,723 59,455,160 1

15 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsb 39,939,368 56,280,047 21

16 KeyCorp, Cleveland 25,884,000 48,839,000 -18

17 National City Corp., Clev 30,420,171 41,265,182 152

18 Suntrust Banks Inc., Atla 25,087,004 38,517,111 39

19 BankBoston Corp 22,547,211 34,239,806 -9

20 Harris Bankcorp, Chicago 14,297,896 31,579,777 9

21 First National of Nebrask 12,867,170 29,390,569 15

22 First American Corp, Nash 5,543,155 28,966,052 64

23 UMB Financial Corp., Kans 9,799,327 24,571,328 13

24 Firstar Corp, Milwaukee 10,651,447 22,190,514 12

25 State Street Corp, Boston 9,954,997 20,315,207 23

26 ABN Amro North America, C 9,447,954 18,647,508 101

27 Amsouth Bancorp., Birming 6,929,230 18,512,501 28

28 EFS National Bank, Memphi 16,431,530 17,474,678 277%

29 First Maryland Bancorp, B 10,698,000 17,148,000 9

30 First Tennessee National 11,974,806 14,458,310 40

31 Bank of New York Co. 10,922,093 14,272,967 18

32 Comerica Inc., Detroit 10,236,018 14,098,487 12

33 Regions Financial Corp, B NA 12,971,096 68

34 Marshall & Ilsley Corp, M 7,752,439 12,541,459 -2

35 Huntington Bancshares, Co 7,914,975 11,791,248 37

36 Unionbancal Corp., San Fr 8,731,738 11,224,499 34

37 Fifth Third Bancorp, Cinc 8,034,087 10,998,205 -3

38 Crestar Financial Corp., 8,017,295 10,482,425 33

39 First Security Corp., Sal 5,696,591 10,310,216 9

40 Compass Bancshares, Birmi 1,826,515 9,517,947 -52

41 Summit Bancorp, Princeton 7,032,886 9,003,175 0

42 Pacific Century Financial 3,194,119 8,479,919 10

43 USAA Federal Savings Bank 715,836 7,587,314 8

44 Mercantile Bancorp., St. 3,720,423 7,221,914 44

45 Old Kent Financial Corp., 4,885,218 6,577,022 -20

46 First Financial Bank, Ste 871,322 6,562,554 -2

47 Bankers Trust New York Co 5,944,450 6,550,935 20

48 Commerce Bancshares, Kans 4,131,439 6,514,355 13

49 First Premier Bank, Sioux 697,793 5,975,174 11

50 American Security Bancsha 5,351,745 5,865,053 - ===

* In cases of mergers, such as First Union with CoreStates, growth rates are for the acquiring company and not otherwise adjusted.

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