Top 200 Bank Holding Companies at Midyear: Summary of Survey Findings

+++ Data for June 30 and the first half of 1995 compared with June 30, 1994 and the first half of 1994 (dollar amounts in millions) Top 20 in Asset Growth

Gain Ast. Asset

Rank Rank 6/95 % Chge

1 36 Southern National Corp., Winston-Salem 20,662 150.9

2 110 First Banks, Inc., Creve Couer, Mo. 3,533 56.2

3 179 DFC Acquisition Corp. Two, Kansas City 1,402 55.6

4 57 MBNA Corp., Newark, Del. 12,080 48

5 98 CCB Financial Corp., Durham, N.C. 4,838 48

6 194 ValliCorp Holdings, Inc., Fresno, Calif. 1,138 46.3

7 146 Community First Bankshares, Inc., Fargo 2,006 43.6

8 173 California Bancshares, Inc., San Ramon 1,517 42.3

9 123 North Fork Bancorp., Inc., Mattituck, N. 2,859 41.5

10 131 Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc., Lititz, Pa 2,521 40.4

11 66 Union Planters Corp., Memphis, Tenn. 9,745 39.9

12 138 Amcore Financial, Inc., Rockford, Ill. 2,266 39.4

13 81 Hibernia Corp., New Orleans, La. 6,737 38.7

14 168 Hubco, Inc., Mahwah, N.J. 1,611 38.2

15 137 Arvest Bank Group, Inc., Bentonville, Ar 2,277 35.9

16 41 Firstar Corp., Milwaukee 18,572 34.4

17 133 Provident Bankshares Corp., Baltimore 2,449 33

18 75 Synovus Financial Corp., Columbus, Ga. 7,570 30.9

19 192 Security Capital Bancorp, Salisbury, N.C 1,187 29.9

20 29 First Bank System, Inc., Minneapolis 33,456 29

The 20 Largest Asset Decliners

Drop Ast Assets

Rank Rank 6/95 % Drop

1 71 Michigan National Corp., Farmington Hill 8,320 -17.1

2 112 U.S. Trust Corp., New York 3,389 -13.39

3 87 UMB Financial Corp., Kansas City, Mo. 5,668 -9.18

4 193 Mid-America Bancorp, Louisville, Ky. 1,166 -4.97

5 167 United Counties Bancorp., Cranford, N.J. 1,615 -2.71

6 17 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco 50,931 -2.59

7 161 Firstbank of Illinois Co., Springfield 1,739 -2.36

8 43 AmSouth Bancorp., Birmingham, Ala. 17,005 -1.91

9 13 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 62,763 -1.88

10 47 Meridian Bancorp., Inc., Reading, Pa. 14,911 -1.88

11 62 Signet Banking Corp., Richmond 10,622 -1.87

12 76 Fourth Financial Corp., Wichita, Kan. 7,505 -1.84

13 124 City National Corp., Beverly Hills, Cali 2,818 -1.78

14 82 Onbancorp, Inc., Syracuse, N.Y. 6,472 -1.34

15 153 UST Corp., Boston 1,847 -0.75

16 7 Bankers Trust New York Corp. 102,900 -0.71

17 55 Bancorp Hawaii, Inc., Honolulu 12,574 -0.58

18 169 Chemical Financial Corp., Midland, Mich. 1,577 -0.57

19 200 NBT Bancorp, Inc., Norwich, N.Y. 1,045 -0.29

20 182 WesBanco, Inc., Wheeling, W. Va. 1,347 -0.22

Top 20 in Total Deposits

Dep Dep

Rank Rank Deposits Deposits

6/95 6/94 6/95 6/94

1 1 Citicorp, New York 163,122 152,292

2 2 BankAmerica Corp., San Francisco 155,780 142,035

3 3 NationsBank Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 100,606 92,244

4 4 Chemical Banking Corp., New York 94,889 91,956

5 5 Chase Manhattan Corp., New York 68,282 68,908

6 6 Banc One Corp., Columbus, Ohio 65,613 62,129

7 7 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 58,842 53,772

8 8 KeyCorp, Cleveland 48,672 47,796

9 9 First Interstate Bancorp, Los Angeles 48,455 46,856

10 10 J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc., New York 45,315 43,755

11 11 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco 38,784 41,359

12 12 Norwest Corp., Minneapolis 38,190 34,682

13 13 Bank of New York Co., Inc. 36,878 34,443

14 14 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 35,290 32,949

15 16 Barnett Banks, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. 33,970 31,753

16 20 First Chicago Corp. 33,764 28,577

17 15 Fleet Financial Group, Providence, R.I. 33,030 31,770

18 18 NBD Bancorp, Inc., Detroit 32,555 30,943

19 17 SunTrust Banks, Inc., Atlanta 31,683 31,043

20 19 Bank of Boston Corp. 29,120 29,395

Top 20 in First Half Earning

Inc. Ast

Rank Rank Net Inc.

6/95 6/94 6/95 % Chge

1 1 Citicorp, New York 1,682 17.6

2 2 BankAmerica Corp., San Francisco 1,256 21

3 3 NationsBank Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 910 6.6

4 4 Chemical Banking Corp., New York 838 24

5 8 Banc One Corp., Columbus, Ohio 610 -3

6 5 J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc., New York 570 -18

7 6 Chase Manhattan Corp., New York 541 -19.4

8 9 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 486 7.5

9 17 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco 465 14

10 12 Norwest Corp., Minneapolis 451 14.8

11 15 Bank of New York Co., Inc. 438 23.4

12 14 First Interstate Bancorp, Los Angeles 432 10.2

13 11 KeyCorp, Cleveland 409 -4.9

14 10 First Chicago Corp. 383 5.5

15 16 Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Providence, 336 17.9

16 24 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 322 21.5

17 21 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. 305 17.8

18 18 NBD Bancorp, Inc., Detroit 284 13.6

19 20 SunTrust Banks, Inc., Atlanta 277 7

20 29 First Bank System, Inc., Minneapolis 272 35.3

The 20 Largest Declines in Employment

Drop Ast Empl.

Rank Rank 6/95 %drop

1 71 Michigan National Corp., Farmington Hill 3,551 -35.7

2 62 Signet Banking Corp., Richmond 4,310 -33

3 35 U.S. Bancorp, Portland, Ore. 9,704 -20.2

4 142 Bank Leumi Le-Israel Corp., New York 506 -18.7

5 23 Republic New York Corp. 4,675 -15.6

6 139 FirstBank Holding Co. of Colo., Lakewood 1,197 -13.5

7 149 First Financial Bancorp, Hamilton, Ohio 953 -13.4

8 190 National Penn Bancshares, Boyertown, Pa. 536 -13.1

9 175 CB Bancshares, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii 535 -13

10 120 First Midwest Bancorp, Inc., Itasca, Ill 1,129 -12.1

11 193 Mid-America Bancorp, Louisville, Ky. 565 -11.4

12 16 Fleet Financial Group, Providence, R.I. 21,661 -9.8

13 1 Citicorp, New York 82,600 -9.1

14 47 Meridian Bancorp., Inc., Reading, Pa. 6,571 -8.9

15 34 First of America Bank Corp., Kalamazoo 12,759 -8.9

16 176 Republic Bancorp, Inc., Owosso, Mich. 1,110 -8.2

17 127 Liberty Bancorp, Inc., Oklahoma City 1,310 -7.5

18 191 Vermont Financial Services, Brattleboro 609 -7.5

19 200 NBT Bancorp, Inc., Norwich, N.Y. 547 -7.3

20 100 Magna Group, Inc., St. Louis, Mo. 2,241 -7.3

Top 20 in Domestic Bank Branches

Br. Br.

Rank Rank Branches Branches

6/95 6/94 6/95 6/94

1 2 BankAmerica Corp., San Francisco 1,927 1,895

2 1 NationsBank Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 1,855 1,915

3 3 Banc One Corp., Columbus, Ohio 1,408 1,315

4 4 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 1,301 1,314

5 5 KeyCorp, Cleveland 1,284 1,275

6 6 First Interstate Bancorp, Los Angeles 1,142 1,093

7 7 Fleet Financial Group, Providence, R.I. 853 823

8 8 First Fidelity Bancorp, Lawrenceville, N 700 668

9 9 SunTrust Banks, Inc., Atlanta 657 657

10 11 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco 634 623

11 13 Norwest Corp., Minneapolis 628 616

12 10 NBD Bancorp, Inc., Detroit 627 629

13 16 First of America Bank Corp., Kalamazoo, 620 611

14 15 National City Corp., Cleveland 617 612

15 14 Barnett Banks, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. 614 616

16 12 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 581 621

17 17 Chemical Banking Corp., New York 544 568

18 21 Boatmen's Bancshares, St. Louis, Mo. 520 400

19 18 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. 491 494

20 20 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 453 428 ===

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