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part 1 of 2
1997 96-97
AssetChg. in
rank rank
1 - General Electric Capital Services, Stamford
2 - Ford Motor Credit Company, Dearborn, Mich.
3 - General Motors Acceptance Corp., Detroit, Mich.
4 - Associates First Capital Corp., Irving, Tex. (1)
5 - Household International Inc., Prospect Heights, IL (2)
6 1 CIT Group Holdings Inc. New York
7 -1 Toyota Motor Credit Corp., Torrance, Calif. (s, F)
8 - Chrysler Financial Corp., Southfield, Mich. (3)
9 - Beneficial Corp., Wilmington, Del. (2)
10 3 Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp., Wilmington, Del.
11 - IBM Credit Corp., Stamford, Conn.
12 -2 International Lease Finance Co., Los Angeles
13 3 Commercial Credit Company, Baltimore
14 - Heller Financial, Inc. Chicago (4, f, F)
15 - American General Finance Corp., Evansville, Ind.
16 1 Avco Financial Services, Inc., Irvine, Calif. (2)
17 1 AT&T Capital Corp., Morristown, N.J. (5)
18 1 FINOVA Group, Inc., Phoenix, Az.
19 -7 Transamerica Finance Group Inc., San Francisco
20 - Caterpiller Financial Services Corp., Nashville, Tenn.
21 3 ADVANTA Corp., Spring House, Penn. (6)
22 -1 John Deere Capital Corp., Reno, Nev.
23 - Comdisco Inc., Rosemont, Ill
24 -2 Ryder Systems Inc., Miami, Fla.
25 - Pitney Bowes Credit Corp., Norwalk, Conn.
Total for the Top 25 Finance Companies
part 2 of 2
1997 96-97 Total Total 96-97
AssetChg. in assets assets Percent
rank rank 1997 1996 change
1 - Genera$255,408,000 $227,519,000 12.3
2 - Ford M 121,973,000 121,696,400 0.2
3 - Genera 109,319,300 98,578,000 10.9
4 - Associ 57,232,700 48,268,400 18.6
5 - Househ 30,302,600 29,594,500 2.4
6 1 CIT Gr 20,464,100 18,932,500 8.1
7 -1 Toyota 19,830,000 19,309,000 2.7
8 - Chrysl 19,321,000 17,533,000 10.2
9 - Benefi 17,645,100 16,931,200 4.2
10 3 Sears 16,716,000 12,004,000 39.3
11 - IBM Cr 16,572,116 12,946,139 28
12 -2 Intern 14,551,954 13,725,596 6
13 3 Commer 13,058,700 9,359,600 39.5
14 - Heller 12,861,000 9,926,000 29.6
15 - Americ 9,240,605 9,502,589 -2.8
16 1 Avco F 8,809,894 8,195,059 7.5
17 1 AT&T C 8,775,895 8,092,512 8.4
18 1 FINOVA 8,757,923 7,551,926 16
19 -7 Transa 8,725,526 12,719,586 -31.4
20 - Caterp 7,426,800 6,364,200 16.7
21 3 ADVANT 6,686,132 5,583,959 19.7
22 -1 John D 6,659,100 5,971,105 11.5
23 - Comdis 6,350,000 5,591,000 13.6
24 -2 Ryder 5,509,060 5,645,389 -2.4
25 - Pitney 5,328,340 5,347,002 -0.4
Total $807,524,845 $736,887,662 -9.60%