THE TIMES 100 / THE BEST PERFORMING COMPANIES IN AMERICA : THE GIANTS : Biggest Banks and S

Publicly traded institutions ranked by assets.

1993 Assets % Change Rank Company ($ billions) From 1992 1 BankAmerica Corp. 187.109 -1 2 Wells Fargo & Co. 51.579 -1 3 H. F. Ahmanson & Co. 50.139 6 4 First Interstate Bancorp 50.090 2 5 Great Western Financial 37.650 -2 6 Golden West Financial 28.433 10 7 Glendale Federal Bank 17.957 1 8 Union Bank 16.221 -1 9 California Federal Bank 15.704 -10 10 Coast Savings Financial 8.141 -3 11 Sumitomo Bank of Calif. 5.181 -1 12 Citadel Holding Corp. 4.453 -7 13 FirstFed Financial Corp. 3.656 5 14 Downey Savings and Loan 3.486 2 15 San Francisco Federal Corp. 3.380 6

Source: STAR Services.

Data from California Bankers Assn. and California League of Savings Institutions.