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Biggest Banks

Publicly traded institutions, ranked by total assets.

Rank Company Name 1998 Assets
(millions) % Change
from 1997

1 Fleet Financial Group Inc. $104,382.0 14.65%

2 BankBoston Corp. $73,513.0 6.13%

3 State Street Corp. $47,082.0 23.98%

4 UST Corp. $5,900.9 6.65%

5 Independent Bank Corp. $1,575.1 14.97%

6 Andover Bancorp Inc. $1,410.2 6.62%

7 First Essex Bancorp Inc. $1,248.0 4.22%

8 Medford Savings Bank $1,151.2 1.38%

9 MASSBANK Corp. $946.6 2.29%

10 Peoples Bancshares Inc. $944.7 23.82%

Source: Nordby International, Inc., Boulder, Co.


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