List of the 30 largest banks in the United States ranked by total assets in thousands of dollars: Bank Name (city, state) Consolidated assets 1. Citigroup (New York, N.Y.) $2,220,866 2. Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 1,535,684 3. J. P. Morgan Chase & Company (Columbus, Ohio) 1,458,042 4. Wachovia Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 719,922 5. Taunus Corp. (New York, N.Y.) 579,062 6. Wells Fargo & Company (San Fransisco, Calif.) 539,865 7. HSBC North America Inc. (Prospect Heights, Ill.) 483,630 8. U.S. Bancorp (Minneapolis, Minn.) 222,530 9. Suntrust Banks, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.) 180,314 10. ABN Amro North America (Chicago, Ill.) 160,341 11. Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (Providence, R.I.) 159,392 12. Capital One Financial Corp. (McLean, Va.) 145,937 13. National City Bank (Cleveland, Ohio) 140,648 14. Regions Financial Corp. (Birmingham, Ala.) 137,624 15. BB&T Corp. (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 127,577   Rank Name (city, state) Consolidated assets 16. PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (Pittsburg, Pa.) 125,736 17. State Street Corp. (Boston, Mass.) $112,345 18. Fifth Third Bancorp (Cincinnati, Ohio) 101,389 19. Keycorp (Cleveland, Ohio) 93,490 20. Bancwest Corp. (Honolulu, Hawaii) 70,661 21. Harris Financial Corp. (Wilmington, Del.) 64,475 22. Northern Trust Corp. (Chicago, Ill.) 59,609 23. Comerica Incorporated (Dallas, Tex.) 58,945 24. Marshall & Ilsley Corp. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 58,327 25. M&T Bank Corp. (Buffalo, N.Y.) 57,869 26. Union Bank of Calif. (San Francisco, Calif.) 53,173 27. Charles Schwab Corp. (San Francisco, Calif.) 49,003 28. Zions Bancorporation (Salt Lake City, Utah) 48,703 29. Commerce Bancorp, Inc. (Cherry Hill, N.J.) 48,231 30. Popular, Inc. (San Juan, Puerto Rico) 46,985 NOTE: As of Sept. 30, 2007 Source: Federal Reserve System, National Information Center & www.infoplease.com Article: Beware of Annuities

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