First Chicago said it would buy a Delaware bank.
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First Chicago Corp. said it had agreed to buy Beneficial National Bank USA from Beneficial Corp. for $247 million cash in a move to substantially expand its credit card business. Beneficial National Bank USA is the 12th-largest issuer in the nation with $1 billion in credit card receivables and about $1.1 billion in assets.
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