THE TIMES 100: THE BEST COMPANIES IN CALIFORNIA : THE GIANTS : BIGGEST BANKS AND S

Ranks publicly traded institutions by assets.

1987 assets % change Rank Company ($ billions) from 1986 1 BankAmerica Corp. 92.833 -11 2 Security Pacific 72.838 16 3 First Interstate Bancorp 50.927 -8 4 Wells Fargo 44.183 -1 5 Financial Corp. of America 33.864 -0 6 H.F. Ahmanson & Co. 30.507 11 7 Great Western Financial 28.631 0 8 CalFed 24.583 14 9 GlenFed 18.925 15 10 Great Am. First Savings Bank 15.242 17 11 Gibraltar Financial 14.983 22 12 Home Federal S&L-SD; 14.109 17 13 Golden West Financial 12.836 3 14 Coast S&L; 11.952 23 15 Columbia S&L; 11.235 10