TOP TEN U.S. THRIFT COMPANIES BY ASSETS, 2008

($ billions)

Rank Company  Assets
1 Countrywide Bank FSB (1) $118.0
2 ING Bank FSB 82.4
3 Sovereign Bank (2) 77.0
4 Wachovia Mortgage FSB (3) 69.2
5 Hudson City Savings Bank 53.9
6 E*TRADE Bank 45.0
7 Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Co. FSB (4) 38.0
8 Ciitizens Bank of Pennsylvania 34.7
9 USAA Federal Savings Bank 32.6
10 New York Community Bank 30.3

(1) Acquired by Bank of America Corp. in its acquisiton of Countrywide Financial Corp., completed on July 1, 2008.
(2) Acquired by Banco Santander, S.A. in its acquisititon of Sovereign Bancorp, completed on Jan. 30, 2009.
(3) Acquired by Wells Fargo & Co. in its acquitision of Wachovia Corp., completed on Dec. 31, 2008.
(4) Acquired by Bank of America Corp. in its acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co., completed on Jan. 1, 2009.

Source: SNL Financial LC.