ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Tuesday, April 16, 1996                TAG: 9604160068
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: B-5  EDITION: METRO 


REPORTED EARNINGS

Central Fidelity Banks Inc.

1st ended 3-31 1996 1995

Net Interest Income $93,244,000 $85,090,000

Net Income $27,981,000 $25,720,000

Share earnings 70 cents 65 cents

Central Fidelity Banks Inc. of Richmond had assets of $10.5 billion, loans of $6.4 billion and deposits of $7.8 billion.

Crestar Financial Corp.

1st ended 3-31

1996 1995

Net Interest Income $181.5 million

$169.7 million

Net Income $55.4 million $49.7 million

Share earnings

$1.27 $1.14

Crestar Financial Corp. of Richmond reported charge-offs of $21.4 million in the first quarter, driven primarily by credit card losses. That compared with losses of $12.4 million the prior year. The bank had assets of $17.9 billion, deposits of $12.9 billion and loans of $11.5 billion.

First Union Corp.

1st ended 3-31

1996 1995

Net Income $242,850,000

$335,362,000

Share earnings 85 cents $1.19

First Union's income includes a one-time merger-related charge of $281.2 million. Without that charge, income would have been$420 million or $1.50 a share. The Charlotte-based bank had assets $130.6 billion and loans of $89.9 billion.

First Virginia Banks Inc.

1st ended 3-31 1996 1995

Assets $8.130 billion $7.743 billion

Net Income $28,383,000 $27,198,000

Share earnings 84 cents 80 cents

National Commerce Bankcorporation

1st ended 3-31 1996 1995

Net Interest Earnings $33,670,000 $29,320,000

Net Income $13,276,000 $11,220,000

Share earnings 53 cents 45 cents

National Commerce Bankcorporation of Memphis, Tenn., is the parent company of NBC banks inside Kroger stores in the Roanoke and New River valleys. The company has assets of $3.7 billion, deposits of $2.56 billion and loans of $1.98 billion.


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