NU Online News Service, April 23, 2004, 4:51 p.m. EDT – U.S. banks earned more than $10 billion in investment commissions and fee income for the first time in 2003.[@@]
Bank investment income rose to $10.2 billion in 2003, up 11.5% from $9.1 billion in 2002, according to Michael White Associates L.L.C., Radnor, Pa.
About one-fourth of all U.S. banks produced investment fee revenue in 2003, and 80% of banks with at least $10 billion in assets produced investment income, Michael White says.