U.S. Bancorp invests for growth by building deeper relationships with our 14.9 million customers, developing innovative products and services, expanding our delivery capabilities and enlarging the depth and breadth of our distribution systems.

Corporate Profile

U.S. Bancorp, with total assets of $238 billion at year-end 2007, is a diverse multi-state financial services holding company serving more than 14.9 million customers. U.S. Bancorp is the parent company of U.S. Bank, the sixth-largest commercial bank in the nation. U.S. Bancorp offers regional consumer and business banking and wealth management services, national wholesale and trust services and global payments service. U.S. Bank operates 2,518 banking offices in 24 states, primarily in the lower and upper Midwest and throughout the Southwest and Northwest. Our company’s diverse business mix of products and services are provided through four major lines of business: Wholesale Banking, Payment Services, Wealth Management & Securities Services and Consumer Banking. Information about these businesses can be found throughout this report. U.S. Bancorp is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. U.S. Bancorp employs more than 54,000 people.

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