Bank One Lowers Prime Rate to 8 Percent.

BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 1998--BANK ONE CORPORATION (NYSE: ONE) has lowered the prime rate for its affiliate banks, including Bank One Louisiana, N.A. from 8.25 percent to 8.00 percent effective today.

Bank One, Louisiana, N.A. is a subsidiary of BANK ONE CORPORATION, which is headquartered in Chicago and is the nation's fifth-largest bank holding company with assets of more than $240 billion. BANK ONE has more than 2,000 offices in 14 states, including nearly 350 in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. It is a major corporate bank nationally and in selected international markets in 11 foreign countries, the nation's second-largest credit card company, the leading retail bank in eight states, the leading business bank in the Midwest and Arizona, and the third-largest bank mutual fund company.