Exhibit 12.1 Computation of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements.

|                                      |                                                                         | Six months
ended
June 30,
2001                         |   | Year ended December 31,
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|a. Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges |                                                                         |                                                        |   |                        
|Including Interest on Deposits        |                                                                         |                                                        |   |                        
|                                      | Earnings:                                                               |                                                        |   |                        
|                                      |                                                                         | Income before income taxes                             |   | $                      
|                                      |                                                                         | Fixed charges                                          |   |                        
|                                      |                                                                         |                                                        |   |                        
|                                      | Earnings, for computation purposes                                      |                                                        | $ | 1,235,745              
|                                      |                                                                         |                                                        |   |                        
|                                      | Fixed Charges:                                                          |                                                        |   |                        
|                                      |                                                                         | Interest on borrowings                                 |   | $                      
|                                      |                                                                         | Interest on deposits                                   |   |                        
|                                      |                                                                         | Portion of rents representative of the interest factor |   |                        
|                                      |                                                                         |                                                        |   |                        
|                                      | Fixed charges, including interest on deposits, for computation purposes |                                                        | $ | 473,798                
|                                      |                                                                         |                                                        |   |                        
|                                      | Ratio of earnings to fixed charges, including interest on deposits      |                                                        |   | 2.61                   
|Excluding Interest on Deposits        |                                                                         |                                                        |   |                        
|                                      | Earnings:                                                               |                                                        |   |                        
|                                      |                                                                         | Income before income taxes                             |   | $                      
|                                      |                                                                         | Fixed charges                                          |   |                        
|                                      |                                                                         |                                                        |   |                        
|                                      | Earnings, for computation purposes                                      |                                                        | $ | 811,042                
|                                      |                                                                         |                                                        |   |                        
|                                      | Fixed Charges:                                                          |                                                        |   |                        
|                                      |                                                                         | Interest on borrowings                                 |   | $                      
|                                      |                                                                         | Portion of rents representative of the interest factor |   |                        
|                                      |                                                                         |                                                        |   |                        
|                                      | Fixed charges, excluding interest on deposits, for computation purposes |                                                        | $ | 49,095                 
|                                      |                                                                         |                                                        |   |                        
|                                      | Ratio of earnings to fixed charges, excluding interest on deposits      |                                                        |   | 16.52                  
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|b. Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements(1) |                                                                                                                   |                                                        |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |   |         |         |   |         |         |  
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|Including Interest on Deposits                                                              |                                                                                                                   |                                                        |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |   |         |         |   |         |         |  
|                                                                                            | Earnings:                                                                                                         |                                                        |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |   |         |         |   |         |         |  
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   | Income before income taxes                             |   | $         | 761,947 |   | $         | 1,086,222 |   | $         | 917,425 |   | $       | 490,563 |   | $       | 311,300 |  
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   | Fixed charges                                          |   |           | 473,798 |   |           | 896,671   |   |           | 460,588 |   |         | 254,006 |   |         | 187,843 |  
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   |                                                        |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |  
|                                                                                            | Earnings, for computation purposes                                                                                |                                                        | $ | 1,235,745 |         | $ | 1,982,893 |           | $ | 1,378,013 |         | $ | 744,569 |         | $ | 499,143 |         | $
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   |                                                        |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |  
|                                                                                            | Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock:                                                                                |                                                        |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |   |         |         |   |         |         |  
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   | Dividend Requirements                                  |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |   |         |         |   |         |         |  
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   | Interest on borrowings                                 |   | $         | 36,690  |   | $         | 62,188    |   | $         | 92,334  |   | $       | 42,931  |   | $       | 18,858  |  
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   | Interest on deposits                                   |   |           | 424,703 |   |           | 812,986   |   |           | 356,736 |   |         | 204,335 |   |         | 164,252 |  
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   | Portion of rents representative of the interest factor |   |           | 12,405  |   |           | 21,497    |   |           | 11,518  |   |         | 6,740   |   |         | 4,733   |  
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   |                                                        |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |  
|                                                                                            | Fixed charges, including interest on deposits, for computation purposes                                           |                                                        | $ | 473,798   |         | $ | 896,671   |           | $ | 460,588   |         | $ | 254,006 |         | $ | 187,843 |         | $
|                                                                                            | Preferred stock dividend requirements                                                                             |                                                        |   |          |         |   |          |           |   |          |         |   |        |         |   | 1,636   |         |  
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   |                                                        |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |  
|                                                                                            | Fixed charges and preferred stock dividend requirements, including interest on deposits, for computation purposes |                                                        | $ | 473,798   |         | $ | 896,671   |           | $ | 460,588   |         | $ | 254,006 |         | $ | 189,479 |         | $
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   |                                                        |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |  
|                                                                                            | Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividend requirements, including interest on deposits      |                                                        |   | 2.61      |         |   | 2.21      |           |   | 2.99      |         |   | 2.93    |         |   | 2.63    |         |  
|Excluding Interest On Deposits                                                              |                                                                                                                   |                                                        |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |   |         |         |   |         |         |  
|                                                                                            | Earnings:                                                                                                         |                                                        |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |   |         |         |   |         |         |  
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   | Income before income taxes                             |   | $         | 761,947 |   | $         | 1,086,222 |   | $         | 917,425 |   | $       | 490,563 |   | $       | 311,300 |  
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   | Fixed charges                                          |   |           | 49,095  |   |           | 83,685    |   |           | 103,852 |   |         | 49,671  |   |         | 23,591  |  
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   |                                                        |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |  
|                                                                                            | Earnings, for computation purposes                                                                                |                                                        | $ | 811,042   |         | $ | 1,169,907 |           | $ | 1,021,277 |         | $ | 540,234 |         | $ | 334,891 |         | $
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   |                                                        |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |  
|                                                                                            | Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock:                                                                                |                                                        |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |   |         |         |   |         |         |  
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   | Dividend Requirements                                  |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |   |         |         |   |         |         |  
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   | Interest on borrowings                                 |   | $         | 36,690  |   | $         | 62,188    |   | $         | 92,334  |   | $       | 42,931  |   | $       | 18,858  |  
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   | Portion of rents representative of the interest factor |   |           | 12,405  |   |           | 21,497    |   |           | 11,518  |   |         | 6,740   |   |         | 4,733   |  
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   |                                                        |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |  
|                                                                                            | Fixed charges, excluding interest on deposits, for computation purposes                                           |                                                        | $ | 49,095    |         | $ | 83,685    |           | $ | 103,852   |         | $ | 49,671  |         | $ | 23,591  |         | $
|                                                                                            | Preferred stock dividend requirements                                                                             |                                                        |   |          |         |   |          |           |   |          |         |   |        |         |   | 1,636   |         |  
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   |                                                        |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |  
|                                                                                            | Fixed charges and preferred stock dividend requirements, excluding interest on deposits, for computation purposes |                                                        | $ | 49,095    |         | $ | 83,685    |           | $ | 103,852   |         | $ | 49,671  |         | $ | 25,227  |         | $
|                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   |                                                        |   |           |         |   |           |           |   |           |         |  
|                                                                                            | Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividend requirements, excluding interest on deposits      |                                                        |   | 16.52     |         |   | 13.98     |           |   | 9.83      |         |   | 10.88   |         |   | 13.28   |         |  

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