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<ARTICLE>                                            9
<LEGEND>
This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from
Provident  Financial  Group,  Inc.'s  10-Q  for  June 30,  2000  and is
qualified  in  its  entirety by reference to such financial statements.
The  information  for June  30,  1999  is  being  restated  due  to  an
acquisition  accounted  for  as a pooling-of-interest  during the first
quarter of 2000. Accordingly, prior period balances have been restated.
</LEGEND>
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