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<ARTICLE>                                            9
<LEGEND>
This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from
Provident  Financial  Group,  Inc.'s  10-Q for  March  31,  2000 and is
qualified in its entirety be  reference to such  financial  statements.
The  information  for  March  31,  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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<PERIOD-START>                                 JAN-01-1999
<PERIOD-END>                                   MAR-31-1999
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<TRADING-ASSETS>                                    29,473
<INVESTMENTS-HELD-FOR-SALE>                      1,802,977
<INVESTMENTS-CARRYING>                                   0
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