FINANCIAL CORP &lt;FIN> UNIT COMPLETES PURCHASE

  Financial Corp of America's
  American Savings and Loan Association said it completed the
  previously announced purchase of 16 retail savings branches
  from Great Western Financial Corp's &lt;GWF> Great Western
  Savings.
      American Savings said the purchases boost its deposits by
  about 550 mln dlrs, but do not affect its asset base.
  

