News Release 98-2
For: IMMEDIATE RELEASE        Contact: Lynnette Carter-Warren
                                   (202) 874-4700
Date: January 7, 1998 


             OCC ANNOUNCES 14 NEW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
                       AND ONE TERMINATION

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
today announced 15 enforcement actions taken against national
banks.  The 15 actions released today include: one formal
agreement, three civil money penalties, one order making findings
and imposing sanctions, one personal cease and desist order
restitution, three restitutions, five removals/prohibitions,  and
one termination of an existing enforcement action.

A list of enforcement actions previously disclosed and copies of
the actual documents are available from the OCC's Communications
Division by writing to: Comptroller of the Currency, Public
Information Room (1-5), Washington, DC 20219.  Requests made by
facsimile transmission should be sent to (202) 874-4448.  Please
include the identifying enforcement action number when placing an
order.  Enforcement actions are also listed monthly in OCC's
Interpretations and Actions.  Subscriptions to that publication are
available from the OCC's Communications Division.

FORMAL AGREEMENT, BY CONSENT
No.  Bank, City                                              Date
Texas
97-77     Preston National Bank, Dallas                   5/20/97

CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES, BY CONSENT
No.  Individual, Bank, City                                  Date
California
97-78     Robert P. Zingg, First National Bank of Ventura, Ventura
          Illinois                                       10/29/97

97-79     Amcore Bank, N.A., Rockford, South Beloit      12/31/97
97-80     Amcore Bank, N.A., Rock River Valley, Dixon    12/31/97

New Jersey
97-81     Commerce Capital, a division of Commerce Bank, N.A.,
          Cherry Hill                                     12/5/97

CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES, BY CONSENT (Cont'd.) 
No.  Individual, Bank, City                                  Date
New York
97-82     Massimiliano Locci, Istituto Bancario San Paolo di
          Torino, New York                                12/5/97

ORDER MAKING FINDINGS AND IMPOSING SANCTIONS, BY CONSENT
No.   Bank, City                                             Date
New Jersey
97-81     Commerce Capital, a division of Commerce Bank, N.A.,
          Cherry Hill                                     12/5/97

PERSONAL CEASE & DESIST ORDER RESTITUTION, BY CONSENT
No.  Individual, Bank, City                                  Date
North Carolina
97-83     Lisa Yarbrough, NationsBank, N.A., Charlotte    10/1/97

RESTITUTION, BY CONSENT
No.  Individual, Bank, City                                  Date
California
97-84     Danielle Blanks, Bank of America, NT&SA, San
          Francisco11/18/97
97-78     Robert P. Zingg, First National Bank of Ventura, Ventura
                                                         10/29/97

Louisiana
97-85     Luther P. Palumbo, Jr., Progressive National Bank of
          DeSoto Parish,
            Mansfield                                    10/30/97

REMOVALS/PROHIBITIONS, BY CONSENT
No.  Individual, Bank, City                                  Date
California
97-84     Danielle Blanks, Bank of America, NT&SA, San Francisco
                                                         11/18/97
97-86     Shonn McRoyal, Bank of America, NT&SA, San Francisco
                                                         10/17/97
97-78     Robert P. Zingg, First National Bank of Ventura, Ventura
                                                         10/29/97

Indiana
97-87     Kerri Schwomeyer, NBD Bank, N.A., Indianapolis 10/15/97

New York
97-82     Massimiliano Locci, Istituto Bancario San Paolo di
          Torino, New York                                12/5/97

TERMINATION OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
No.  Bank, City, Old EA#                                     Date
California
97-88     FORMAL AGREEMENT, Mercantile National Bank, Los Angeles,
          #95-82                                         11/18/97

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The OCC charters, regulates and examines approximately 2,800
national banks and 66 federal branches and agencies of foreign
banks in the U.S., accounting for more than half the nation's
banking assets.  Its mission is to ensure a safe, sound and
competitive national banking system that supports the citizens,
communities and economy of the United States.