ALERT 95-42
Type:  Unauthorized Banking                  Subject:  Pueblo National Bank 


TO:  Chief Executive Officers of all National Banks; all State
     Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the
     Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance
     Corporation; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy
     Comptrollers (Districts); District Administrators; District
     Counsel and Examining Personnel.



RE:  Pueblo National Bank
     12001 Sierra Grande Avenue, N.E.
     Albuquerque, New Mexico  87112


     Information has been received that the subject entity may be
     operating a banking business in the United States without
     authorization.  The Office of the Comptroller of the
     Currency has not granted a national bank charter to this
     entity.  Further, the State of New Mexico Financial
     Institutions Division has advised that the subject entity
     has not been granted permission to operate in New Mexico. 
     Any information which you may have concerning this matter
     should be brought to the attention of:

                    Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
                    Enforcement & Compliance Division
                    250 E Street, S.W.
                    Washington, D.C.  202l9
                    Fax (202) 874-5301




                                      
     Daniel P. Stipano
     Director
     Enforcement & Compliance Division
     Date:      November 20, 1995