NR 96-121
For:  IMMEDIATE RELEASE            Contact: Keith Fulwood   
Date: October 30, 1996                                         (202) 874-4700        
                                                                  
                                             
               OCC ANNOUNCES TWO NEW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
                    AND THREE TERMINATIONS  

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
today announced  five enforcement actions taken against national
banks.  The five actions released today include: one formal
agreement, one prompt corrective directive and three
terminations of existing enforcement actions.  

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, Disclosure
Room (3-10), 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 
No.   Bank, City                                             Date
Indiana
96-50     The First National Bank of Dana, Dana           10/9/96
                                                                 
PROMPT CORRECTIVE ACTION
No.  Bank, City
California                                                       
96-51      First Charter Bank, National Association, Beverly
Hills                                                     8/27/96
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
    
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
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TERMINATION OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS 
No.   Bank, City, Old EA#                                    Date
Iowa
96-52     FORMAL AGREEMENT, The City National Bank of
          Shenandoah,          Shenandoah, #726            8/3/96

Missouri
96-53     FORMAL AGREEMENT, First National Bank of Malden,       
                                                                 
                Malden, #93-87                            7/16/96
Texas                                                            
                                                               
94-224    FORMAL AGREEMENT, Peoples National Bank,            
     McKinney, #570                                       5/19/94
                                                                 






















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