NR 97-26
For: IMMEDIATE RELEASE          Contact: Lynnette Carter-Warren
                                         (202) 874-4700
Date: March 13, 1997
               OCC ANNOUNCES SEVEN NEW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
                      AND TWO TERMINATIONS

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
today announced  nine enforcement actions taken against national
banks.  The nine actions released today include: three cease and
desist orders, two consent orders, two removals/prohibitions two
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, 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.  

CONSENT ORDERS  
No.  Individual, Bank, City                                  Date
California
97-5 Delia Barnes, Bank of America, N.T. & S.A., San Francisco
     2/21/97
97-6 Ammie Oscar, Bank of America, N.T. & S.A., San Francisco
     2/7/97
97-7 Jayeast Development, First Central Bank, N.A., Cerritos
     1/31/97
97-8 First Central Bank, N.A., Cerritos  1/31/97

Florida
97-9 Peoples National Bank of Commerce, Miami              3/5/97




REMOVALS/PROHIBITIONS, BY CONSENT
No.  Individual, Bank, City                                  Date
California
97-5 Delia Barnes, Bank of America, N.T. & S.A., San Francisco
     2/21/97
97-6 Ammie Oscar, Bank of America, N.T. & S.A., San Francisco
     2/7/97

TERMINATIONS OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
No.   Bank, City, Old EA#                                    Date
California
97-10     ORDER MAKING FINDINGS AND IMPOSING SANCTIONS,
       Bank of America, N.T. & S.A., San Francisco, #474  1/31/97

New Jersey
94-235    CONSENT ORDER, City National Bank of New Jersey,
        Newark, #438                                       4/6/94


















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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.