NR 2000-50
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  
Contact: Frank D. Vance, Jr.  (202) 874-4700
OCC ANNOUNCES NINE NEW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
July 3, 2000              
                                   
WASHINGTON, DC --The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) 
today announced  nine new enforcement actions taken against national 
banks and individuals currently and formerly affiliated with national banks. 
  
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 Interpretations and Actions.  Subscriptions to that 
publication are available from the OCC's Communications Division.

The OCC also maintains a searchable database of all public 
enforcement actions taken since August 1989 on its Internet 
Web site located at http://www.occ.treas.gov/enforce/enforce.htm.

FORMAL AGREEMENTS, BY CONSENT
No.       Bank/City                                 			Date
Illinois
99-121    Community Bank & Trust, N.A., Olney                       	10/1/99

CEASE AND DESIST ORDER, BY CONSENT
No.       Bank/City      Date             
Delaware
2000-48   Advanta National Bank, Wilmington                        	5/31/00

New Hampshire
2000-53   Providian National Bank, Tilton                          	6/28/00

REMOVALS AND PROHIBITIONS, BY CONSENT
No.       Individual/Bank/City                                     	Date
North Carolina
2000-49   Jenny R. Arnold, Bank of America, NT & SA, San Francisco    	5/30/00
2000-50   Sandra Zgrepski, First Union National Bank, Charlotte		5/26/00

Texas
99-122    Thomas E. Turney, First National Bank of Winnsboro, Winnsboro	8/16/99
                                 
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER FOR RESTITUTION, BY CONSENT
New Hampshire
No.       Individual/Bank/City                               		Date
2000-53   Providian National Bank, Tilton                 		6/28/00

CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES, BY CONSENT
No.       Individual/Bank/City                               		Date
New York
2000-51   Banco do Estado do Parana, New York             		5/24/00


TERMINATIONS OF EXISTING ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
No.       Bank, City, Old EA#                                		Date
Texas
2000-52   First National Bank of Holland, Holland (EA#97-39)		6/21/00
                                 



                              
The OCC charters, regulates and examines approximately 2,400 national 
banks and 59 federal branches and agencies of foreign banks in the 
United States, accounting for 59 percent of 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.