ALERT 98-1
Type: Unauthorized Banking
Subject:  Current List of OCC Alerts on Unauthorized Banks

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); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers;
     District Counsel and Examining Personnel
      
The OCC issues alerts on unauthorized banking, both offshore and
domestic.  This alert is an alphabetical list of entities named
in current OCC alerts.  It is designed to aid searches for names
of entities and to indicate the nature of the problem which
prompted the issuance.  Please refer to the original alert for
more complete information. 
     
OCC Alerts are available on the OCC's web site on the Internet,
at http://www.occ.treas.gov,  and on the Lexis and Westlaw
systems.

Any information which you may have concerning these entities
should be brought to the attention of:

                    Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
                    Enforcement & Compliance Division
                    250 E Street, SW
                    Washington, DC  202l9
                    Fax (202) 874-5301


                                    
Daniel P. Stipano
Director
Enforcement & Compliance Division                                 
Date: January 8, 1998

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