ALERT 2000-12
Subject: Unauthorized Banking, Metrobank International,
Vanuatu
Date: December 1, 2000

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

RE:  Metrobank International Limited
     P.O. Box 211, Moore Stephens House
     Lini Highway
     Port Vila, Vanuatu
     
Information has been received that the subject entity,
incorporated in the Republic of Vanuatu, 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.
 
Furthermore, we know of no state in the United States
that has granted permission for it to operate a banking
business.

Any information which you may have concerning this
matter should be brought to the attention of:

Mail  Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
      Enforcement & Compliance Division
      250 E Street, SW, Washington, DC   20219
      Fax   (202) 874-5301
      Internet  http://www.occ.treas.gov   
      E-mail    alertresponses@occ.treas.gov


                                        
Daniel P. Stipano
Director
Enforcement & Compliance Division