ALERT 96-39
Type:  Unauthorized Banking         Subject: Unauthorized Bank Entities   Belize

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); District Administrators; District Counsel and Examining
     Personnel.

RE:  Unauthorized Bank Entities   Belize
     
     The Central Bank of Belize has informed the Office of the Comptroller of the
     Currency that none of the attached list of bank entities is authorized to conduct
     business in Belize.  None of the entities indicated has been authorized by the Office of
     the Comptroller of the Currency to conduct banking in the United States.  Please be
     guided accordingly.


                    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: October 11, 1996   

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