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Financial Institution Letter

Special Alert

September 19, 1995
Notes
 


TO: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SUBJECT: Entities That May Be Conducting Banking Operations In The United
States Without Authorization

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has advised that the following entities may be conducting a banking business in the United States illegally or without authorization.

Banco De Londres Y
Multinacionale, S. A.
115 West California Boulevard
Suite 266
Pasadena, CA 		Fedility [sic] Financial Bank (1)
360 Park Avenue
New York, NY
Morgan Guaranty Trust (2)
1226 Morgan Avenue, N. W.
Washington, DC
FTN BANK/FIRST T NATIONAL BANK
FTN BANK HOLDING CORPORATION
Post Office Box 439060
San Diego, CA
and
3500 Oak Lawn Avenue
Dallas, TX
(1) Purports to be a division of the Bank of New York. The Bank of New York states that it is not associated in any manner with Fedility Financial Bank. (2) Not associated in any manner with Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, a state-chartered bank headquartered in New York, New York.

The Illinois Commissioner of Banks and Trust Companies has advised that the following entity has not been granted permission to operate in the State of Illinois:

First American International Bank Harrisburg, IL

Any proposed transactions involving any of these entities should be viewed with extreme caution. Please forward any information concerning these entities to the FDIC's Special Activities Section, 550 17th Street, N. W., Room F-612, Washington, D. C. 20429.

Nicholas J. Ketcha Jr.
Acting Director

Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)

Last Updated 07/16/1999 communications@fdic.gov

FIL-62-95

Last Updated: September 19, 1995