Alert 1996-32 | September 10, 1996

Unauthorized Banking: Unauthorized Use of the Word National

To

Chief Executive Officers of all National Banks; all State Banking Authorities; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Ins Corporation; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (District District Administrators; District Counsel and Examining Personnel

Please be advised that the below-named entities may be conducting a banking business in the United States without authorization. The Office of The Comptroller of the has not chartered these entities. The State Banking Department of California has issued a Cease and Desist Order to these entities to prevent them from conducting a banking and trust business in California.

Americans National Bank
American National Bank
American National Bank & Trust
American National Bank Trust
Americas National Bank Trust
ANB Trust

14266 C Tuolumne Road, Sonora, CA 95370

Any information which you may have concerning this matter should be brought to 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

Topic(s):

Unauthorized Banking