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The Board of Directors
First of America Bank Corporation:

     We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration
statements of Form S-3 (Registration Statement Number 33-49813), Form
S-3 (Registration Statement Number 33-65378), Form S-8 (Registration
Statement Number 33-46297), Form S-8 (Registration Statement Number
33-38891) and Form S-8 (Registration Number 33-57851), Form S-8
(Registration Statement Number 333-14645) and Form S-8 (Registration
Statement Number 333-25265) of First of America Bank Corporation of
our report dated January 20, 1998, relating to the consolidated
balance sheets of First of America Bank Corporation and its
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1996 and the related
consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders' equity,
and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 1997, which report appears in the December 31, 1997
annual report on Form 10-K of First of America Bank Corporation.



/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Chicago, Illinois
January 28, 1998