Exhibit 99 BOATMEN'S NATIONAL BANK OF ST. LOUIS MONTHLY SERVICING REPORT -- BOATMEN'S AUTO TRUST 1996-A APRIL 1, 1997 THROUGH APRIL 30, 1997 								 		 A. ORIGINAL DEAL PARAMETER INPUTS	 ------------------------------ (A) Total Portfolio Balance			 			$290,623,554.00 (B) Class A-1 Notes									 (i) Class A-1 Notes Percentage		 				28.44% (ii) Class A-1 Notes Balance				 		$82,654,904.00 (iii) Class A-1 Notes Rate				 		5.7525% (C) Class A-2 Notes										 (i) Class A-2 Notes Percentage			 			41.29% (ii) Class A-2 Notes Balance			 			$120,000,000.00 (iii) Class A-2 Notes Rate 						6.35%	 (D) Class A-3 Notes										 (i) Class A-3 Notes Percentage			 			26.27% (ii) Class A-3 Notes Balance				 		$76,343,707.00 (iii) Class A-3 Notes Rate				 		6.75% (E) Class B Certificates										 (i) Class B Certificates Percentage			 			4.00% (ii) Class B Certificates Balance			 			$11,624,943.00 (iii) Class B Certificates Rate					 	7.05% (F) Servicing Fee Rate			 			1.00%		 (G) Weighted Average Coupon (WAC)			 			9.53% (H) Weighted Average Original Maturity (WAOM)						 56.22 months (I) Weighted Average Remaining Maturity (WAM)					 	49.45	months (J) Number of Receivables 						24,919 (K) Reserve Account	 (i) Reserve Account Initial Deposit Percentage					 	2.00% (ii) Reserve Account Initial Deposit					 	$5,812,471.09 (iii) Specified Reserve Account Balance (K(iii)(c) if 1.25% loss and delinq triggers hit - otherwise greater of K(iii)(a or b)) (a) Percent of Initial Pool Balance					 	2.00% (b) Percent of Remaining Pool Balance			 			3.25% (c) Trigger Percent of Remaining Pool Balance					 	6.00% B. INPUTS FROM PREVIOUS MONTHLY SERVICER REPORTS --------------------------------------------- (A) Total Portfolio Balance				 		$202,336,042.80 (B) Total Note and Certificate Pool Factor				 		0.6962135 (C) Class A-1 Notes										 (i) Class A-1 Notes Balance				 		$0.00 (ii) Class A-1 Notes Pool Factor				 		0.0000000 (D) Class A-2 Notes										 (i) Class A-2 Notes Balance 						$114,367,392.80 (ii) Class A-2 Notes Pool Factor					 	0.9530616 (E) Class A-3 Notes									 (i) Class A-3 Notes Balance 						$76,343,707.00 (ii) Class A-3 Notes Pool Factor				 		1.0000000 (F) Class B Certificates										 (i) Class B Certificates Balance 						$11,624,943.00 (ii) Class B Certificates Pool Factor					 	1.0000000 (G) Reserve Account Balance						 $6,890,517.48 (H) Cumulative Net Losses for All Prior Periods					 	$1,931,913.39 (I) Net Loss Ratio for Second Preceding Period				 		0.85% (J) Net Loss Ratio for Preceding Period		 				-0.37% (K) Delinquency Ratio for Second Preceding Period				 		0.74% (L) Delinquency Ratio for Preceding Period				 		0.61% (M) Weighted Average Coupon (WAC)				 		9.51% (N) Weighted Average Remaining Maturity (WAM)			 			41.64	months	 (O) Number of Receivables						 20,674 C. INPUTS FROM THE MAINFRAME			 ------------------------- (A) Simple Interest Receivables Principal (i) Principal Collections				 		$9,231,540.84 (ii) Not Used				 		0.00	 (iii) Repurchased Loan Proceeds Related to Principal					 	0.00 (iv) Other Refunds Related to Principal		 				0.00	 (B) Simple Interest Receivables Interest (i) Interest Collections		 				1,488,072.49 (ii) Repurchased Loan Proceeds Related to Interest		 				0.00 (C) Weighted Average Coupon (WAC)			 			9.51% (D) Weighted Average Remaining Maturity (WAM)			 			40.82	months (E) Remaining Number of Receivables		 				20,121 (F) Delinquent Receivables			 			Dollar Amount 		# Units (i) 30-59 Days Delinquent				 -------------------------------- 4,754,957 	2.47% 	435 		2.16% (ii) 60-89 Days Delinquent			 	762,542 	0.40% 	75 	0.37% (iii) 90 Days or More Delinquent			 	468,034 	0.24% 	44 		0.22% (G) Repossessions			 				Dollar Amount 		# Units	 ---------------------------------- 				709,287 	0.37%	 58 		0.29% D. INPUTS DERIVED FROM OTHER SOURCES	 --------------------------------- (A) Reserve Account Investment Income 	 					$32,723.58 (B) Aggregate Net Losses before Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries for Collection Period		 				238,444.31 (C) Liquidated Receivables Information (i) Not Used				 		0.00 (ii) Not Used			 			0.00 (iii) Recoveries on Previously Liquidated Contracts					 	13,875.20 (D) Aggregate Net Losses for Collection Period					 	224,569.11	 (E) Actual Number of Days in Interest Period		 				30.00 I. COLLECTIONS							 ----------- Interest:							 (A) Interest Collections			 			$1,488,072.49 	 (B) Not Used		 				0.00 	 (C) Repurchased Loan Proceeds Related to Interest					 	0.00 (D) Recoveries from Prior Month Charge Offs			 			13,875.20 (E) Investment Earnings from the Reserve Account					 	32,723.58 	 (F) Total Interest Collections			 			1,534,671.27 	 Principal:							 (G) Principal Payments Received						 $9,231,540.84 	 (H) Not Used		 				0.00 	 (I) Repurchased Loan Proceeds Related to Principal					 	0.00 	 (J) Other Refunds Related to Principal				 		0.00 	 (K) Total Principal Collections			 			9,231,540.84 	 (L) Total Collections				 		$10,766,212.11 								 								 II. DISTRIBUTIONS ------------- 								Per $1,000 of 					 			Original Balance ---------------- (A) Total Interest Collections					 	$1,534,671.27	 (B) Servicing Fee 				 		$168,613.37 	 	0.58 								 Interest 								Per $1,000 of (C) Class A-1 Notes Monthly Interest							 	Original Balance ----------------- (i) Class A-1 Notes Monthly Interest Due					 	$0.00 	 	0 (ii) Class A-1 Notes Monthly Interest Paid (after reserve fund draw)		 				0.00 		0 (iii) Class A-1 Notes Monthly Interest Shortfall ------------------------- (after reserve fund draw)	 	 				$0.00 		0 (D) Class A-2 Notes Monthly Interest								 (i) Class A-2 Notes Monthly Interest Due	$605,194.12 		5.043284335 (ii) Class A-2 Notes Monthly Interest Paid (after reserve fund draw)		 				605,194.12 		5.043284335 ------------------------------- (iii) Class A-2 Notes Monthly Interest Shortfall (after reserve fund draw)	 					$0.00 		0 (E) Class A-3 Notes Monthly Interest								 (i) Class A-3 Notes Monthly Interest Due	$429,433.35 	 	5.625 (ii) Class A-3 Notes Monthly Interest Paid (after reserve fund draw)		 				429,433.35 	 	5.625 ------------------------------- (iii) Class A-3 Notes Monthly Interest Shortfall (after reserve fund draw)	 					$0.00 		0 (F) Class B Certificates Monthly Interest								 (i) Class B Certificates Monthly Interest Due 			$68,296.54 		5.875 (ii) Class B Certificates Monthly Interest Paid (after reserve fund draw)	 					68,296.54 		5.875 -------------------------------- (iii) Class B Certificates Monthly Interest Shortfall (after reserve fund draw) 						$0.00 	 	0 (G) Total Note and Certificate Interest Paid (after reserve fund draw)		 				$1,102,924.01 		 (H) Excess Interest				 		$263,133.89 								 Principal								 (I) Total Principal Collections			 			$9,231,540.84 (J) Draw on Reserve Fund for realized losses 					 	238,444.31 ------------- (K) Total Amount Available for Principal Distribution		$9,469,985.15 		Per $1,000 of (L) Class A-1 Notes Monthly Principal							 	Original Balance ---------------- (i) Class A-1 Notes Monthly Principal Due					 	0.00 		0 (ii) Class A-1 Notes Monthly Principal Paid (after reserve fund draw)		 				0.00 		0 ---------------------------- (iii) Class A-1 Notes Monthly Principal Shortfall (after reserve fund draw) 						0.00 		0 (M) Class A-2 Notes Monthly Principal								 (i) Class A-2 Notes Monthly Principal Due	9,469,985.15 	 	78.91654292 (ii) Class A-2 Notes Monthly Principal Paid (after reserve fund draw)		 			9,469,985.15 		 78.91654292 -------------------------------- (iii) Class A-2 Notes Monthly Principal Shortfall (after reserve fund draw) 				0.00 		0 (N) Class A-3 Notes Monthly Principal								 (i) Class A-3 Notes Monthly Principal Due 						0.00 		0 (ii) Class A-3 Notes Monthly Principal Paid (after reserve fund draw)		 				0.00 	 	0 --------------------------- (iii) Class A-3 Notes Monthly Principal Shortfall (after reserve fund draw) 						0.00 		0 (O) Class B Certificates Monthly Principal								 (i) Class B Certificates Monthly Principal Due		0.00 		0 (ii) Class B Certificates Monthly Principal Paid (after reserve fund draw)	 					0.00 		0 -------------------------- (iii) Class B Certificates Monthly Principal Shortfall (after reserve fund draw) 						0.00 		0 (P) Total Note and Certificate Principal Paid					 	9,469,985.15	 (Q) Total Distributions					 	10,741,522.53	 (R) Excess Servicing Releases from Reserve Account to Servicer						339,285.67 (S) Amount of Draw from Reserve Account			 			238,444.31 (T) Draw from Reserve Account plus Total Available Amount					 	11,004,656.42 III. POOL BALANCES AND PORTFOLIO INFORMATION								 --------------------------------------- 				Beginning 		End		 				of Period 		of Period		 ---------------------------------- (A) Balances and Principal Factors				 		 		 (i) Total Portfolio Balance		 		$202,336,042.80 		$192,866,057.65 (ii) Total Note and Certificate Pool Factor	 	0.6962135 		0.6636284 (iii) Class A-1 Notes Balance		 		0.00 		0.00 (iv) Class A-1 Notes Pool Factor		 		0.0000000 		0.0000000 (v) Class A-2 Notes Balance			 	114,367,392.80 	104,897,407.65 (vi) Class A-2 Notes Pool Factor		 		0.9530616 		0.8741451 (vii) Class A-3 Notes Balance			 	76,343,707.00 		76,343,707.00 (viii) Class A-3 Notes Pool Factor			 	1.0000000 	 	1.0000000 (ix) Class B Certificates Balance		 		11,624,943.00 		11,624,943.00 (x) Class B Certificate Pool Factor	 			1.0000000 	 	1.0000000 (B) Portfolio Information								 (i) Weighted Average Coupon (WAC)	 			9.51%	 	9.51% (ii) Weighted Average Remaining Maturity (WAM) 				41.64	months	 40.82 months (iii) Remaining Number of Receivables			 	20,674 	 	20,121 (iv) Portfolio Receivable Balance			 	$202,336,042.80 	 	$192,866,057.65 								 IV. RECONCILIATION OF RESERVE ACCOUNT								 ---------------------------------- 								 (A) Beginning Reserve Account Balance							 	$6,890,517.48 (B) Draw for Realized losses					 			238,444.31 (C) Draw for Servicing Fee				 				0.00 (D) Draw for Class A-1 Notes Interest Amount							 	0.00 (E) Draw for Class A-2 Notes Interest Amount							 	0.00 (F) Draw for Class A-3 Notes Interest Amount							 	0.00 (G) Draw for Class B Certificates Interest Amount							 	0.00 (H) Total Draw for Losses, Servicing, Notes and Certificates								238,444.31 (I) Excess Interest						 		263,133.89 (J) Reserve Account Balance Prior to Release							 	6,915,207.06 (K) Reserve Account Required Amount							 	6,575,921.39 								 (L) Final Reserve Account Required Amount							 	6,575,921.39 (M) Reserve Account Release to Servicer							 	339,285.67 (N) Ending Reserve Account Balance							 	6,575,921.39 V. NET LOSS AND DELINQUENCY ACCOUNT ACTIVITY								 ----------------------------------------- 								 (A) Aggregate Net Losses before Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries for Collection Period 								$238,444.31 (B) Liquidated Contracts								 (i) Not Used							 	0.00 (ii) Not Used					 			0.00 (iii) Recoveries on Previously Liquidated Contracts					 			13,875.20 (C) Aggregate Net Losses for Collection Period							 	224,569.11 (D) Net Loss Ratio for Collection Period (annualized)						 		1.36% (E) Cumulative Net Losses for all Periods							 	2,156,482.50 (F) Delinquent Receivables								 				Dollar Amount 	 	# Units		 ----------------------------------- (i) 30-59 Days Delinquent			 	4,754,957 	2.47% 	435 	2.16% (ii) 60-89 Days Delinquent			 	762,542 	0.40% 	75 		0.37% (iii) 90 Days or More Delinquent			 	468,034 	0.24% 	44 		0.22% 								 (G) Repossessions								 				Dollar Amount 		# Units			 ------------------------------------ 				709,287 	0.37% 	58 		0.29%	 VI. TESTS FOR INCREASE IN SPECIFIED RESERVE ACCOUNT BALANCE					 -------------------------------------------------------				 									 (A) Ratio of Net Losses to the Average Pool Balance						 (i) Second Preceding Collection Period							 	0.85%	 (ii) Preceding Collection Period							 	-0.37%	 (iii) Current Collection Period					 			1.36% (iv) Three Month Average (Avg(i,ii,iii))							 	0.62%	 									 (B) Ratio of Balance of Contracts Delinquent 60 Days or More to the Outstanding Balance of Receivables.									 (i) Second Preceding Collection Period							 	0.74%	 (ii) Preceding Collection Period						 		0.61% (iii) Current Collection Period					 			0.64% (iv) Three Month Average (Avg(i,ii,iii))							 	0.66%	 									 (C) Loss and Delinquency Trigger Indicator							 	Trigger was not hit	 									 									 									 The undersigned officers of The Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis, as servicer, pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement hereby certify to the best of their knowledge and belief that the above information is true and correct.									 									 									 /s/ Carolyn F. Geiger		 			/s/ Leslie J. Fitzpatrick		 - ---------------------		 -------------------------- Carolyn F. Geiger		 			Leslie J. Fitzpatrick				 Vice President 				 	Senior Vice President