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					 	$192,866,057.65 (B) Total Note and Certificate Pool Factor			 			0.6636284 (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					 	$104,897,407.65 (ii) Class A-2 Notes Pool Factor			 		0.8741451 (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					 	$6,575,921.39 (H) Cumulative Net Losses for All Prior Periods					 	$2,156,482.50 (I) Net Loss Ratio for Second Preceding Period					 	-0.37% (J) Net Loss Ratio for Preceding Period				 		1.36% (K) Delinquency Ratio for Second Preceding Period			 			0.61% (L) Delinquency Ratio for Preceding Period					 	0.64% (M) Weighted Average Coupon (WAC)					 	9.51% (N) Weighted Average Remaining Maturity (WAM) 				 40.82	months	 (O) Number of Receivables 	 					20,121 C. INPUTS FROM THE MAINFRAME									 - ---------------------------- 									 (A) Simple Interest Receivables Principal						 		 (i) Principal Collections					 	$8,212,373.55 (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				 		1,472,139.54 (ii) Repurchased Loan Proceeds Related to Interest					 	0.00 (C) Weighted Average Coupon (WAC)				 		9.51% (D) Weighted Average Remaining Maturity (WAM)					 	39.99	months (E) Remaining Number of Receivables					 	19,645 (F) Delinquent Receivables									 			Dollar Amount 		 # Units 			 ------------- ------- (i) 30-59 Days Delinquent				 3,859,902 	2.09% 	382 		1.94% (ii) 60-89 Days Delinquent		 		1,140,936 	0.62% 	107 		0.54% (iii) 90 Days or More Delinquent			 	441,796 	0.24%	 42 		0.21% (G) Repossessions									 				Dollar Amount 		 # Units 			 ------------- ------- 				901,331 	0.49% 	81 		0.41% 									 D. INPUTS DERIVED FROM OTHER SOURCES									 - ------------------------------------ 									 (A) Reserve Account Investment Income 			 			$31,397.91 (B) Aggregate Net Losses before Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries for Collection Period				 		133,502.20 (C) Liquidated Receivables Information									 (i) Not Used					 	0.00 (ii) Not Used		 				0.00 (iii) Recoveries on Previously Liquidated Contracts					 	2,837.26 (D) Aggregate Net Losses for Collection Period					 	130,664.94 (E) Actual Number of Days in Interest Period					 	30.00 									 I. COLLECTIONS							 - -------------- Interest:							 (A) Interest Collections	 					$1,472,139.54 (B) Not Used					 	0.00 (C) Repurchased Loan Proceeds Related to Interest					 	0.00 (D) Recoveries from Prior Month Charge Offs			 		 	2,837.26 (E) Investment Earnings from the Reserve Account					 	31,397.91 (F) Total Interest Collections					 	1,506,374.71 Principal:							 (G) Principal Payments Received					 	$8,212,373.55 (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					 	8,212,373.55 (L) Total Collections	 					$9,718,748.26 								 II. DISTRIBUTIONS						 - ----------------- 		Per $1,000 of 					 			Original Balance ---------------- (A) Total Interest Collections				 		$1,506,374.71 (B) Servicing Fee 				 		$160,721.71 		0.55 								 Interest 								Per $1,000 of Original Balance ---------------- (C) Class A-1 Notes Monthly Interest							 (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 				$555,082.12 	 	4.625684296 (ii) Class A-2 Notes Monthly Interest Paid (after reserve fund draw)		 				555,082.12 		4.625684296 ----------- (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)		 				$1,052,812.01 		 (H) Excess Interest				 		$292,840.99 Principal								 (I) Total Principal Collections			 			$8,212,373.55 		 (J) Draw on Reserve Fund for realized losses 				 	133,502.20 (K) Total Amount Available for Principal Distribution 					 	$8,345,875.75 		Per $1,000 of Original Balance ---------------- (L) Class A-1 Notes Monthly Principal							 (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		8,345,875.75 	 	69.54896458 (ii) Class A-2 Notes Monthly Principal Paid (after reserve fund draw)		 				8,345,875.75 		69.54896458 ------------ (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				8,345,875.75 (Q) Total Distributions					 	9,559,409.47 (R) Excess Servicing Releases from Reserve Account to Servicer				 		467,113.31 (S) Amount of Draw from Reserve Account				 		133,502.20 	 (T) Draw from Reserve Account plus Total Available Amount					 	9,852,250.46 		 III. POOL BALANCES AND PORTFOLIO INFORMATION								 - -------------------------------------------- 		Beginning 		End 		 		of Period	 	of Period 		 --------------- --------------- (A) Balances and Principal Factors				 		 		 (i) Total Portfolio Balance			 	$192,866,057.65 		$184,520,181.90 (ii) Total Note and Certificate Pool Factor		 		0.6636284 		0.6349113 (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			 	104,897,407.65 		96,551,531.90 (vi) Class A-2 Notes Pool Factor		 		0.8741451 	 	0.8045961 (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) 	40.82 	months 	39.99 		months (iii) Remaining Number of Receivables			 	20,121 		19,645 (iv) Portfolio Receivable Balance		 		$192,866,057.65 		$184,520,181.90 								 IV. RECONCILIATION OF RESERVE ACCOUNT								 - ------------------------------------- 								 (A) Beginning Reserve Account Balance							 	$6,575,921.39 (B) Draw for Realized losses							 	133,502.20 (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								133,502.20 (I) Excess Interest						 		292,840.99 (J) Reserve Account Balance Prior to Release							 	6,735,260.18 (K) Reserve Account Required Amount							 	6,268,146.87 (L) Final Reserve Account Required Amount							 	6,268,146.87 (M) Reserve Account Release to Servicer							 	467,113.31 (N) Ending Reserve Account Balance							 	6,268,146.87 V. NET LOSS AND DELINQUENCY ACCOUNT ACTIVITY								 - -------------------------------------------- 							 (A) Aggregate Net Losses before Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries for Collection Period						 		$133,502.20 (B) Liquidated Contracts								 (i) Not Used						 		0.00 (ii) Not Used							 	0.00 (iii) Recoveries on Previously Liquidated Contracts					 			2,837.26 (C) Aggregate Net Losses for Collection Period							 	130,664.94 (D) Net Loss Ratio for Collection Period (annualized)						 		0.83% (E) Cumulative Net Losses for all Periods							 	2,287,147.44 (F) Delinquent Receivables								 				Dollar Amount 	 	# Units		 ------------- ------- (i) 30-59 Days Delinquent	 			3,859,902 	2.09%	 382	 	1.94% (ii) 60-89 Days Delinquent			 	1,140,936 	0.62% 	107 		0.54% (iii) 90 Days or More Delinquent			 	441,796 	0.24%	 42 		0.21% 								 (G) Repossessions								 				Dollar Amount 	 # Units			 ------------- ------- 				901,331 	0.49% 	81 		0.41%	 VI. TESTS FOR INCREASE IN SPECIFIED RESERVE ACCOUNT BALANCE					 - -----------------------------------------------------------				 									 (A) Ratio of Net Losses to the Average Pool Balance						 (i) Second Preceding Collection Period							 	-0.37%	 (ii) Preceding Collection Period					 			1.36% (iii) Current Collection Period						 		0.83% (iv) Three Month Average (Avg(i,ii,iii))							 	0.61% (B) Ratio of Balance of Contracts Delinquent 60 Days or More to the Outstanding Balance of Receivables.									 (i) Second Preceding Collection Period							 	0.61% (ii) Preceding Collection Period						 		0.64% (iii) Current Collection Period						 		0.86% (iv) Three Month Average (Avg(i,ii,iii))							 	0.70% (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