EXHIBIT 23.2












                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



The Board of Directors
Lakeview Financial Corp.:

We consent to  incorporation by reference and to the reference to our Firm under
the heading  "Experts"  in the  Registration  Statement  on Form S-4 of Lakeview
Financial  Corp.  of  our  report  dated  September  4,  1997,  relating  to the
consolidated  balance sheets of Lakeview  Financial Corp. and subsidiaries as of
July 31,  1997  and 1996 and the  related  consolidated  statements  of  income,
changes  in  stockholders'  equity  and cash  flows for each of the years in the
three-year  period ended July 31, 1997, which report is included in the July 31,
1997 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Lakeview Financial Corp.


                                                /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick
                                                KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Short Hills, New Jersey
January 15, 1998