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                                                                    EXHIBIT (23)


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) of the First of America Bank Corporation of our report dated
January 18, 1995 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of First of
America Bank Corporation and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994 and 1993
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, 1994, which report appears in the December 31, 1994 annual report
on Form 10-K of First of America Bank Corporation.



/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


March 6, 1995
Chicago, Illinois