<ARTICLE>                                            9
<LEGEND>
     This schedule contains summary information extracted from the June 30, 1997
     Form 10-Q for NationsBank Corporation and is qualified in its entirety
     by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<MULTIPLIER>                                   1,000,000
       
                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   6-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                              DEC-31-1997
<PERIOD-END>                                   JUN-30-1997
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<TRADING-ASSETS>                               26,952
<INVESTMENTS-HELD-FOR-SALE>                    19,716
<INVESTMENTS-CARRYING>                         1,548
<INVESTMENTS-MARKET>                           1,549
<LOANS>                                        150,446
<ALLOWANCE>                                    (2,790)
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<DEPOSITS>                                     135,049
<SHORT-TERM>                                   51,003
<LIABILITIES-OTHER>                            8,866
<LONG-TERM>                                    25,474
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                          0
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<INTEREST-OTHER>                               1,296
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<INTEREST-DEPOSIT>                             1,993
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<INTEREST-INCOME-NET>                          3,938
<LOAN-LOSSES>                                  380
<SECURITIES-GAINS>                             72
<EXPENSE-OTHER>                                3,610
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                2,298
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<EXTRAORDINARY>                                0
<CHANGES>                                      0
<NET-INCOME>                                   1,471
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                  2.02
<EPS-DILUTED>                                  1.96
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<ALLOWANCE-DOMESTIC>                           0<F1>
<ALLOWANCE-FOREIGN>                            0<F1>
<ALLOWANCE-UNALLOCATED>                        0<F1>
<FN>
<F1>    Allowance-Domestic, Allowance-Foreign and Allowance-Unallocated
are only disclosed on an annual basis in the Corporation's Form 10-K
and are therefore not included in this Financial Data Schedule.
</FN>