<ARTICLE>                                            9
<LEGEND>
The schedule contains summary information extracted from the September 30, 1997
Form 10-Q for NationsBank Corporation and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>

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<PERIOD-END>                                   SEP-30-1997
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<LOANS>                                        139,582
<ALLOWANCE>                                    (2,783)
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<FN>  
(1)  Allowance-Domestic, Allowance-Foreign and Allowance-Unallocated are only
     disclosed on an annual basis in the Corporation's 10-K and are therefore
     not included in this Financial Data Schedule.
</FN>