As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 20, 1997
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                        
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                        
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                                    FORM 8-K
                                        
                                 CURRANT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                        
                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                October 14, 1997
                                        
                             NATIONSBANK CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                        
                                 North Carolina
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         (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
                                        
                                     1-6523
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                            (Commission File Number)
                                        
                                   56-0906609
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                        (IRS Employer Identification No.)
                                        
                          NationsBank Corporate Center
                            Charlotte, North Carolina
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)
                                        
                                      28255
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                                   (Zip Code)
                                        
                                 (704) 386-5000
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


     ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS.

      Release  of  Third  Quarter Earnings.  On October  14,  1997,  NationsBank
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Corporation, the registrant (the "Registrant"), announced financial results  for
the  third  quarter  of  fiscal 1997, reporting earnings  of  $788  million  and
earnings per common share of $1.11.  A copy of the press release announcing  the
results of the Registrant's fiscal quarter ended September 30, 1997 is filed  as
Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form  8-K.

     ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

     (c)  Exhibits.

          The following exhibits are filed herewith:

     EXHIBIT NO.    DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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     99.1           Press  Release dated October 14, 1997 with respect  to
                    the  Registrant's financial results for the  fiscal  quarter
                    ended September 30, 1997.



                           SIGNATURE

      Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of  1934,  as
amended,  the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its  behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                              NATIONSBANK CORPORATION


                              By:  /s/  Marc D. Oken
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                                   Marc D. Oken
                                   Chief Accounting Officer


Dated:  October 20, 1997


                                 EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.    Description of Exhibit
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99.1           Press Release dated October 14, 1997 with respect to the
               Registrant's financial results for the fiscal quarter ended
               September 30, 1997.