RNS No 7254v
BETA FINANCE CORPORATION


FROM:     1 JULY 1997

522) JPY 500,000,000  0.1%  NOTES DUE 1/7/98

FULLY PAID
(REPRESENTED BY NOTES TO BEARER OF JPY 100,000,000 EACH)

ISSUE PRICE         -         99.39%

ISSUER              -         CITIBANK

A copy of the above is available for inspection from the Company
Announcements office of the Stock Exchange, London.

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