BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
8-A12G, 1996-09-26
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                 ------------


                                    FORM 8-A


              FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



                     Bank of America, National Association
             ------------------------------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


             United States                                86-0645265
- ----------------------------------------              -------------------
(State of incorporation or organization)              (IRS Employer
                                                      Identification No.)


          1825 East Buckeye Road
            Phoenix, Arizona                               85034
- ----------------------------------------                ----------
(Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

                                      None

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                          BA Master Credit Card Trust
         Class A Floating Rate Asset Backed Certificates, Series 1996-A
         Class B Floating Rate Asset Backed Certificates, Series 1996-A
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                (Title of Class)

<PAGE>

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 1.    Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.
           -------------------------------------------------------

           The  description  of the  Floating  Rate  Asset  Backed  Certificates
           appearing  under the  captions  entitled:  "Summary  of Terms";  "The
           Receivables";     "Maturity    Assumptions";     "Receivable    Yield
           Considerations";   and  "Description  of  the  Certificates"  in  the
           Prospectus  Supplement dated July 15, 1996 and "Prospectus  Summary";
           "Risk   Factors";   "The   Receivables";    "Maturity   Assumptions";
           "Description  of the  Certificates";  "Certain  Legal  Aspects of the
           Receivables";   "Federal   Income  Tax   Consequences";   and  "ERISA
           Considerations"   in  the  Prospectus,   dated  July  15,  1996  (the
           Prospectus and the Prospectus  Supplement are incorporated  herein by
           reference to the Registrant's 424(b)(5) filing on July 17, 1996).

Item 2.    Exhibits.
           --------

           Exhibit 1--Form  of  specimens  of  certificates  representing
                      Class A Floating Rate Asset Backed Certificates,  Series
                      1996-A   and  Class  B  Floating   Rate   Asset   Backed
                      Certificates, Series 1996-A.

           Exhibit 2--Pooling  and  Servicing   Agreement  (included  in
                      Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's  Form 8-K, as filed with
                      the Securities and Exchange  Commission on September 11,
                      1996, which is incorporated herein by reference).

           Exhibit 3--Series  1996-A   Supplement  to  the  Pooling  and
                      Servicing  Agreement  (included  in  Exhibit  4.2 to the
                      Registrant's  Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and
                      Exchange  Commission  on September  11,  1996,  which is
                      incorporated herein by reference).

           Exhibit 4--Prospectus  Supplement dated July 15, 1996 together
                      with the  Prospectus  dated July 15, 1996, as filed with
                      the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 17, 1996,
                      pursuant to Rule  424(b)(5)  is herein  incorporated  by
                      reference.



                                    SIGNATURE


            Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  Section  12 of  the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  the  Registrant has duly caused this Form 8-A
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.


                                          BANK OF AMERICA,
                                            NATIONAL ASSOCIATION




Date:  July 19, 1996                      By: /s/ MARGARET SPRUDE
                                             --------------------
                                             Name:   Margaret Sprude
                                             Title:  Senior Vice President

<PAGE>

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS
                                -----------------

                                                                    Sequentially
Exhibit                                                               Numbered
Number                              Exhibit                             Page    
- -------                             -------                         ------------

   1        Form of specimens of certificates representing
            Class A Floating Rate Asset Backed  Certificates,
            Series 1996-A and Class B Floating Rate Asset
            Backed Certificates, Series 1996-A.

   2        Pooling  and  Servicing  Agreement  (included  in            N/A
            Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's  Form 8-K, as filed
            with the  Securities  and  Exchange Commission on
            September 11, 1996,  which is  incorporated  herein
            by reference).

   3        Series  1996-A  Supplement  to the Pooling and               N/A
            Servicing  Agreement (included in Exhibit 4.2 to the
            Registrant's Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities
            and Exchange  Commission on September 11, 1996, which
            is incorporated herein by reference).
                                                                             
    4       Prospectus   Supplement  dated  July  15,  1996              N/A
            together  with  the Prospectus  dated July 15, 1996,
            as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange
            Commission on July 17, 1996, pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
            is herein incorporated by reference.



                                     CLASS A


                        UNLESS THIS  CERTIFICATE  IS PRESENTED BY AN  AUTHORIZED
            REPRESENTATIVE   OF  THE  DEPOSITORY  TRUST  COMPANY,   A  NEW  YORK
            CORPORATION  ("DTC"), TO BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OR ITS
            AGENT FOR  REGISTRATION  OF TRANSFER,  EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,  AND ANY
            CERTIFICATE  ISSUED  IS  REGISTERED  IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN
            SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC
            (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
            REQUESTED BY AN  AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE  OF DTC),  ANY TRANSFER,
            PLEDGE  OR OTHER USE  HEREOF  FOR  VALUE OR  OTHERWISE  BY OR TO ANY
            PERSON IS WRONGFUL  INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,  CEDE &
            CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

No. 1                                                               $200,000,000

                                                             CUSIP NO. 055237AA9


                           BA MASTER CREDIT CARD TRUST
                              CLASS A FLOATING-RATE
                   ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATE, SERIES 1996-A


Evidencing an Undivided  Interest in a trust,  the corpus of which consists of a
portfolio of  MasterCard(R)  and VISA(R)* credit card  receivables  generated or
acquired by Bank of America National  Association and other assets and interests
constituting  the Trust  under the  Pooling and  Servicing  Agreement  described
below.


- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Proceeds from the assets in the related Trust will be the only source of
payments on the Certificates.  The Certificates do not represent an
obligation of or interest in the Transferor, BankAmerica Corporation, Bank of
America NT&SA or any of their affiliates.  Neither the Certificates nor the
underlying Receivables or other assets of the Trust are insured or guaranteed
by any governmental  agency or  instrumentality  or by BankAmerica  Corporation,
Bank of America NT&SA or any of their affiliates.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------


- ------------------
      *MasterCard(R) and VISA(R) are federally registered servicemarks of
      MasterCard International Inc. and of Visa U.S.A. Inc., respectively.

<PAGE>

            This certifies that CEDE & CO. (the "Class A Certificateholder")  is
the  registered  owner of an Undivided  Interest in a trust (the  "Trust"),  the
corpus of which consists of a portfolio of receivables (the  "Receivables")  now
existing or hereafter created and arising in connection with selected MasterCard
and VISA credit  card  accounts  (the  "Accounts")  of Bank of America  National
Association,  a national  banking  association  organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America, all monies due or to become due in payment
of the  Receivables  (including  all Finance Charge  Receivables),  the right to
certain amounts received as Interchange and Recoveries (if any), the benefits of
the Collateral Interest,  all proceeds of the foregoing and the other assets and
interests  constituting the Trust pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing  Agreement
dated as of July 19, 1996 as supplemented by the Series 1996-A  Supplement dated
as of July 19, 1996  (collectively,  as amended from time to time,  the "Pooling
and Servicing  Agreement"),  by and between Bank of America National Association
as Transferor (the  "Transferor")  and as Servicer (the  "Servicer"),  and First
Bank National Association,  as Trustee (the "Trustee"),  a summary of certain of
the pertinent provisions of which is set forth herein. To the extent not defined
herein,  capitalized terms used herein have the respective  meanings assigned to
them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

            The Series 1996-A Certificates are issued in two classes,  the Class
A Certificates  (of which this certificate is one) and the Class B Certificates,
which are  subordinated to the Class A Certificates in certain rights of payment
as described herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

            The Transferor  has  structured the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement
and the Series 1996-A  Certificates  with the  intention  that the Series 1996-A
Certificates will qualify under applicable tax law as indebtedness,  and each of
the Transferor, the Holder of the Transferor Certificate,  the Servicer and each
Series  1996-A   Certificateholder  (or  Series  1996-A  Certificate  Owner)  by
acceptance of its Series 1996-A  Certificate  (or in the case of a Series 1996-A
Certificate  Owner,  by  virtue  of  such  Series  1996-A  Certificate   Owner's
acquisition of a beneficial  interest  therein),  agrees to treat and to take no
action inconsistent with the treatment of the Series 1996-A Certificates (or any
beneficial  interest  therein) as indebtedness  for purposes of federal,  state,
local and  foreign  income or  franchise  taxes and any other tax  imposed on or
measured by income.  Each Series  1996-A  Certificateholder  agrees that it will
cause any Series  1996-A  Certificate  Owner  acquiring  an interest in a Series
1996-A Certificate through it to comply with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
as to treatment of the Series 1996-A  Certificates as  indebtedness  for certain
tax purposes.

            This  Class A  Certificate  is issued  under and is  subject  to the
terms,  provisions  and  conditions of the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement,  to
which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Class A
Certificateholder  by virtue of the  acceptance  hereof assents and by which the
Class A Certificateholder is bound.

            Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
or on behalf of the Trustee, by manual signature, this Class A Certificate shall
not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,  or be
valid for any purpose.

<PAGE>

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  Bank of America National  Association has caused this
Class A Certificate to be duly executed.



                                       By: /s/ MARGARET SPRUDE
                                           ----------------------
                                               Margaret Sprude
                                               Authorized Officer



Date:  July 19, 1996

<PAGE>

                   Trustee's Certificate of Authentication
                   ---------------------------------------

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
                          -----------------------------


            This is one of the Series 1996-A Class A Certificates referred to in
the within-mentioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

                                        FIRST BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                                Trustee


                                        By: /s/ LYNN STEINER
                                            ------------------------
                                                Lynn Steiner
                                                Authorized Signatory

<PAGE>

                                     CLASS A


                        UNLESS THIS  CERTIFICATE  IS PRESENTED BY AN  AUTHORIZED
            REPRESENTATIVE   OF  THE  DEPOSITORY  TRUST  COMPANY,   A  NEW  YORK
            CORPORATION  ("DTC"), TO BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OR ITS
            AGENT FOR  REGISTRATION  OF TRANSFER,  EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,  AND ANY
            CERTIFICATE  ISSUED  IS  REGISTERED  IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN
            SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC
            (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
            REQUESTED BY AN  AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE  OF DTC),  ANY TRANSFER,
            PLEDGE  OR OTHER USE  HEREOF  FOR  VALUE OR  OTHERWISE  BY OR TO ANY
            PERSON IS WRONGFUL  INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,  CEDE &
            CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

No. 2                                                               $200,000,000

                                                             CUSIP NO. 055237AA9


                           BA MASTER CREDIT CARD TRUST
                              CLASS A FLOATING-RATE
                   ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATE, SERIES 1996-A


Evidencing an Undivided  Interest in a trust,  the corpus of which consists of a
portfolio of MasterCard(R)  and VISA(R)**  credit card receivables  generated or
acquired by Bank of America National  Association and other assets and interests
constituting  the Trust  under the  Pooling and  Servicing  Agreement  described
below.


- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Proceeds from the assets in the related Trust will be the only source of
payments on the Certificates.  The Certificates do not represent an
obligation of or interest in the Transferor, BankAmerica Corporation, Bank of
America NT&SA or any of their affiliates.  Neither the Certificates nor the
underlying Receivables or other assets of the Trust are insured or guaranteed
by any governmental  agency or  instrumentality  or by BankAmerica  Corporation,
Bank of America NT&SA or any of their affiliates.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------


- ------------------
      **MasterCard(R) and VISA(R) are federally registered servicemarks of
      MasterCard International Inc. and of Visa U.S.A. Inc., respectively.

<PAGE>

            This certifies that CEDE & CO. (the "Class A Certificateholder")  is
the  registered  owner of an Undivided  Interest in a trust (the  "Trust"),  the
corpus of which consists of a portfolio of receivables (the  "Receivables")  now
existing or hereafter created and arising in connection with selected MasterCard
and VISA credit  card  accounts  (the  "Accounts")  of Bank of America  National
Association,  a national  banking  association  organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America, all monies due or to become due in payment
of the  Receivables  (including  all Finance Charge  Receivables),  the right to
certain amounts received as Interchange and Recoveries (if any), the benefits of
the Collateral Interest,  all proceeds of the foregoing and the other assets and
interests  constituting the Trust pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing  Agreement
dated as of July 19, 1996 as supplemented by the Series 1996-A  Supplement dated
as of July 19, 1996  (collectively,  as amended from time to time,  the "Pooling
and Servicing  Agreement"),  by and between Bank of America National Association
as Transferor (the  "Transferor")  and as Servicer (the  "Servicer"),  and First
Bank National Association,  as Trustee (the "Trustee"),  a summary of certain of
the pertinent provisions of which is set forth herein. To the extent not defined
herein,  capitalized terms used herein have the respective  meanings assigned to
them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

            The Series 1996-A Certificates are issued in two classes,  the Class
A Certificates  (of which this certificate is one) and the Class B Certificates,
which are  subordinated to the Class A Certificates in certain rights of payment
as described herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

            The Transferor  has  structured the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement
and the Series 1996-A  Certificates  with the  intention  that the Series 1996-A
Certificates will qualify under applicable tax law as indebtedness,  and each of
the Transferor, the Holder of the Transferor Certificate,  the Servicer and each
Series  1996-A   Certificateholder  (or  Series  1996-A  Certificate  Owner)  by
acceptance of its Series 1996-A  Certificate  (or in the case of a Series 1996-A
Certificate  Owner,  by  virtue  of  such  Series  1996-A  Certificate   Owner's
acquisition of a beneficial  interest  therein),  agrees to treat and to take no
action inconsistent with the treatment of the Series 1996-A Certificates (or any
beneficial  interest  therein) as indebtedness  for purposes of federal,  state,
local and  foreign  income or  franchise  taxes and any other tax  imposed on or
measured by income.  Each Series  1996-A  Certificateholder  agrees that it will
cause any Series  1996-A  Certificate  Owner  acquiring  an interest in a Series
1996-A Certificate through it to comply with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
as to treatment of the Series 1996-A  Certificates as  indebtedness  for certain
tax purposes.

            This  Class A  Certificate  is issued  under and is  subject  to the
terms,  provisions  and  conditions of the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement,  to
which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Class A
Certificateholder  by virtue of the  acceptance  hereof assents and by which the
Class A Certificateholder is bound.

            Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
or on behalf of the Trustee, by manual signature, this Class A Certificate shall
not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,  or be
valid for any purpose.

<PAGE>

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  Bank of America National  Association has caused this
Class A Certificate to be duly executed.



                                       By: /s/ MARGARET SPRUDE
                                           ----------------------
                                               Margaret Sprude
                                               Authorized Officer



Date:  July 19, 1996

<PAGE>

                   Trustee's Certificate of Authentication
                   ---------------------------------------

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
                          -----------------------------



            This is one of the Series 1996-A Class A Certificates referred to in
the within-mentioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

                                        FIRST BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                                Trustee


                                        By: /s/ LYNN STEINER
                                            ------------------------
                                                Lynn Steiner
                                                Authorized Signatory

<PAGE>

                                     CLASS A


                        UNLESS THIS  CERTIFICATE  IS PRESENTED BY AN  AUTHORIZED
            REPRESENTATIVE   OF  THE  DEPOSITORY  TRUST  COMPANY,   A  NEW  YORK
            CORPORATION  ("DTC"), TO BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OR ITS
            AGENT FOR  REGISTRATION  OF TRANSFER,  EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,  AND ANY
            CERTIFICATE  ISSUED  IS  REGISTERED  IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN
            SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC
            (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
            REQUESTED BY AN  AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE  OF DTC),  ANY TRANSFER,
            PLEDGE  OR OTHER USE  HEREOF  FOR  VALUE OR  OTHERWISE  BY OR TO ANY
            PERSON IS WRONGFUL  INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,  CEDE &
            CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

No. 3                                                                $27,500,000

                                                             CUSIP NO. 055237AA9


                           BA MASTER CREDIT CARD TRUST
                              CLASS A FLOATING-RATE
                   ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATE, SERIES 1996-A


Evidencing an Undivided  Interest in a trust,  the corpus of which consists of a
portfolio of MasterCard(R) and VISA(R)***  credit card receivables  generated or
acquired by Bank of America National  Association and other assets and interests
constituting  the Trust  under the  Pooling and  Servicing  Agreement  described
below.


- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Proceeds from the assets in the related Trust will be the only source of
payments on the Certificates.  The Certificates do not represent an
obligation of or interest in the Transferor, BankAmerica Corporation, Bank of
America NT&SA or any of their affiliates.  Neither the Certificates nor the
underlying Receivables or other assets of the Trust are insured or guaranteed
by any governmental  agency or  instrumentality  or by BankAmerica  Corporation,
Bank of America NT&SA or any of their affiliates.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------


- ------------------
      ***MasterCard(R) and VISA(R) are federally registered servicemarks of
      MasterCard International Inc. and of Visa U.S.A. Inc., respectively.

<PAGE>

            This certifies that CEDE & CO. (the "Class A Certificateholder")  is
the  registered  owner of an Undivided  Interest in a trust (the  "Trust"),  the
corpus of which consists of a portfolio of receivables (the  "Receivables")  now
existing or hereafter created and arising in connection with selected MasterCard
and VISA credit  card  accounts  (the  "Accounts")  of Bank of America  National
Association,  a national  banking  association  organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America, all monies due or to become due in payment
of the  Receivables  (including  all Finance Charge  Receivables),  the right to
certain amounts received as Interchange and Recoveries (if any), the benefits of
the Collateral Interest,  all proceeds of the foregoing and the other assets and
interests  constituting the Trust pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing  Agreement
dated as of July 19, 1996 as supplemented by the Series 1996-A  Supplement dated
as of July 19, 1996  (collectively,  as amended from time to time,  the "Pooling
and Servicing  Agreement"),  by and between Bank of America National Association
as Transferor (the  "Transferor")  and as Servicer (the  "Servicer"),  and First
Bank National Association,  as Trustee (the "Trustee"),  a summary of certain of
the pertinent provisions of which is set forth herein. To the extent not defined
herein,  capitalized terms used herein have the respective  meanings assigned to
them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

            The Series 1996-A Certificates are issued in two classes,  the Class
A Certificates  (of which this certificate is one) and the Class B Certificates,
which are  subordinated to the Class A Certificates in certain rights of payment
as described herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

            The Transferor  has  structured the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement
and the Series 1996-A  Certificates  with the  intention  that the Series 1996-A
Certificates will qualify under applicable tax law as indebtedness,  and each of
the Transferor, the Holder of the Transferor Certificate,  the Servicer and each
Series  1996-A   Certificateholder  (or  Series  1996-A  Certificate  Owner)  by
acceptance of its Series 1996-A  Certificate  (or in the case of a Series 1996-A
Certificate  Owner,  by  virtue  of  such  Series  1996-A  Certificate   Owner's
acquisition of a beneficial  interest  therein),  agrees to treat and to take no
action inconsistent with the treatment of the Series 1996-A Certificates (or any
beneficial  interest  therein) as indebtedness  for purposes of federal,  state,
local and  foreign  income or  franchise  taxes and any other tax  imposed on or
measured by income.  Each Series  1996-A  Certificateholder  agrees that it will
cause any Series  1996-A  Certificate  Owner  acquiring  an interest in a Series
1996-A Certificate through it to comply with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
as to treatment of the Series 1996-A  Certificates as  indebtedness  for certain
tax purposes.

            This  Class A  Certificate  is issued  under and is  subject  to the
terms,  provisions  and  conditions of the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement,  to
which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Class A
Certificateholder  by virtue of the  acceptance  hereof assents and by which the
Class A Certificateholder is bound.

            Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
or on behalf of the Trustee, by manual signature, this Class A Certificate shall
not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,  or be
valid for any purpose.

<PAGE>

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  Bank of America National  Association has caused this
Class A Certificate to be duly executed.



                                       By: /s/ MARGARET SPRUDE
                                           ----------------------
                                               Margaret Sprude
                                               Authorized Officer



Date:  July 19, 1996

<PAGE>

                   Trustee's Certificate of Authentication
                   ---------------------------------------

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
                          -----------------------------


            This is one of the Series 1996-A Class A Certificates referred to in
the within-mentioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

                                        FIRST BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                                Trustee


                                        By: /s/ LYNN STEINER
                                            ------------------------
                                                Lynn Steiner
                                                Authorized Signatory

<PAGE>

                                     CLASS B



                  UNLESS  THIS   CERTIFICATE   IS  PRESENTED  BY  AN  AUTHORIZED
            REPRESENTATIVE   OF  THE  DEPOSITORY  TRUST  COMPANY,   A  NEW  YORK
            CORPORATION  ("DTC"), TO BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OR ITS
            AGENT FOR  REGISTRATION  OF TRANSFER,  EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,  AND ANY
            CERTIFICATE  ISSUED  IS  REGISTERED  IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN
            SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC
            (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
            REQUESTED BY AN  AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE  OF DTC),  ANY TRANSFER,
            PLEDGE  OR OTHER USE  HEREOF  FOR  VALUE OR  OTHERWISE  BY OR TO ANY
            PERSON IS WRONGFUL  INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,  CEDE &
            CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

No. 1                                                                $32,500,000
                                                             CUSIP NO. 055237AB7


                           BA MASTER CREDIT CARD TRUST
                              CLASS A FLOATING-RATE
                   ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATE, SERIES 1996-A


Evidencing an Undivided  Interest in a trust,  the corpus of which consists of a
portfolio of  MasterCard(R)  and VISA(R)* credit card  receivables  generated or
acquired by Bank of America National  Association and other assets and interests
constituting  the Trust  under the  Pooling and  Servicing  Agreement  described
below.


- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Proceeds from the assets in the related Trust will be the only source of
payments on the Certificates.  The Certificates do not represent an
obligation of or interest in the Transferor, BankAmerica Corporation, Bank of
America NT&SA or any of their affiliates.  Neither the Certificates nor the
underlying Receivables or other assets of the Trust are insured or guaranteed
by any governmental  agency or  instrumentality  or by BankAmerica  Corporation,
Bank of America NT&SA or any of their affiliates.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------


- ------------------
*MasterCard(R) and VISA(R) are federally registered servicemarks of
 MasterCard International Inc. and of Visa U.S.A. Inc., respectively.

<PAGE>

            This certifies that CEDE & CO. (the "Class B Certificateholder")  is
the  registered  owner of an Undivided  Interest in a trust (the  "Trust"),  the
corpus of which consists of a portfolio of receivables (the  "Receivables")  now
existing or hereafter created and arising in connection with selected MasterCard
and VISA credit  card  accounts  (the  "Accounts")  of Bank of America  National
Association,  a national  banking  association  organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America, all monies due or to become due in payment
of the  Receivables  (including  all Finance Charge  Receivables),  the right to
certain amounts received as Interchange and Recoveries (if any), the benefits of
the Collateral Interest,  all proceeds of the foregoing and the other assets and
interests  constituting the Trust pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing  Agreement
dated as of July 19, 1996 as supplemented by the Series 1996-A  Supplement dated
as of July 19, 1996 (collectively, as amended from time to time the "Pooling and
Servicing  Agreement"),  by and between Bank of America National  Association as
Transferor (the  "Transferor") and as Servicer (the "Servicer"),  and First Bank
National  Association,  as Trustee (the "Trustee"),  a summary of certain of the
pertinent  provisions  of which is set forth  herein.  To the extent not defined
herein,  capitalized terms used herein have the respective  meanings assigned to
them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

            The Series 1996-A Certificates are issued in two classes,  the Class
A Certificates  and the Class B Certificates (of which this certificate is one),
which are  subordinated to the Class A Certificates in certain rights of payment
as described herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

            The Transferor  has  structured the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement
and the Series 1996-A  Certificates  with the  intention  that the Series 1996-A
Certificates will qualify under applicable tax law as indebtedness,  and each of
the Transferor, the Holder of the Transferor Certificate,  the Servicer and each
Series  1996-A   Certificateholder  (or  Series  1996-A  Certificate  Owner)  by
acceptance of its Series 1996-A  Certificate  (or in the case of a Series 1996-A
Certificate  owner,  by  virtue  of  such  Series  1996-A  Certificate   Owner's
acquisition of a beneficial  interest  therein),  agrees to treat and to take no
action inconsistent with the treatment of the Series 1996-A Certificates (or any
beneficial  interest  therein) as indebtedness  for purposes of federal,  state,
local and  foreign  income or  franchise  taxes and any other tax  imposed on or
measured by income.  Each Series  1996-A  Certificateholder  agrees that it will
cause any Series  1996-A  Certificate  owner  acquiring  an interest in a Series
1996-A Certificate through it to comply with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
as to treatment of the Series 1996-A  Certificates as  indebtedness  for certain
tax purposes.

            This  Class B  Certificate  is issued  under and is  subject  to the
terms,  provisions  and  conditions of the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement,  to
which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Class B
Certificateholder  by virtue of the  acceptance  hereof assents and by which the
Class B Certificateholder is bound.

            Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
or on behalf of the Trustee, by manual signature, this Class B Certificate shall
not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,  or be
valid for any purpose.

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  Bank of America National Association has caused
this Class B Certificate to be duly executed.



                                       By: /s/ MARGARET SPRUDE
                                           ----------------------
                                               Margaret Sprude
                                               Authorized Officer



Date:  July 19, 1996

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                  Trustee's Certificate of Authentication
                  ---------------------------------------


                       CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
                       -----------------------------


            This is one of the Series 1996-A Class B Certificates referred to in
the within-mentioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement.


                                        FIRST BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                                Trustee



                                        By: /s/ LYNN STEINER
                                            ------------------------
                                                Lynn Steiner
                                                Authorized Signatory



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