PROVIDENT BANK
8-K, 1997-09-30
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                           Washington, D.C.  20549

                                   Form 8-K

                                CURRENT REPORT


                    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                       Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                    Date of Report (Date of earliest event
                        Reported):  September 29, 1997



                            THE PROVIDENT BANK                     
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     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         Ohio                  333-35275         31-0412725     
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(State or Other Jurisdiction  (Commission    (I.R.S. Employer
     of Incorporation)        File Number)   Identification No.)



One East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio                                    45202  
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(Address of Principal                             (Zip Code)
 Executive Offices)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code (513) 579-2000
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Item 5.  Other Events.
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Filing of Derived Materials.
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     In connection with the offering  of the Provident Bank Home Equity  Loan
Trust  1997-B, Home  Equity Loan  Asset-Backed  Certificates, Series  1997-B,
Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 (the "Certificates"), Lehman Brothers Inc.
("Lehman"),  as an  underwriter  of the  Certificates,  has prepared  certain
materials for distribution to its potential investors and Donaldson, Lufkin &
Jenrette  ("DLJ"  and,  together  with  Lehman,  the  "Underwriters"),  as an
underwriter  of  the   Certificates,  has  prepared  certain   materials  for
distribution  to its  potential  investors  (the  "DLJ  Derived  Materials").
Although The Provident  Bank (the "Company")  provided the Underwriters  with
certain information regarding the characteristics of the Mortgage  Loans (the
"Loans") in the related portfolio, it  did not participate in the preparation
of the DLJ Derived Materials.  Concurrently with  the filing hereof, pursuant
to Rule  311(i) of  Regulation S-T,  the Company  is filing  the DLJ  Derived
Materials by paper filing on Form SE.

     For purposes of this Form 8-K, DLJ Derived Materials shall mean computer
generated tables and/or charts displaying, with respect to the  Certificates,
any  of the  following:  yield; average  life,  duration; expected  maturity;
interest  rate sensitivity;  loss  sensitivity;  cash  flow  characteristics;
background information regarding the Loans; the proposed structure; decrement
tables;  or similar  information  (tabular or  otherwise)  of a  statistical,
mathematical, tabular or computational nature.  The DLJ Derived Materials are
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.  

Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial
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          Information and Exhibits.
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(a)  Not applicable.

(b)  Not applicable.

(c)  Exhibits:

     99        DLJ Derived Materials

                                  SIGNATURES

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

                              THE PROVIDENT BANK



                              By:    /s/ Kevin M. Shea                   
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                                  Name:  Kevin M. Shea
                                  Title: Vice President

Dated:  September 29, 1997

                                Exhibit Index
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Exhibit                                                Page
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     99        DLJ Derived Materials

                                  EXHIBIT 99


     In accordance  with Rule  311(i) of Regulation  S-T, the  Lehman Derived
Materials are being filed on paper pursuant to Form SE.


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