PROVIDENT BANK
8-K, 1998-03-27
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):  March 27, 1998



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


         Ohio                  333-45369         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 1998-1, Home  Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 1998-1 (the
"Certificates"),  Lehman Brothers  Inc.  and  Donaldson,  Lufkin  &  Jenrette
Securities   Corporation,   as   underwriters  of   the   Certificates   (the
"Underwriters"), have  prepared certain materials  (the "Derived  Materials")
for distribution  to its  potential investors.   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  Derived
Materials.  Concurrently  with the filing hereof, pursuant to  Rule 311(i) of
Regulation S-T, the Company is  filing the Derived Materials by paper  filing
on Form SE.

     For purposes  of this  Form 8-K, 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 Derived  Materials are
attached  hereto as  Exhibit 99.1.

Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
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     Pursuant to Rule  411 of Regulation C  under the Securities Act  of 1933
and  in  reliance  on  MBIA  Insurance  Corporation,   SEC  No-Action  Letter
(September 6, 1996), the Company  will incorporate by reference the financial
statement  of  MBIA   Insurance  Corporation  ("MBIA")  into   the  Company's
registration statement (File  No. 333-45369).  The  financial statements will
be referred to in  the prospectus supplement  relating to the Company's  Home
Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 1998-1.  In connection with the
incorporation of  such documents by  reference, the Company is  hereby filing
the  consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.  ("Coopers & Lybrand") to the use of
their name in such prospectus supplement.   The consent of Coopers &  Lybrand
is attached hereto as Exhibit 23.


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:

     23.       The Consent of Coopers & Lybrand.

     99.1      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 Shea                       
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                                  Name:  Kevin M. Shea
                                  Title: Vice President


Dated:  March 26, 1998




                                Exhibit Index
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Exhibit                                                         Page
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  23.            The Consent of Coopers & Lybrand. . . . . . . .  7

  99.1           Derived Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8




               EXHIBIT 23:  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to  the incorporation by reference in the  Prospectus of Provident
Bank Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-1, of  our report dated February 3, 1997, on
our  audits  of the  consolidated  financial  statements  of  MBIA  Insurance
Corporation and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and 1995 and for each of
the three years in  the period ended December  31, 1996.  We also  consent to
the reference  to our  firm under  the caption  "Experts" in  such Prospectus
Supplement.



                              \s\  Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
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                                   Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

New York, New York
March 26, 1998



                                 EXHIBIT 99.1


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




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