BENEFICIAL CORP
424B2, 1996-09-20
PERSONAL CREDIT INSTITUTIONS
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PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 95-51 Dated September 18, 1996   Rule 424(b)(2)
To Prospectus Supplement Dated March 2, 1995         File No. 33-57541
and Prospectus Dated February 24, 1995



                         BENEFICIAL CORPORATION

                       Medium-Term Notes, Series H
                           (Book Entry Notes)


Chase  Securities  Inc.  purchased  $25,000,000 principal amount of these
Medium-Term Notes, Series  H,  maturing  on  September  23,  1999,  at  a
principal  price  of  $25,000,000.00 for resale to investors from time to
time at prices based on market conditions at the time of resale.

       Floating Rate Notes Due 9 Months or More from Date of Issue

Maturity Date:  September 23, 1999     Interest Payment Period:
                                         Quarterly
Interest Rate Basis:                     
  LIBOR                                Interest Reset Period:
                                         Quarterly
Specify Other Base Rate: N/A             
                                       Interest Reset Dates:
Index Maturity: 3-month                  Same as Interest Payment Dates

Spread: plus 0.07%                     Settlement Date (Issue Date):
                                         September 23, 1996
Spread Multiplier: N/A                   
                                       Calculation Agent:
Maximum Interest Rate: N/A               The Chase Manhattan Bank

Minimum Interest Rate: N/A             Optional Repayment Date(s):
                                         N/A
Interest Payment Dates:    
  The 23th of each March, June,        Additional Terms:  
  September and December,                For the purposes of the Notes
  commencing on December 23, 1996        contemplated hereunder, interest
  through and including the              payments will include interest
  Maturity Date.                         accrued to, but excluding the
                                         Interest Payment Date.
Initial Interest Rate:                   
  Determined as if the Settlement      
  Date was an Interest Reset Date.     

Chase Securities Inc.  and  certain  of  its  affiliates  may  engage  in
transactions   (which   may   include   general   financing  and  banking
transactions) with or perform services for the Company and its affiliates
in the  ordinary  course  of  business.   Chase  Securities  Inc.  is  an
affiliate of the Trustee.



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