FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES INC
8-K, 1998-02-18
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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):

                        February 18, 1998

                     FINGERHUT MASTER TRUST
                   FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES, INC.
           (Originator of the Fingerhut Master Trust)
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


    Delaware                 033-77780            41-1783128
(State of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer 
                                                  Identification No.)



   4400 Baker Road, Suite F480, Minnetonka, Minnesota   55343
            (Address of principal executive offices)
                                
                         (612) 936-5035
      (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                   FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES, INC.
                                
                   Current Report on Form 8-K


Item 7.     Financial Statements and Exhibits

           Ex. 20.a   Series 1994-1 January 
                      Certificateholders' Statement
           
           
                            SIGNATURE


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

                                     FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES, INC.



                                     By  /s/James M. Wehmann
                                         James M. Wehmann
                                         President and Treasurer




Dated:  February 18, 1998





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                                                                                                                    Exhibit 20a
Fingerhut Receivables, Inc.                                    Fingerhut Master Trust                            Monthly Report
Certificateholder's Statement                                   Series 1994-1                                            Jan-98
Section 5.2                                       Class A          Class B        Class C        Class D            Total
<S>                                                      <C>   <C>            <C>            <C>                <C>
(i)   Certificate Amount                                  0.00  14,731,000.00  92,050,000.00  122,728,000.00     229,509,000.00
(ii)  Certificate Principal Distributed                   0.00  14,731,000.00  92,050,000.00                     106,781,000.00
(iii) Certificate Interest Distributed                    0.00      78,171.48     520,178.39                         598,349.87
Total Distribution per $1,000 Certificate (Original Class A Certificate Amt = $715,900,000 
       Class B Certificate Amt = $92,050,000)
Certificate Principal Distributed per $1,000         0.0000000    160.0325910   1000.0000000
Certificate Interest Distributed per $1,000          0.0000000      0.8492285      5.6510417
(iv) Principal Collections                       44,130,319.10   5,674,250.43   5,674,250.43    7,565,338.45      63,044,158.41
(v)  Imputed Yield Collections                            0.00   1,128,889.89   1,891,416.80    2,519,231.90       5,539,538.59
       Recoveries                                         0.00      33,788.92     211,137.76      281,504.78         526,431.46
       Interest Earned on Prefunded Accounts              0.00           0.00           0.00            0.00               0.00
Total Imputed Yield Collections                           0.00   1,162,678.81   2,102,554.56    2,800,736.68       6,065,970.05
     Total Collections                           44,130,319.10   6,836,929.24   7,776,804.99   10,366,075.13      69,110,128.46
(vi) Aggregate Amount of Principal Receivables                                                                 1,265,029,791.80
      Invested Amount (End of Month)                      0.00  14,731,000.00  92,050,000.00  122,728,000.00     229,509,000.00
      Floating Allocation Percentage                0.0000000%     1.1644785%     7.2765085%      9.7015897%        18.1425767%
      Invested Amount (Beginning of Month)                0.00  60,756,000.00  92,050,000.00  122,728,000.00     275,534,000.00
      Average Daily Invested Amount                                                                              268,835,979.04
(vii)  Receivable Delinquen(As a % of Total Receivables)                                      
       Current                                                                                        76.51%   1,290,540,984.59
       30 Days to 59 Days                                                                              5.82%      98,123,773.31
       60 Days to 89 Days                                                                              3.52%      59,373,363.73
       90 Days and Over                                                                               14.15%     238,668,267.44
     Total Receivables                                                                               100.00%   1,686,706,389.07
(viii) Aggregate Investor Default Amount                                                                           3,674,009.33
         As a % of Average Daily Invested Amount  (Annualized based on 365 days/year)                                    17.82%
(ix)  Certificate Charge-Offs                                                                    
      Class A                                                                                                              0.00
      Class B                                                                                                              0.00
      Class C                                                                                                              0.00
Total Certificate Charge-Offs                                                                                              0.00
(x)   Servicing Fee                                                                                
      Class A                                                                                                              0.00
      Class B                                                                                                        101,260.04
      Class C                                                                                                        153,416.76
      Class D                                                                                                        204,546.72
    Total Servicing Fee                                                                                              459,223.52
(xi)  Pool Factor
      Class A                                                                                                         0.0000000
      Class B                                                                                                         0.0000000
      Class C                                                                                                         0.0000000
(xii) Reallocated Principal Collections                                                                        
      Class B                                                                                                              0.00
      Class C                                                                                                              0.00
      Class D  ** Everything was reimbursed by the end of the fiscal month.                                          481,036.23
(xiii) Excess Funding Account Balance                                                                                      0.00
         Prefunding Account Balance                                                                                        0.00
(xiv) Class C Trigger Event Occurrence                                                                                     None
         Class C Reserve Amount                                                                                             N/A
Average Net Portfolio Yield                                                                                            11.5985%
Minimum Base Rate                                                                                                       8.4035%

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