FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES INC
8-K, 1999-01-14
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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):

                        January 14, 1999
                                
                     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     1998-1      December
           Certificateholders' Statement
           
           Ex.      20.b          Series     1998-2      December
           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/Briam M. Szames
                                         Brian M. Szames
                                         President and Treasurer




Dated:  January 14, 1999



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Exhibit 20.A
Fingerhut Receivables, Inc.                          Fingerhut Master Trust                              Monthly Report 
Securityholder's Statement                              Series 1998-1                                          Dec-1998      
                                              Class A          Class B           CTO          Class D        Total         
<C>   <S>                                  <C>             <C>            <C>            <C>              <C>
(i)   Security Amount                      337,500,000.00  51,136,000.00  61,364,000.00  61,364,000.00    511,364,000.00
(ii)  Security Principal Distributed                 0.00           0.00           0.00                             0.00
(iii) Security Interest Distributed          1,707,187.50     268,037.87     334,773.98                     2,309,999.34

Security Principal Distributed per $1,000       0.0000000      0.0000000      0.0000000                                 
Security Interest Distributed per $1,000        5.0583333      5.2416667      5.4555436
(iv) Principal Collections                  17,646,034.18   2,673,622.53   3,208,388.86   3,208,388.86     26,736,434.44
(v)  Finance Collections                     6,518,997.18     987,719.80   1,185,279.21   1,185,279.21      9,877,275.26
     Recoveries                                745,936.56     113,019.89     135,625.63     135,625.63      1,130,207.72
     Defeasance Funding Acct Earnings                0.00           0.00           0.00           0.00              0.00      
          Total Finance Collections          7,264,933.60   1,100,739.69   1,320,904.85   1,320,904.85     11,007,482.98
               Total Collections            24,910,967.78   3,774,362.22   4,529,293.71   4,529,293.71     37,743,917.41
(vi) Aggregate Amount of Principal Receivables                                                          1,446,027,267.42      
    Invested Amount (End of Month)         337,500,000.00  51,136,000.00  61,364,000.00  61,364,000.00    511,364,000.00
    Floating Allocation Percentage            23.3398088%     3.5363095%     4.2436268%     4.2436268%       35.3633719%      
    Invested Amount (Beginning of Month)   337,500,000.00  51,136,000.00  61,364,000.00  61,364,000.00    511,364,000.00      
    Average Daily Invested Amount                                                                         511,364,000.00      
(vii) Receivable Delinquencies                                                                               
       Current                                                                                  82.74%  1,553,980,460.36      
       30 Days to 59 Days                                                                        4.13%     77,658,900.06      
       60 Days to 89 Days                                                                        2.73%     51,250,516.79      
       90 Days and Over                                                                         10.39%    195,218,075.98      
              Total Receivables                                                                100.00%  1,878,107,953.19      
(viii) Aggregate Investor Default Amount                                                                    7,322,488.77      
       As a % of Average Daily Invested Amount (Annualized based on 365 days/year)                                18.67%      
(ix)   Security Charge-Offs                          0.00           0.00           0.00           0.00              0.00     

(x)    Servicing Fee                           517,808.22      78,455.23      94,147.51      94,147.51        784,558.47      

(xi)   Pool Factor                               1.000000       1.000000       1.000000                                 

(xii)  Unreimbursed Redirected Principal Collections             0.000000       0.000000       0.000000             0.00      
(xiii) Excess Funding Account Balance                                                                               0.00      
(xiv)  CTO Trigger Event Occurrence                                                                              None          
       CTO Reserve Amount                                                                                        N/A          
(xv)   Number of New Accounts Added to the Trust                                                               119,912        
(xvi)  Revolving Receivables Reserve Account Balance                                                         $866,000.00      
(xvii) Defeasance Funding Account Balance                                                                           0.00      
Average Net Portfolio Yield                                                                                        9.39%      
Minimum Base Rate                                                                                                  8.13%      
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<TABLE>
Fingerhut Receivables, Inc.                    Fingerhut Master Trust                       Monthly Report
Securityholder's Statement                         Series 1998-2                                  Dec-1998       
                                 
                                              Class A         Class B         CTO          Class D          Total          
<C>   <S>                                 <C>             <C>            <C>            <C>              <C>
(i)   Security Amount                     337,500,000.00  51,136,000.00  61,364,000.00  61,364,000.00    511,364,000.00 

(ii)  Security Principal Distributed                0.00           0.00           0.00                           0.00       
                                                                                                          
(iii) Security Interest Distributed         1,752,187.50     277,412.80     342,700.16                     2,372,300.46       
      
                                                                                              
Security Principal Distributed per $1,000      0.0000000      0.0000000      0.0000000                             
Security Interest Distributed per $1,000       5.1916667      5.4250000      5.5847103   
(iv) Principal Collections                 17,646,034.18   2,673,622.35   3,208,388.86   3,208,388.86     26,736,434.44       
(v)  Finance Collections                    6,518,997.01     987,719.80   1,185,279.21   1,185,279.21      9,877,275.26  
     Recoveries                               745,936.56     113,019.89     135,625.63     135,625.63      1,130,207.72       
     Defeasance Funding Acct Earnings               0.00           0.00           0.00           0.00            0.00       
            Total Finance Collections       7,264,933.60   1,100,739.69   1,320,904.85   1,320,904.85     11,007,482.98       
                  Total Collections        24,910,967.78   3,774,362.22   4,529,293.71   4,529,293.71     37,743,917.41       
(vi) Aggregate Amount of Principal Receivables                                                         1,446,027,267.42 
     Invested Amount (End of Month)       337,500,000.00  51,136,000.00  61,364,000.00  61,364,000.00    511,364,000.00       
     Floating Allocation Percentage          23.3398088%     3.5363095%     4.2436268%     4.2436268%       35.3633719% 
     Invested Amount (Beginning of Month) 337,500,000.00  51,136,000.00  61,364,000.00  61,364,000.00    511,364,000.00       
     Average Daily Invested Amount                                                                       511,364,000.00
(vii) Receivable Delinquencies                                                               
       Current                                                                                 82.74%  1,553,980,460.36
       30 Days to 59 Days                                                                       4.13%     77,658,900.06
       60 Days to 89 Days                                                                       2.73%     51,250,516.79
       90 Days and Over                                                                        10.39%    195,218,075.98
                Total Receivables                                                             100.00%  1,878,107,953.19
(viii) Aggregate Investor Default Amount                                                                   7,322,488.77
       As a % of Daily Invested Amount (Annualized based on 365 days/year)                                       18.67%       
(ix)   Security Charge-Offs                         0.00           0.00           0.00           0.00              0.00       

(x)    Servicing Fee                          517,808.22      78,455.23      94,147.51      94,147.51        784,558.47
                                                                                              
(xi)   Pool Factor                              1.000000       1.000000       1.000000                             

(xii)  Reimbursed Redirected Principal Collections             0.000000       0.000000       0.000000              0.00       
(xiii) Excess Funding Account Balance                                                                              0.00       
(xiv)  CTO Trigger Event Occurrence                                                                            None          
       CTO Reserve Amount                                                                                      N/A           
(xv)   Number of New Accounts Added to the Trust                                                              119,912         
(xvi)  Revolving Receivables Reserve Account Balance                                                         $866,000.0       
(xvii) Defeasance Funding Account Balance                                                                          0.00       
Average Net Portfolio Yield                                                                                       9.39%
Minimum Base Rate                                                                                                 8.30%       
                                                                                           
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