ADVANTA CORP
11-K, 1998-06-26
PERSONAL CREDIT INSTITUTIONS
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                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                        Washington, D.C. 20549
                                   
                               _________
                                   
                                   
                               FORM 11-K
                                   
                                   
(Mark One)

X  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
   ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED], FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER
   31, 1997

                                  OR
                                   
                                   
_  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
   EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED] for the transition period
   from ____________to _____________
                                   
                    COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-14120

A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different            
   from that of the issuer named below:

                  Advanta Corp. Employee Savings Plan
                                   
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the
   address of its principal executive office:


                             Advanta Corp.
                        Welsh and McKean Roads
                             P.O. Box 844
                     Spring House, PA  19477-0844

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                              SIGNATURES
                                   
                                   
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the Committee which administers the Plan has duly caused this
annual report to be signed by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.



                              Advanta Corp.
                              Employee Savings Plan


Dated: June 24, 1998          By:  /s/  _________________________________
                                   Elizabeth Mai
                                   Member of the Committee Administering
                                   the Plan
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                             Advanta Corp.
                         Employee Savings Plan
                                   
              Index to Financial Statements and Schedules
                                   
                                   
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

 Statements of Assets Available for Benefits
 as of December 31, 1997 and 1996
 
 Statements of Changes in Assets Available for Benefits for the Years
 Ended December 31, 1997, 1996 and 1995

 Notes to Financial Statements

SCHEDULES:

 I   -  Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes as of
        December 31, 1997.

II   -  Schedule of Reportable Transactions for the Year
        Ended December 31, 1997.

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               REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



To the Advanta Corp. Employee Savings Plan
Compensation Committee:

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets available for
benefits of Advanta Corp. Employee Savings Plan as of December 31,
1997 and 1996, and the related statements of changes in assets
available for benefits for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 1997.  These financial statements and the schedules
referred to below are the responsibility of the Plan's management.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements and schedules based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well
as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We
believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the assets available for benefits of
Advanta Corp. Employee Savings Plan as of December 31, 1997 and 1996,
and the changes in assets available for benefits for each of the three
years in the period ended December 31, 1997, in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles.

Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the
basic financial statements taken as a whole.  The supplemental
schedules of Assets Held for Investment Purposes and Reportable
Transactions are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are
not a required part of the basic financial statements but are
supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules
and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.  The supplemental schedules
have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits
of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly
stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial
statements taken as a whole.


Philadelphia, PA
   June 24, 1998

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                             Advanta Corp.
                         Employee Savings Plan
                                   
              Statements of Assets Available for Benefits


                                           December 31,

                                          1997            1996
                                                          
                                                    
Assets                                              
                                                    
Cash                                  $    8,192    $    330,491
                                                                
Investments (Note 8):                                           
 Managed Investment Funds                                       
  GIC                                          -       3,285,782
  Strategic Balanced                           -       3,915,136
  Growth/Value                                 -       4,578,709
  International Equity                         -       2,462,285
  Strategic Growth                             -       6,405,667
  T.Rowe Price Stable Value            6,334,571               -
  Western Asset Management Core          462,288               -
  Dodge and Cox Balanced               3,655,425               -
  Vanguard Index Trust 500             6,580,109               -
  Dodge and Cox Stock                  4,165,892               -
  Vanguard International Growth        2,339,159               -
  Hancock Special Equities             2,468,575               -
  Putnam New Opportunities             3,374,212               -
                                                                
                                                                
 Common Stock Fund (Advanta Corp.                               
  Common Stock, Class A and B)        12,387,483      20,878,353
                                                                
Employer Contribution Receivable       1,810,744       1,321,636
                                                                
Participant Loans Receivable                                    
  (Note 2)                             2,020,290       1,484,178
                                                                
Total Assets Available for                                      
  Benefits                           $45,606,940     $44,662,237
                                                    

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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                             Advanta Corp.
                         Employee Savings Plan
                                   
        Statements of Changes in Assets Available for Benefits
                                   


                                      For the Year Ended December 31,

                                     1997          1996          1995     
                                                                           
Increases:                                                                 
                                                                           
Interest and Dividend Income    $ 1,387,291     $  347,389    $  248,383   
                                  
                                                                            
Employee Contributions            6,509,310      4,882,761     3,614,587    
Employer Contributions            3,496,542      2,545,390     1,974,929    
Realized Gains on Investments     4,595,929        333,596       537,769      
Net (Decrease) Increase in Fair                                             
  Market Value of Investments    (9,561,030)     4,116,079     7,115,383
                                                                            
                                  6,428,042     12,225,215    13,491,051   
                                                                            
Decreases:                                                                  
                                                                            
Distributions to Participants     5,274,753      1,512,188     1,614,172    
Investor Advisory and Trustee Fee   208,586        229,190       177,457      
                                  5,483,339      1,741,378     1,791,629    
                                                                            
Net Increases                       944,703     10,483,837    11,699,422   
                                                                            
Assets Available for Benefits,                                              
  beginning of year              44,662,237     34,178,400    22,478,978
                                                                            
Assets Available for Benefits,                                              
  end of year                   $45,606,940    $44,662,237   $34,178,400
                                                 
                                                                            
                                                                           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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                               Advanta Corp.
                           Employee Savings Plan
                                     
                       Notes to Financial Statements
                             December 31, 1997
(1) Description of Plan:

The Advanta Corp. Employee Savings Plan (the "Plan"), as amended, was
adopted effective July 1, 1983 and is a defined contribution plan available
to all employees of Advanta Corp. (the "Company") and certain of its
subsidiaries and affiliates who have reached age 21 with one year of
service.  The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA).

Participants may elect to defer a portion of their compensation before
certain taxes are deducted.  The Company may elect to limit the maximum
percentage a participant may contribute to the extent it determines that
such limitation is necessary in order to comply with the rules for plan
qualification under Sections 401(a) and (k) of the Internal Revenue Code.
An eligible participant may elect to contribute up to 15% of his salary
subject to the limits under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code.  The
Company also makes matching contributions to the Plan, a portion of which
are made on a per pay period basis, and the balance of which are made as of
the end of the Plan Year.  Such employer contributions are equal to 50% of
each employee's contributions up to 5% of the employee's compensation (as
defined in the Plan).  The Company may make an additional matching
contribution for the benefit of participants who are employed as of the last
day of the Plan Year.  Total employer contributions in each of the Plan
years 1997, 1996, and 1995 were 100% of the first 5% of employees'
compensation contributed to the Plan.

The Plan is subject to certain non-discrimination standards under Section
401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.  In order to comply with these
standards, certain participants who are "highly compensated employees" (as
defined in the Internal Revenue Code) may have a portion of their
contributions refunded to them after the end of the Plan Year.

Because contributions made under Section 401 can not be included in the
income of participants when made, they are fully taxable when distributed
unless rolled over into another qualified plan or Individual Retirement
Account (IRA).  Participants are fully vested as to employer and employee
contribution accounts at all times.

The Plan participants may invest their contributions in the following
managed investment funds and in shares of the Company's Class A and Class B
common stock.

o    T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund:  This fund invests primarily in
     insurance contracts with a portion of the funds' assets in synthetic
     investment contracts.  The contract value of the investment contracts
     approximates market value.
o    Western Asset Management Core Fund:  This fund seeks to provide
     moderate long-term return with moderate short-term volatility by investing
     in high-quality bonds backed by the U.S. government or its agencies, or by
     corporations with high credit ratings.
o    Dodge and Cox Balanced Fund:  This fund offers the benefit of asset
     allocation and invests primarily in common stocks, convertible securities,
     and corporate and government bonds.
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o    Vanguard Index Trust 500 Fund:  This fund seeks to duplicate the
     return of the Standard and Poor's 500 composite Stock Price Index by
     investing in the stocks that make up the S&P 500.
o    Dodge and Cox Stock Fund:  This fund invests primarily in stocks of
     large companies representing different market sectors.  In addition to
     stocks, this fund may also invest in convertible securities and cash
     equivalents.
o    Vanguard International Growth Fund:  This fund invests primarily in
     common stocks and securities convertible to common stocks of large
     companies with international franchises located outside the United States
     with above average growth potential.
o    Hancock Special Equities Fund:  This fund seeks to invest primarily in
     U.S. common stocks in a diversified group of emerging growth companies
     focusing on companies with above-average long-term capital growth
     potential.
o    Putnam New Opportunities Fund:  This fund seeks larger high-growth
     companies investing primarily in U.S. common stocks but also may purchase
     foreign securities, convertible securities, and warrants.

While it is the Company's intention to continue the Plan in operation
indefinitely, any termination of the Plan or discontinuance of contributions
will not result in the use or diversion of Plan assets for any purposes
other than the exclusive benefit of Plan participants and their
beneficiaries.


(2) Participant Loans:

As provided for in the Plan document, loans are available to participants
under certain specified conditions.  The principal amount of Plan loans to
participants may not exceed the lesser of $50,000 (reduced by the maximum
amount of such loans outstanding anytime during the preceding year) or 50%
of a participant's accrued equity in the Plan.  Plan loans are generally
limited to a term of five years (or, in the case of a loan used to finance
the acquisition of a principal residence, fifteen years) and bear an
interest rate charged by commercial lenders for a comparable loan on the
date the loan request is approved.  Plan loans are collateralized by the
participant's accrued benefit in the Plan.

(3) Basis of Accounting:

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared using the accrual
basis of accounting.


(4) Use of Estimates:

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets available for
benefits and changes therein.  Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
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(5) Valuation of Assets:

Effective July 1, 1997, the Plan was amended.  Pursuant to the amendments to
the Plan, the investment options that existed at December 31, 1996 were
replaced with new investment options.  Plan participants may invest their
contributions and Employer contributions in one or more of the following
investment options:  any of eight investment portfolios managed by
investment advisory firms (See Note 1) and the Common Stock Fund.  In
addition, Wilmington Trust Company replaced PW Trust Company as Trustee of
the Plan.

Separate accounts are maintained for each participant in each investment
fund.  Investment gains and losses in each of the funds described above were
allocated to the participants in the ratio of each participant's account
balance (including employee contributions and Company matching
contributions) to the total account balance in each fund.

(6) Administrative Expenses:

Prior to July 1, 1997, all expenses of administration of the Plan and other
fees incident to the management of the Plan were paid for by the Company,
except for brokerage commissions, investment advisory fees, trustee fee and
transfer taxes.  Effective July 1, 1997 all expenses of administration of
the Plan and other fees incident to management of the Plan are paid for by
the Company, except for brokerage commissions, investment advisory fees and
transfer taxes.
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(7) Realized/Unrealized Gains and Losses:

Unrealized investment gains and losses, which are  reported as the net
increase/decrease in the fair market value of investments in the
accompanying financial statements, represent the net change in the
unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the investment portfolio from the
beginning to the end of the year.

(8) Investments:

Investments held by the Plan at December 31, 1997 are summarized in
Schedule 1.  The carrying values of individual investments that represent
more than 5% of the Plan's net assets as of December 31, 1997 and 1996 are
as follows:

                                       1997               1996
                                                      
GIC                                          -        $ 3,285,782
Strategic Balanced                           -        $ 3,915,136
Growth/Value                                 -        $ 4,578,709
International Equity                         -        $ 2,462,285
Strategic Growth                             -        $ 6,405,667
T. Rowe Price Stable Value         $ 6,334,571                  -
Dodge and Cox Balanced Fund        $ 3,655,425                  -
Vanguard Index Trust 500 Fund      $ 6,580,109                  -
Dodge and Cox Stock Fund           $ 4,165,892                  -
Vanguard International Growth      $ 2,339,159                  -
Fund
Hancock Special Equities Fund      $ 2,468,575                  -
Putnam New Opportunities Fund      $ 3,374,212                  -
Common Stock Fund                  $12,387,483        $20,878,353

All investments are stated at fair market value on the statement of net
assets.  Fair market value for the investments is based on quoted market
prices or dealer quotes.  If a quoted market price is not available, fair
value is estimated using quoted market prices for similar securities.

(9) Federal Income Taxes:

The Internal Revenue Service issued a determination letter dated December
30, 1994 stating that the Plan was designed in accordance with applicable
Internal Revenue Code requirements as of that date.  The Plan has been
amended since receiving the determination letter.  However, the Plan
administrator and management believe that the Plan is currently designed and
being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the
Internal Revenue Code.  Therefore, they believe that the Plan was qualified
and the related trust was tax-exempt for the years ended December 31, 1997
and 1996.

(10) Distributions To Participants:

Distributions payable as of year-end 1997, 1996 and 1995 were $0, $291,689
and $179,716 respectively.
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(11) Subsequent Events:

The Common Stock Fund which consists of shares of Advanta Corp.'s Class A
Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shares decreased from a market value
per share of $26.25 and $25.375, respectively at December 31, 1997 to a
market value per share of $20.78 and $19 respectively at June 24, 1998.

Pursuant to the terms of a contribution agreement (the "Agreement") dated as
of October 28, 1997, as amended February 20, 1998, by and between the
Company and Fleet Financial Group, Inc. ("Fleet"), on February 20, 1998 the
Company and certain of its subsidiaries and Fleet and certain of its
subsidiaries each contributed certain assets and liabilities of their
respective consumer credit card businesses in exchange for an ownership
interest in a newly formed Rhode Island limited liability company, Fleet
Credit Card LLC (the "Fleet Transaction").

Concurrent with the Fleet Transaction, the Company purchased 7,882,750
shares of Class A Common Stock and 12,482,850 of its Class B Common Stock at
$40 per share net.  Participants who invested in Advanta Corp.'s Class A
Common Stock or Class B Common Stock in the Plan were eligible to tender
their respective shares at $40 per share, net.  Participants reinvested the
proceeds, from shares purchased by the Company, into investment options
currently available under the Plan.

In connection with the Fleet Transaction, 1,405 participants were
transferred to Fleet Credit Card LLC.  As a result, approximately $16.6
million of Plan assets as of March 31, 1998, will be transferred to Fleet's
defined contribution plan.  The completion of this transfer will take place
on June 30, 1998.

(12) Reconciliation to Form 5500:

The following reconciles the net assets available for benefits to the net
assets reported on the 1997 Form 5500.

                                             1997             1996
                                                        
    Total Asset Available for Benefits $45,606,940      $44,662,237
    Distributions Payable                        0         (291,689)
    Net Assets Per Line 31(L) Form     $45,606,940      $44,370,548
    5500
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(13)  The schedules of allocation of assets available for benefits to
      investment funds as of December 31, 1997 and 1996 are as follows:

                               For the Year Ended December 31, 1997

                                                                    
                                       T. Rowe     Western          
                                        Price     Management    Dodge and
Assets                      Cash       Stable       Asset          Cox
                                        Value       Core        Balanced
                                                                         
Cash                     $   8,192    $       -    $      -    $        -
                                      
                                                               
Investments:                                                   
                                                               
Managed Investment Funds                                             
 T. Rowe Price Stable Value      -    6,334,571           -             -
 Western Asset Management Core   -            -     462,288             -
 Dodge and Cox Balanced Fund     -            -           -     3,655,425
 Vanguard Index Trust 500        -            -           -             -
 Dodge and Cox Stock             -            -           -             -
 Vanguard International Growth   -            -           -             -
 Hancock Special Equities        -            -           -             -
 Putnam New Opportunities        -            -           -             -
                                                               
Common Stock Fund                                              
  (Advanta Corp. Common                                        
   Stock Class A and B)          -            -           -             -
                                                               
Employer Contribution                                          
  Receivable                     -      345,395      26,223       136,768
                                                               
Participant Loans                                              
  Receivable                     -            -           -             -
                                                               
Total Assets Available                                         
  For Benefits           $   8,192   $6,679,966   $ 488,511   $ 3,792,193
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(13)  Continued

                               For the Year Ended December 31, 1997

                                                                     
                          Vanguard                  Vanguard      Hancock
                           Index      Dodge and   International   Special
Assets                   Trust 500    Cox Stock      Growth       Equities
                                                     
                                                                          
Cash                     $       -    $       -    $        -     $     -


Investments:                                                     
                                                                 
Managed Investment Funds                                         
 T. Rowe Price Stable Value      -            -             -           -
 Western Asset Management Core   -            -             -           -
 Dodge and Cox Balanced Fund     -            -             -           -
 Vanguard Index Trust    6,580,109            -             -           -
  500
 Dodge and Cox Stock             -    4,165,892             -           -
 Vanguard International                                         
   Growth                        -            -     2,339,159           -
 Hancock Special Equities        -            -             -   2,468,575
 Putnam New Opportunities        -            -             -           -
                                                                 
Common Stock Fund                                                
  (Advanta Corp. Common                                          
   Stock Class A and B)          -            -              -          -
                                                                 
Employer Contribution                                            
  Receivable               338,784      200,200       152,474     130,714
                                                                 
Participant Loans                                                
  Receivable                     -            -             -           -
                                                                 
Total Assets Available                                           
  For Benefits          $6,918,893   $4,366,092   $ 2,491,633  $2,599,289
                         
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(13)  Continued

                                For the Year Ended December 31, 1997

                                                                     
                                         Common     Participant        
                          Putnam New     Stock        Loans        
Assets                  Opportunities    Funds      Receivable      Total
                              
                                                                          
Cash                     $        -     $      -    $       -  $     8,192
                                                                 
Investments:                                                     
                                                                 
Managed Investment                                               
Funds
 T. Rowe Price Stable Value       -            -            -    6,334,571      
 Western Asset Management Core    -            -            -      462,288
 Dodge and Cox Balanced Fund      -            -            -    3,655,425
 Vanguard Index Trust             -            -            -    6,580,109
 500
 Dodge and Cox Stock              -            -            -    4,165,892
 Vanguard International           -            -            -    2,339,159
  Growth
 Hancock Special Equities         -            -            -    2,468,575
 Putnam New Opportunities 3,374,212            -            -    3,374,212
                                                                 
Common Stock Fund                                                
  (Advanta Corp. Common                                          
   Stock Class A and B)           -   12,387,483            -   12,387,483   
                                                                 
Employer Contribution                                            
  Receivable                194,517      285,669            -    1,810,744
                                                                 
Participant Loans                                              
  Receivable                      -            -    2,020,290    2,020,290
                                                                 
Total Assets Available                                           
  For Benefits          $ 3,568,729  $12,673,152   $2,020,290  $45,606,940
                                                                 
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(13)  Continued


                              For the Year Ended December 31, 1996

                                                                   
                                                  Strategic        
                                                  Balanced     Growth/
Assets                     Cash         GIC       Portfolio     Value
                                                                        
Cash                    $330,491    $        -  $         - $         -

Investments:                                                  
                                                              
Managed Investment                                          
Funds                          
  GIC                          -     3,285,782            -           -
  Strategic Balanced           -             -    3,915,136           -   
  Growth/Value                 -             -            -   4,578,709        -
  International Equity         -             -            -           -
  Strategic Growth             -             -            -           -
                                                              
Common Stock Fund                                             
  (Advanta Corp. Common                                       
   Stock Class A and B)        -             -            -           -
                                                              
Employer Contribution                                         
  Receivable                   -       102,781      159,100     181,204
                                                              
Participant Loans                                             
  Receivable                   -             -            -           -
                                                              
Total Assets Available                                        
  For Benefits          $330,491   $ 3,388,563   $4,074,236  $4,759,913 
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(13)  Continued

                          For the Year Ended December 31, 1996

                                                          
                                                          
                        International    Strategic     Common
Assets                       Equity       Growth     Stock Funds        
                                                               
Cash                      $         -   $        -   $         -
                                                     
Investments:                                         
                                                     
Managed Investment                                   
Funds                               -            -             -
  GIC                               -            -             -
  Strategic Balanced                -            -             -
  Growth/Value                      -            -             -
  International Equity      2,462,285            -             -
  Strategic Growth                  -    6,405,667             -
                                                     
Common Stock Fund                                    
  (Advanta Corp. Common                              
   Stock Class A and B)             -            -    20,878,353              
                                                     
Employer Contribution                                
  Receivable                  110,936      281,640       485,975
                                                     
Participant Loans                                    
  Receivable                        -            -             -
                                                     
Total Assets Available                               
  For Benefits             $2,573,221   $6,687,307   $21,364,328     
      <PAGE>
                                               
(13)  Continued

                         For the Year Ended December 31, 1996

                                           
                           Participant           
                              Loans              
Assets                      Receivable         Total
                                           
Cash                      $        -       $    330,491
                                           
Investments:                               
                                           
Managed Investment
Funds
  GIC                              -          3,285,782
  Strategic Balanced               -          3,915,136
  Growth/Value                     -          4,578,709
  International Equity             -          2,462,285
  Strategic Growth                 -          6,405,667
                                           
Common Stock Fund                          
  (Advanta Corp. Common                    
   Stock Class A and B)            -         20,878,353
                                               
Employer Contribution              -          1,321,636
  Receivable        
                                            
Participant Loans                          
  Receivable               1,484,178          1,484,178
                                           
Total Assets Available                     
  For Benefits           $ 1,484,178       $ 44,662,237
                                           
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(14)  The schedules of allocation of plan income and changes in assets
      available for benefits to investment funds for the years ended
      December 31, 1997 and 1996 are as follows:

                               For the Year Ended December 31, 1997

                                                                    
                                               Strategic       
                                                Balanced    Growth/
                        Cash          GIC      Portfolio     Value
                                                                        
                                                                      
Increases:                                                            
                                                                      
Interest and                                                          
Dividend Income      $  27,999    $    150   $     173   $      243
Employee                                                              
 Contributions               -     342,045     413,153      561,968
Employer                                                              
 Contributions               -      66,712     100,901      130,025
Realized Gains                                                        
 (Losses) on                                               
  Investments                -     158,785     947,230    1,424,943
Net (Decrease)                                                        
 Increase in                                               
 Fair Market Value                                         
 of Investments              -      (1,779)     (4,546)         573
                        27,999     565,913   1,456,911    2,117,752   
                                                                   
Decreases:                                                            
                                                                      
Distributions to                                                      
 Participants          407,367     224,666     172,473      276,044
Investor Advisory                                                     
 and Trustee Fees            -      12,537      39,191       50,169
                       407,367     237,203     211,664      326,213    
                                                                      
Net (Decrease)                                                        
 Increase             (379,368)    328,710   1,245,247    1,791,539
                                                          
                                                                      
Interfund Transfers     56,954  (3,642,255) (5,262,847)  (6,509,460)   
                                                        
                                                                      
Net Loans Issued           115     (75,018)    (56,636)     (41,992)   
                                                                      
Assets Available                                                      
 for Benefits,                                             
 beginning of year     330,491   3,388,563  $4,074,236   $4,759,913
                                             
                                                                      
Assets Available                                                      
 for Benefits, end                                         
 of year             $   8,192  $        -  $        -   $        -
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(14)  Continued

                  For the Year Ended December 31, 1997

                                                                  
                                                               Western
                                                  T. Rowe       Asset
                  International     Strategic   Price Stable  Management
                      Equity         Growth        Value         Core   
                                                                       
                                                              
Increases:                                                    
                                                              
Interest and                                                  
 Dividend Income  $     126      $      311   $  165,376    $ 23,884
Employee                                                      
 Contributions      305,349         540,307      629,244      39,375
Employer                                                      
 Contributions       72,326         183,884      574,282      37,882
Realized Gains                                                
 (Losses) on                                                  
  Investments       443,122       1,781,212            -         (31)
Net (Decrease)                                                
 Increase in                                                  
 Fair Market                                                  
Value of Investments 11,850          36,906            -      (1,399)
                    832,773       2,542,620    1,368,902      99,711 
                                                              
Decreases:                                                    
                                                              
Distributions to                                              
 Participants        89,631         349,702    1,517,119      (1,123)
Investor Advisory                                             
 and Trustee Fees    23,107          65,997            -           -
                    112,738         415,699    1,517,119      (1,123)
                                                              
Net (Decrease)                                                
 Increase           720,035       2,126,921     (148,217)    100,834
                                                              
Interfund        (3,253,549)     (8,742,251)   6,834,093     399,825
 Transfers                          
                                                              
Net Loans Issued    (39,707)        (71,977)      (5,910)    (12,148)
                                                              
Assets Available                                              
 for Benefits,                                                
 beginning of     2,573,221       6,687,307            -           -
 year
                                                              
Assets Available                                              
 for Benefits,                                                
 end of year     $        -     $         -   $6,679,966    $488,511
                            
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                           For the Year Ended December 31, 1997

                                                                             
                                                                             
                     Dodge and       Vanguard      Dodge and      Vanguard
                        Cox         Index Trust    Cox Stock    International
                     Balanced           500                        Growth
                                                                            
                                                                
Increases:                                                      
                                                                
Interest and                                                    
 Dividend Income    $   216,906     $  94,707     $   265,857   $  99,522
Employee                320,992       562,225         367,542     318,929
 Contributions
Employer                200,407       470,524         288,332     222,925
 Contributions
Realized Gains                                                  
 (Losses) on                                                    
  Investments             1,935         9,103           2,773     (24,082)
Net (Decrease)                                                  
 Increase in Fair                                               
 Market Value of                                                
 Investments           (118,215)      235,571        (207,479)   (360,558)
                        622,025     1,372,130         717,025     256,736
                                                                
Decreases:                                                      
                                                                
Distributions to                                                
 Participants            26,287       419,481         172,862     167,853
Investor Advisory                                               
 and Trustee Fees             -             -               -           -
                         26,287       419,481         172,862     167,853
                                                                
Net (Decrease)                                                  
 Increase               595,738       952,649         544,163      88,883
                                                                
Interfund Transfers   3,214,495     5,969,570       3,840,979   2,425,432
                                                                
Net Loans Issued        (18,040)       (3,326)        (19,050)    (22,682)
                                                                
Assets Available                                                
 for Benefits,                                                  
 beginning of year            -             -               -           -
                                                                
Assets Available                                                
 for Benefits,                                                  
 end of year       $  3,792,193    $6,918,893     $ 4,366,092  $2,491,633
                                
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                     For the Year Ended December 31, 1997

                                                       
                                                       
                      Hancock                          
                      Special       Putnam New      Common
                     Equities     Opportunities   Stock Fund
                                        
                                                             
                                                  
Increases:                                        
                                                  
Interest and                                      
 Dividend Income    $      -      $   73,101     $   254,796
Employee             254,940         338,533       1,514,708
 Contributions
Employer             192,187         284,161         671,994
 Contributions
Realized Gains                                    
 (Losses) on                                      
  Investments         18,954          11,819        (179,834)
Net (Decrease)                                    
 Increase in                                      
 Fair Market Value                                      
 of Investments       94,083         128,358      (9,374,395)

                     560,164         835,972      (7,112,731)
                                                  
Decreases:                                        
                                                  
Distributions to                                  
 Participants        165,478         126,316         974,958
Investor Advisory                                 
 and Trustee Fees          -               -          17,585
                     165,478         126,316         992,543
                                                  
Net (Decrease)                                    
 Increase            394,686         709,656      (8,105,274)
                                                  
                                                  
Interfund          2,233,765       2,882,821        (447,572)
 Transfers

Net Loans Issued     (29,162)        (23,748)       (138,330)
                                                  
Assets Available                                  
 for Benefits,                                    
 beginning of year         -               -      21,364,328
                                                  
Assets Available                                  
 for Benefits,                                    
 end of year      $2,599,289     $ 3,568,729    $  12,673,152
 
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                   For the Year Ended December 31, 1997
                                
                                           
                                           
                     Participant           
                        Loans            Total
                      Receivable
                                     
                                     
Increases:                           
                                     
Interest and                         
 Dividend Income    $  164,140       $ 1,387,291
Employee                             
 Contributions               -         6,509,310
Employer                             
 Contributions               -         3,496,542
Realized Gains                       
 (Losses) on                         
  Investments                -         4,595,929
Net (Decrease)                       
 Increase in                         
 Fair Market Value                        
 of Investments              -        (9,561,030)
 
                       164,140         6,428,042
                                     
Decreases:                           
                                     
Distributions to                     
 Participants          185,639         5,274,753
Investor Advisory                  
 and Trustee Fees            -           208,586
                       185,639         5,483,339
                                     
Net (Decrease)                       
 Increase              (21,499)          944,703
                                     
Interfund                    -                 -
 Transfers
                                     
Net Loans Issued       557,611                 -
                                     
Assets Available                     
 for Benefits,                       
 beginning of year   1,484,178        44,662,237

                                     
Assets Available                     
 for Benefits,                       
 end of year        $2,020,290       $45,606,940
 
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(14)  Continued

                         For the Year Ended December 31, 1996
                                     
                                                                 
                                             Strategic       
                                             Balanced     Growth/
                       Cash         GIC      Portfolio     Value
                                                                      
                                                                    
Increases:                                                          
                                                                    
Interest and         $  9,110   $      110   $     163   $      174  
Dividend Income
Employee                                                            
 Contributions              -      405,330     620,088      643,633
Employer                                                            
 Contributions              -      203,875     310,456      331,954
Realized Gains                                                      
 (Losses) on                                            
  Investments               -        4,035      (1,068)      19,534
Net Increase in                                                     
 Fair Market Value                                       
 of Investments             -      162,772     305,258      710,759
                        9,110      776,122   1,234,897    1,706,054  
                                                                    
Decreases:                                                          
                                                                    
Distributions to                                                    
 Participants         371,358      184,829     131,636      161,922
Investor Advisory                                                   
 and Trustee Fees           -       14,333      51,263       51,883
                      371,358      199,162     182,899      213,805    
                                                                    
Net (Decrease)                                                      
 Increase            (362,248)     576,960   1,051,998    1,492,249
                     
                                                                    
Interfund Transfers   444,851      119,270    (321,515)     386,831    
                                                                    
Net Loans Issued      244,101      (30,159)    (26,557)     (67,853)   
                                                                    
Assets Available                                                    
 for Benefits,                                           
 beginning of year      3,787    2,722,492   3,370,310    2,948,686
                                                                    
Assets Available                                                    
 for Benefits, end                                       
 of year             $330,491   $3,388,563  $4,074,236   $4,759,913
                                                 
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  (14)  Continued
                                     
                    For the Year Ended December 31, 1996

                                                     
                                                     
                                                  Common
                  International     Strategic      Stock
                       Equity         Growth       Fund
                                                                               
                                                
Increases:                                      
                                                
Interest and        $    133      $       276    $  219,473
  Dividend Income                   
Employee                                        
 Contributions       433,976        1,092,924     1,686,810
Employer                                        
 Contributions       211,750          527,377       959,978
Realized Gains                                  
 (Losses) on                                    
  Investments          9,198              864       301,033
Net Increase in                                 
 Fair Market Value                                    
 of Investments       69,677        1,051,315     1,816,298
 
                     724,734        2,672,756     4,983,592
                                                
Decreases:                                      
                                                
Distributions to                                
 Participants        109,310          167,259       370,633
Investor Advisory                               
 and Trustee Fees     28,472           74,843         8,396
                     137,782          242,102       379,029
                                                
Net (Decrease)                                  
 Increase            586,952        2,430,654     4,604,563
                                                
Interfund Transfers  379,421           52,371    (1,061,229)
                                                
Net Loans Issued     (39,380)         (57,072)     (218,717)
                                                 
Assets Available                                
 for Benefits,                                  
 beginning of year 1,646,228        4,261,354    18,039,711
                                                
Assets Available                                
 for Benefits,                                  
 end of year      $2,573,221       $6,687,307   $21,364,328
                                     

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(14)  Continued

                          For the Year Ended December 31, 1996

                                       
                                       
                    Participant        
                       Loans           
                    Receivable       Total
                                             
                                  
Increases:                        
                                  
Interest and                      
  Dividend Income   $   117,950    $  347,389
Employee                          
 Contributions                -     4,882,761
Employer
 Contributions                -     2,545,390
Realized Gains                    
 (Losses) on                      
  Investments                 -       333,596
Net Increase in                   
 Fair Market Value                     
 of Investments               -     4,116,079
 
                        117,950    12,225,215
                                  
Decreases:                        
                                  
Distributions to                  
 Participants            15,241     1,512,188
Investor Advisory                 
 and Trustee Fees             -       229,190
                         15,241     1,741,378
                                  
Net (Decrease)                    
 Increase               102,709    10,483,837
                                  
Interfund Transfers           -             -
                                  
Net Loans Issued        195,637             -
                                  
Assets Available                  
 for Benefits,                    
 beginning of year    1,185,832    34,178,400
                                  
Assets Available                  
 for Benefits,                    
 end of year         $1,484,178   $44,662,237
 
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                                                                 SCHEDULE I
                               Advanta Corp.
                           Employee Savings Plan
                              EIN 23-1462070
                                     
        Item 27a - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes
                             December 31, 1997


                                                                 Market
                                                     Cost         Value
                                                               
Cash                                             $     8,192   $     8,192
Managed Investment Funds                                                  
  T. Rowe Price Stable Value:6,334,571.31 shares,  6,334,571     6,334,571
   Market value per share $1.00                                           
  Western Asset Core:  4,050.89 shares,              463,687       462,288
   Market value per share $114.12                                         
  Dodge and Cox Balanced:  54,738.32 shares,       3,773,633     3,655,425
   Market value per share $66.78                                          
  Vanguard Index Trust 500: 73,039.28 shares,      6,344,538     6,580,109
   Market value per share $90.09                                          
  Dodge and Cox Stock:  44,050.88 shares,          4,373,352     4,165,892
   Market value per share $94.57                                          
  Vanguard International Growth:  142,718.69       2,699,766     2,339,159
   shares, Market value per share $16.39                
  Hancock Special Equities:  93,294.58 shares,     2,374,485     2,468,575
   Market value per share $26.46                        
  Putnam New Opportunities:  69,356.88 shares,     3,245,854     3,374,212
   Market value per share $48.65
                                                                          
                                                                          
*Advanta Corp. Common Stock Fund                  15,909,454    12,387,483
  Class A:  93,452 shares,
   market value $26.25 per share
  Class B:  391,425 shares,
   market value $25.38 per share
                                                                          
Participant Loans Receivable,                                             
 Bearing interest from 9 3/4% to 10%               2,020,290     2,020,290
                                                                          
                                                 $47,547,822   $43,796,196
                                                                        
                                                                            

* Party-in-interest to the Plan

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<TABLE>
                                                                                Schedule II
                                  Advanta Corp.
                              Employee Savings Plan
                                 EIN 23-1462070
                                        
                  Item 27d- Schedule of Reportable Transactions
                      For The Year Ended December 31, 1997
                                        
Transactions set forth below are those which involve an amount in excess of 5%
of the market value of the Plan's assets at the beginning of the year.
<CAPTION>                                                                     
                                                                                  
                                                                                  
   Identity      Description    Purchase     Selling      Cost      Net Gain   Number of
   of Party          of          Price        Price     of Asset       or     Transactions
                    Asset                                            (loss)    
<S>              <C>            <C>          <C>        <C>         <C>       <C>             
T. Rowe Price      Mutual   $ 8,949,892     $     -   $ 8,949,892   $      -      41                                           
 Stable Value       Fund                                                           
 Fund

Dodge and Cox      Mutual     3,896,395           -     3,896,395          -      64
 Balanced Fund      Fund

Vanguard Index     Mutual     6,863,377           -     6,863,377          -      70                                    
 500                Fund
                    
Dodge and Cox      Mutual     4,608,791           -     4,608,791          -      69                                     
 Stock Fund         Fund
                    
Vanguard           Mutual     2,986,524           -     2,986,524          -      64                      
 International      Fund                                                              
 Growth

John Hancock       Mutual     2,621,499           -     2,621,499          -      54
 Special Equity     Fund
 Equity

Putnam New         Mutual     3,449,260           -     3,449,260                 62                                   
 Opportunities      Fund
       Total                $33,375,738  $        -   $33,375,738 $        -
                                             
T. Rowe Price                                                                         
 Stable Value      Mutual                                                               
 Fund               Fund    $ 2,615,321  $2,615,321   $ 2,615,321 $        -      65
GIC                Mutual     4,444,061   4,285,276     4,444,061    158,785      16
                    Fund
Strategic          Mutual     5,570,616   4,623,386     5,570,616    947,230      16              
 Balances           Fund
Growth/Value       Mutual     7,241,958   5,817,015     7,241,958  1,424,943      15
                    Fund                                             
International      Mutual     3,477,267   3,034,145     3,477,267    443,122      16                              
Equity              Fund                      
Strategic          Mutual     9,650,243   7,869,031     9,650,243  1,781,212      17
Growth              Fund                                           
       Total                $32,999,466 $28,244,174   $32,999,466 $4,755,292        
                                                              

 </TABLE>
 
                                                            Schedule II
                                                            (Continued)
                             Advanta Corp.
                         Employee Savings Plan
                                   
            Item 27d - Schedule of Reportable Transactions
                   For Year Ended December 31, 1997

Transactions set forth below are those which involve an amount in excess of 5% 
of the market value of the Plan's assets at the beginning of the year.


                                  Number of            Cost
                                 Transactions        of Assets
                                                                
Purchases:                                                      
                                                                
T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund       41             8,949,892
Dodge and Cox Balanced Fund           64             3,896,395
Vanguard Index Trust 500              70             6,863,377
Dodge and Cox Stock Fund              69             4,608,791
Vanguard International Growth         64             2,986,524
John Hancock Special Equity           54             2,621,499
Putnam New Opportunities              62             3,449,260
                                                                
Sales:                                                          
                                                                
T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund       65             2,615,321
GIC                                   16             4,444,061
Strategic Balanced                    16             5,570,616
Growth/Value                          15             7,241,958
International Equity                  16             3,477,267
Strategic Growth                      17             9,650,243
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                           EXHIBIT INDEX



          Exhibit No.            Document
                                 
               1                 Consent of Independent Public
                                 Accountants

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                                                        EXHIBIT I
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
                                   
                                   
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation of our report included in this Form 11-K, into the
Company's previously filed Form S-8 Registration Statements File Nos.
33-10790, 33-47308, 33-50209, 333-01681 and 333-04471.




Philadelphia, PA
   June 24, 1998
  



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