BANKAMERICA CORP
424B5, 1996-02-15
NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS
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                                                            Rule 424(b)(5) 
                                                            File No. 33-54385 
PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 32
DATED February 14, 1996     
(To Prospectus Supplement dated
August 22, 1994, including the
Prospectus dated August 22, 1994)

                                 $3,000,000

                            BANKAMERICA CORPORATION

                      SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES I
 
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<S>                                        <C> 
      Floating Rate Notes [_]              5.55% Fixed Rate Notes [x]
                                                                               
      Book Entry Notes    [x]              Certificated Notes   [_]           

Original Issue Date: February 20, 1996      Stated Maturity: February 15, 2001
    
                                           Extended            Notice of        
                                           Maturity            Extension   
                                            Date(s)             Date(s)    
                                           --------            ---------   
                                             N/A                  N/A      
                                                                             
Redemption            Redemption           Specified             
 Date(s)               Price(s)            Currency:           U.S. Dollars
 -------               --------            Authorized                          
   N/A                   N/A               Denominations
                                           (Only applicable if                
                                           Specified Currency               
                                           is other than                    
                                           U.S. Dollars):      N/A         
Repayment             Repayment    
 Date(s)               Price(s)              
- ---------             ---------            Interest Payment                  
   N/A                   N/A               Period:             Semi-annual
                                           Interest Payment                   
                                           Dates:              Each February
                                                               15 and August 15,
                                                               commencing on 
                                                               August 15, 1996,
                                                               and at Maturity
 
                                           Total Amount of               
                                           OID:                N/A             
                                           Yield to Maturity:  N/A            
                                           Initial Accrual
                                           Period OID and
                                           Designated Method:  N/A
                    
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<S>                                                        <C>                                           
Trade Date:    February 14, 1996                           Agent's Commission:      N/A                   
Name of Agent: BA Securities, Inc.                         Proceeds to Corporation: $2,998,230 
               
[_] Agent is acting as agent for                           [X] Agent is purchasing Notes from            
    the sale of Notes by the                                   the Corporation at 99.941% of their        
    Corporation at a price to                                  principal amount as principal for         
    public of:                                                 resale to investors and other             
                                                               purchasers at:                            
    [_] 100% of the principal amount                                                                     
                                                               [x] a fixed initial public offering           
    [_]    % of the principal amount                               price of 100% of the principal.
                                                                  
                                                               [_] a fixed initial public offering           
                                                                   price of   % of the principal             
                                                                   amount.                                   
                                                                                                         
                                                               [_] varying prices relating to                
                                                                   prevailing market prices at time          
                                                                   of resale to be determined by             
                                                                   Agent.                                     
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             CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
             -----------------------------------------------------

     The following supplements the discussion set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement under the heading "Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Consequences."

     On December 15, 1994, the Internal Revenue Service released proposed 
Treasury regulations (the "Proposed Regulations") which relate to variable rate 
debt instruments and contingent payment debt instruments. The Proposed 
Regulations contain proposed amendments to the final Treasury regulations issued
on January 27, 1994 relating to variable rate debt instruments. The Proposed
Regulations also supersede the proposed Treasury regulations relating to
contingent payment debt instruments previously released by the Internal Revenue
Service in 1986 and 1991, the latter of which provided rules to bifurcate
certain contingent payment debt instruments into their component parts. In
general, the Proposed Regulations are proposed to be effective for debt
instruments issued on or after the date that is 60 days after final 
regulations are published.

     Accordingly, with respect to "qualifying variable rate" debt instruments, 
the following are the material changes to the discussion in the fifth and sixth 
paragraphs under the heading "Certain United States Federal Income Tax 
Consequences--Original Issue Discount" in the Prospectus Supplement:

     (1) The Proposed Regulations would change the phrase "less than one
     year" to "one year or less" with respect to debt instruments providing for
     interest stated at an initial fixed rate followed by a variable rate that
     is either a qualified floating rate or an objective rate for a subsequent
     period. This change is proposed to be effective for debt instruments issued
     on or after April 4, 1994.

     (2) The Proposed Regulations would change the definition of an
     "objective rate" to a rate (other than a qualified floating rate) that is
     determined using a single fixed formula and that is based on objective
     financial or economic information. The rate, however, must not be based on
     information that is within the control of the issuer (or a related party)
     or that is, in general, unique to the circumstances of the issuer (or a
     related party), such as dividends, profits, or the value of the issuer's
     stock. This change is proposed to be effective for debt instruments issued
     on or after the date that is 60 days after final regulations are published.

     (3) The Proposed Regulations make it clear with respect to variable
     rate debt instruments that provide for annual payments of interest at a
     single variable rate, that the qualified stated interest allocable to an
     accrual period is increased (or decreased) if the interest actually paid
     during an accrual period exceeds (or is less than) the interest assumed to
     be paid during the accrual period. This clarification is proposed to be
     effective for debt instruments issued on or after April 4, 1994.

     With respect to variable rate debt instruments that do not bear interest at
a "qualifying variable rate," and accordingly will be treated as contingent 
payment debt instruments, the discussion in the seventh paragraph under the 
heading "Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences--Original Issue 
Discount" does not reflect the Proposed Regulations that were released on 
December 15, 1994, which supersede the proposed regulations described in that 
paragraph. In the event the Corporation issues contingent payment debt 
instruments, the applicable pricing supplement will describe the material 
federal income tax consequences.

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                             PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
                             --------------------

     The following supplements the discussion set forth in the Prospectus 
Supplement under the heading "Plan of Distribution."

     Any offer or sale of the Notes will comply with the requirements of 
Schedule E of the By-Laws of the National Association of Securities Dealers, 
Inc. (the "NASD") regarding underwriting securities of an affiliate. No NASD 
member participating in the offering of the Notes will execute a transaction in 
the Notes in a discretionary account without the prior written specific approval
of the member's customer.

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                              BA SECURITIES, INC.


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