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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000890566-98-000302.txt : 19980312
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000890566-98-000302
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	19980304
ITEM INFORMATION:		
ITEM INFORMATION:		
FILED AS OF DATE:		19980311
SROS:			NONE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000315709
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				742157138
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-09439
		FILM NUMBER:		98563249

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12OO SAN BERNARDO AVE
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 1359
		CITY:			LAREDO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78040-1359
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2107227611

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 1359
		STREET 2:		1200 SAN BERNARDO
		CITY:			LAREDO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78040
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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): March 4, 1998


                      INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


                          Commission File Number 0-9439


                    TEXAS                            74-2157138       
        (State or other Jurisdiction              (I.R.S. Employer
      of incorporation or organization)         Identification No.)
        
    1200 SAN BERNARDO, LAREDO, TEXAS                78040-1359
 (Address of principal executive offices)           (ZIP Code)

       (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE) (956) 722-7611
     
                                      NONE
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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<PAGE>
ITEM 5.     OTHER EVENTS

      On March 4, 1998, Dennis E. Nixon, Chairman and CEO of International
Bancshares Corporation ("IBC") issued a news release announcing that the Common
Stock of IBC has been listed for trading on the Nasdaq National Market and is
trading under the Nasdaq trading symbol IBOC.

ITEM 7.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

      c.    Exhibits

            The following exhibit is filed as part of this report:

            (99)  News release of International Bancshares Corporation dated
                  March 4, 1998.

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<PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES

      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.

                              INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES CORPORATION
                              (Registrant)


                              By:/s/ DENNIS E. NIXON
                                     DENNIS E. NIXON, President,
                                    and Chief Executive Officer

Date:  March 5, 1998

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT                                            PAGE
NUMBER                    DESCRIPTION             NUMBER
- ------                    -----------             ------

99              News Release of International        5
                Bancshares Corporation dated
                March 4, 1998                

                                        4
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                                                                      EXHIBIT 99

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                     CONTACT:
                                          Dennis E. Nixon
                                          Chairman & CEO
                                          International Bancshares Corporation
                                          956/722-7611


             INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES CORPORATION ANNOUNCES LISTING
                          ON THE NASDAQ NATIONAL MARKET


LAREDO, TX. (March 4, 1998)....Dennis E. Nixon, Chairman and CEO of
International Bancshares Corporation, announced today that the Common Stock of
IBC has been listed for trading on the Nasdaq National Market and is trading
under the Nasdaq trading symbol IBOC.

International Bancshares Corporation is a $4.5 billion multi-bank holding
company headquartered in Laredo, Texas, with facilities in San Antonio, Houston,
Corpus Christi, McAllen, Brownsville, Zapata, and throughout the Rio Grande
Valley and the Texas gulf coast.

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