SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-A

                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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                          Citibank (South Dakota), N.A.
                                  on behalf of
                       Citibank Credit Card Master Trust I
          (Issuer in respect of the Citibank Credit Card Master Trust I
       $625,000,000 6.35% Class A Credit Card Participation Certificates,
     Series 1997-7 and $40,000,000 6.45% Class B Credit Card Participation
                          Certificates, Series 1997-7)
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

   United States of America                              46-0358360
 (State or other jurisdiction of                      (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)                      Identification No.)

    701 East 60th St., North
    Sioux Falls, South Dakota                               57117
     (Address of principal                                (Zip Code)
       executive offices)

If this form relates to the              If this form relates to the
registration of a class of securities    registration of a class of securities  
pursuant to Section 12(b) of the         pursuant to Section 12(g) of the       
Exchange Act and is effective            Exchange Act and is effective pursuant 
pursuant to General Instruction          to General Instruction A.(d), please   
A.(c), please check the following        check the following box.: |x|          
box.: |_|                                      


               Securities Act registration statement file number
                      to which this form relates:   33-99328
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                                                 (If applicable)


                     SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO
                           SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:

                                      None.

                     SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO
                           SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:

          $625,000,000 principal amount of the Citibank Credit Card Master Trust
          I 6.35% Class A Credit Card Participation Certificates,  Series 1997-7
          (the "Class A  Certificates")  with an expected  final payment date of
          August 2000 and  $40,000,000  principal  amount of the Citibank Credit
          Card  Master   Trust  I  6.45%  Class  B  Credit  Card   Participation
          Certificates,  Series  1997-7  (the  "Class B  Certificates")  with an
          expected final payment date of August 2000.


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Item  1. Description of the Registrant's Securities to be Registered

          The description of the Class A Certificates and Class B Certificates
          appears under the captions entitled: "Prospectus Summary"; "Special
          Considerations"; "Series Provisions"; "The Pooling Agreement
          Generally"; "Certain Legal Aspects of the Receivables"; "Tax Matters";
          and "ERISA Considerations" in the Prospectus dated January 21, 1997
          and "Summary of Series Terms"; "The Accounts"; and "Supplemental
          Series Provisions" in the Prospectus Supplement dated August 8, 1997
          (the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement are incorporated herein
          by reference as Exhibit 7).


Item  2. Exhibits

               1.   Form of specimens of certificates  representing  the Class A
                    Certificates  and the Class B Certificates  (included within
                    Exhibit 6).

               2.   Pooling and Servicing  Agreement  (incorporated by reference
                    from Exhibit 4.2 of the registrants'  registration statement
                    on Form S-1 (File No. 33-41054) as filed with the Securities
                    and Exchange Commission on June 5, 1991).

               3.   Form of Amendment No. 1 to Pooling and  Servicing  Agreement
                    (incorporated   by   reference   from  Exhibit  4.3  of  the
                    registrants'  amendment no. 1 to  registration  statement on
                    Form S-1 (File No.  33-48148)  as filed with the  Securities
                    and Exchange Commission on June 12, 1992).

               4.   Form of Amendment  Nos. 2, 3 and 4 to Pooling and  Servicing
                    Agreement  (incorporated  by reference from Exhibit 4 of the
                    registrants'  registration  statement  on Form S-3 (File No.
                    33-77802)  as  filed  with  the   Securities   and  Exchange
                    Commission on April 15, 1994).

               5.   Form of Amendment No. 5 to Pooling and  Servicing  Agreement
                    (incorporated   by   reference   from   Exhibit   4  of  the
                    registrants'  Current  Report on Form 8-K dated  January  8,
                    1996).

               6.   Series 1997-7 Supplement to Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

               7.   Prospectus  dated  January 21,  1997,  as  filed  with  the
                    Securities  and Exchange  Commission on January 23, 1997 and
                    Prospectus  Supplement dated August 8, 1997, as filed with
                    the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on August 12, 1997
                    pursuant  to Rule 424 (b)  (the  Prospectus  and  Prospectus
                    Supplement are incorporated herein by reference).


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                                    SIGNATURE


                  Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                                  CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A.


                                                  By:/s/ Eugene D. Rowenhorst
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                                                         Eugene D. Rowenhorst
                                                         Senior Vice President


Date:  March 17, 1998


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