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Board Actions | Actions under delegated authority
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Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending December 12, 2015


Bank Branches, Domestic

Kansas City
FirstBank, Lakewood, Colorado -- to establish a branch at 3594 Logan Street, Englewood.
-Approved, December 11, 2015

Kansas City
RCB Bank, Claremore, Oklahoma -- to establish a branch at 3151 West Tecumseh Road, Norman.
-Approved, December 7, 2015

Atlanta
Regions Bank, Birmingham, Alabama -- to establish a branch at 6700 Nolensville Road, Brentwood, Tennessee.
-Approved, December 11, 2015

Bank Holding Companies

St. Louis
First Breckinridge Bancshares, Inc., Irvington, Kentucky -- to acquire American Bank & Trust Company, Inc., Bowling Green.
-Approved, December 11, 2015

Philadelphia
Fulton Financial Corporation, Lancaster, Pennsylvania -- to make certain public welfare investments.
-Withdrawn, December 7, 2015

Cleveland
Gillmor Financial Services, Inc., Old Fort, Ohio -- to engage in lending activities.
-Approved, December 7, 2015

Cleveland
Old Fort Banking Company Employee Stock Ownership and 401(k) Plan-ESOP Component Trust, Old Fort, Ohio -- to become a bank holding company by acquiring shares of Gillmor Financial Services, Inc., Old Fort, and indirectly acquiring control of The Old Fort Banking Company.
-Approved, December 7, 2015

St. Louis
Rhineland Bancshares, Inc., Rhineland, Missouri -- to become a bank holding company by acquiring Peoples Savings Bank of Rhineland, Rhineland.
-Approved, December 9, 2015

Richmond
Southern BancShares (N.C.), Inc., Mount Olive, North Carolina -- to acquire Heritage Bankshares, Inc., Norfolk, Virginia, and thereby indirectly acquire Heritage Bank.
-Approved, December 10, 2015

Banks, Foreign

General Counsel
Banque SYZ SA, Geneva, Switzerland -- to retain temporarily a representative office in Miami, Florida.
-Approved, December 10, 2015

Banks, Nonmember, and Miscellaneous Institutions

Director, BS&R
Jacobs Asset Management, LLC, et al., New York, New York -- relief from certain commitments (two requests).
-Granted, December 9, 2015

Banks, State Member

Dallas
Origin Bank, Choudrant, Louisiana -- retroactive notice by Community Trust Bank (renamed Origin Bank) to make certain community development and public welfare investments.
-Approved, December 11, 2015

Change in Bank Control

Cleveland
Benchmark Bancorp, Inc., Gahanna, Ohio -- change in bank control of Benchmark Bancorp, Inc., and its subsidiary, Benchmark Bank, Gahanna.
-Permitted, December 9, 2015

Minneapolis
Commercial Holding Company, Wagner, South Dakota -- change in bank control of Commercial Holding Company and its subsidiary, Commercial State Bank, Wagner.
-Permitted, December 8, 2015

Dallas
First Eldorado Bancshares, Inc., Eldorado, Texas -- to retain control of First Eldorado Bancshares, Inc., and its subsidiary, The First National Bank of Eldorado, Eldorado.
-Permitted, December 11, 2015

Chicago
First Independence Corporation, Detroit, Michigan -- change in bank control of First Independence Corporation and its subsidiary, First Independence Bank, Detroit.
-Permitted, December 8, 2015

Kansas City
First National Bancshares Corporation of Fredonia, Fredonia, Kansas -- change in bank control of First National Bancshares Corporation of Fredonia and its subsidiary, First National Bank in Fredonia, Fredonia.
-Permitted, December 11, 2015

Minneapolis
Hamburg Financial, Inc., Excelsior, Minnesota -- to retain control of Hamburg Financial, Inc., and its subsidiary, State Bank of Hamburg, Hamburg.
-Permitted, December 11, 2015

Minneapolis
NW Bancshares, Inc., Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin -- change in bank control of NW Bancshares, Inc., and its subsidiary, The Northwestern Bank, Chippewa Falls.
-Permitted, December 7, 2015

Minneapolis
Poe Investment Company, Excelsior, Minnesota -- to retain control of Poe Investment Company and its subsidiary, Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Sacred Heart, Sacred Heart.
-Permitted, December 11, 2015

Kansas City
Rae Valley Financials, Inc., Petersburg, Nebraska -- change in bank control of Rae Valley Financials, Inc., and its subsidiary, Petersburg State Bank, Petersburg.
-Permitted, December 7, 2015

Dallas
Relationship Financial Corporation, Kerrville, Texas -- change in bank control of Relationship Financial Corporation and its subsidiary, Guadalupe National Bank, Kerrville.
-Withdrawn, December 7, 2015

Extensions of Time

Richmond
Bank of America, National Association, Charlotte, North Carolina -- extension to December 22, 2016, to establish a new foreign bank subsidiary, Bank of America (China) Limited, Shanghai, China.
-Granted, December 10, 2015

Secretary
BNC Bancorp, High Point, North Carolina -- commenter's request to extend the comment period on the application to acquire Southcoast Financial Corporation, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and thereby acquire Southcoast Community Bank.
-Denied, December 8, 2015

Financial Holding Companies

Chicago
First National Bancorp, Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan -- election to become a financial holding company.
-Effective, December 8, 2015

Membership

Chicago
First Citizens National Bank, Mason City, Iowa -- to retain membership in the Federal Reserve System on conversion to a state-chartered institution, First Citizens Bank.
-Approved, December 11, 2015

Kansas City
The First National Bank in Altus, Altus, Oklahoma -- to retain membership in the Federal Reserve System on conversion to a state-chartered institution.
-Approved, December 11, 2015

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