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Actions taken by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis under delegated authority

Bank Branches, Domestic
Central Bank of St. Louis, Clayton, Missouri -- to establish a branch at 1 McKnight Place, St. Louis.
- Approved, August 21, 2020
The Farmers & Merchants Bank, Stuttgart, Arkansas -- to establish a branch at 3100 Southwest Drive, Jonesboro.
- Approved, August 20, 2020
Patriot Bank, Millington, Tennessee -- to establish a branch at 3535 Austin Peay Highway, Memphis.
- Approved, August 19, 2020
Encore Bank, Little Rock, Arkansas -- to relocate the main office to 1801 Rahling Road, Little Rock, and to retain the office at 12224 Chenal Parkway as a branch.
- Approved, July 21, 2020
Arvest Bank, Fayetteville, Arkansas -- to establish a branch at 5630 East Bannister Road, Kansas City, Missouri.
- Approved, May 27, 2020
Arvest Bank, Fayetteville, Arkansas -- to establish a branch at the northwest corner of Arkansas Highway 12 and SW Eden Brooke Street, Bentonville.
- Approved, May 12, 2020
Encore Bank, Little Rock, Arkansas -- to establish a branch at 2211 Browns Lane, Jonesboro.
- Approved, April 27, 2020
Progressive Ozark Bank, Salem, Missouri -- to establish a branch at 109 Missouri State Highway 32, Licking, and to increase its investment in bank premises.
- Approved, April 21, 2020
Encore Bank, Little Rock, Arkansas -- to establish a branch at 112 West Center Street, Fayetteville.
- Approved, April 10, 2020
Southern Bank, Poplar Bluff, Missouri -- to establish a branch at 2033A West Main Street, Cabot, Arkansas.
- Approved, April 8, 2020
Triumph Bank, Memphis, Tennessee -- to establish a branch at 33 Music Square West, Nashville.
- Approved, April 2, 2020
Arvest Bank, Fayetteville, Arkansas -- to establish a branch at 2885 Prince Street, Conway.
- Approved, March 24, 2020
OakStar Bank, Springfield, Missouri -- to establish a branch at 1831 East 20th Street, Joplin.
- Approved, March 18, 2020
Triumph Bank, Memphis, Tennessee -- to establish a branch at 33 Music Square West, Nashville.
- Returned, March 11, 2020
First Horizon Bank, Memphis, Tennessee -- to establish a branch at One Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, North Carolina.
- Approved, March 4, 2020
BankFirst Financial Services, Macon, Mississippi -- to establish a branch at 22 Millbranch Road, Hattiesburg.
- Approved, February 19, 2020
Arvest Bank, Fayetteville, Arkansas -- to establish a branch at 201 Robert S Kerr Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
- Approved, February 5, 2020
Encore Bank, Little Rock, Arkansas -- to establish a branch at 5100 West JB Hunt Drive, Rogers.
- Approved, January 27, 2020
The Citizens Bank, Batesville, Arkansas -- to establish a branch at 8000 Cantrell Road, Little Rock.
- Approved, January 2, 2020
Bank Holding Companies
American Pacific Bancorp, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland -- (1) to become a bank holding company by acquiring Main Street Bancshares, Inc., Harrisburg, Illinois, and thereby acquiring Grand Rivers Community Bank, Grand Chain; and (2) to engage in insurance activities by acquiring Kotner Title & Abstract, LLC, Harrisburg.
- Withdrawn, August 21, 2020
Security Bancshares, Inc., Paris, Tennessee -- (1) to become a bank holding company by acquiring Security Bank and Trust Company, Paris; and (2) to merge with Dyer F&M Bancshares, Inc., Dyer, and thereby acquire The Farmers & Merchants Bank.
- Approved, July 24, 2020
BankFirst Capital Corporation, Macon, Mississippi -- (1) to acquire through merger Traders & Farmers Bancshares, Inc., Haleyville, Alabama, and thereby indirectly acquire Traders & Farmers Bank (TFB); and (2) for BankFirst Financial Services, Macon, to merge with TFB, Haleyville, and retain the acquired facilities as branches.
- Approved, April 16, 2020
South Porte Financial, Inc., Marion, Illinois -- waiver of application to acquire SouthernTrust Bancshares, Inc., Goreville, and Southern Trust Bank (STB), in connection with the merger of STB with South Porte Bank, Marion.
- Granted, April 3, 2020
Genesis Bancorp, Inc., Benoit, Mississippi -- to become a bank holding company by acquiring Bank of Benoit, Benoit.
- Approved, March 23, 2020
The McGehee Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan, McGehee, Arkansas -- to acquire additional shares of Southeast Financial Bankstock Corp., McGehee, and thereby increase its control of McGehee Bank.
- Approved, March 16, 2020
New London Bancshares, Inc., New London, Missouri -- to acquire through merger Saints Avenue Bancshares, Inc., St. Charles.
- Approved, March 12, 2020
Reliable Community Bancshares, Inc., Perryville, Missouri -- (1) to acquire Bolivar Bancshares, Inc., Bolivar, and thereby indirectly acquire Bank of Bolivar; and (2) for Bolivar Acquisition Corp., Perryville, to become a bank holding company by acquiring Bolivar Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Bank of Bolivar.
- Approved, February 6, 2020
Stifel Financial Corp., St. Louis, Missouri, and Stifel Bancorp, Inc. -- to convert Stifel Trust Company Delaware, National Association, Wilmington, Delaware, from a nondepository trust company to a depository trust company that qualifies as a limited-purpose bank.
- Approved, February 6, 2020
Citizens Union Bancorp of Shelbyville, Inc., Shelbyville, Kentucky -- to acquire through merger Owenton Bancorp, Inc., Owenton, and thereby indirectly acquire Peoples Bank & Trust Company.
- Approved, February 4, 2020
Cross County Bancshares, Inc., Wynne, Arkansas -- to acquire shares of Central Bank, Little Rock.
- Approved, January 7, 2020
Bank Mergers
Dieterich Bank, Effingham, Illinois -- to purchase certain assets and assume certain liabilities of five branches of First Bank, Creve Coeur, Missouri, and to retain the acquired facilities as branches.
- Approved, April 13, 2020
Southern Bank, Poplar Bluff, Missouri -- to merge with Central Federal Savings and Loan Association, Rolla, and to retain the acquired facility as a branch.
- Approved, April 2, 2020
The Missouri Bank, Warrenton, Missouri -- to merge with The Missouri Bank II, Sedalia, and to retain the acquired facilities as branches.
- Approved, March 25, 2020
Simmons Bank, Pine Bluff, Arkansas -- to merge with Landmark Bank, Columbia, Missouri, and to retain the acquired facilities as branches.
- Approved, January 9, 2020
First Horizon Bank, Memphis, Tennessee -- to purchase certain assets and assume certain liabilities of 30 branches of SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, Georgia, and to retain the acquired facilities as branches.
- Approved, January 3, 2020
Change In Bank Control
Commercial Holding Company, Paris, Tennessee -- to retain control of Commercial Holding Company and its subsidiary, Commercial Bank & Trust Company, Paris.
- Permitted, August 17, 2020
Townsend Financial Corporation, Parsons, Tennessee -- to retain control of Townsend Financial Corporation and its subsidiary, Farmers Bank, Parsons.
- Permitted, August 7, 2020
Tri-County Bancshares, Inc., Beecher City, Illinois -- to retain control of Tri-County Bancshares, Inc., and its subsidiary, First State Bank of Beecher City, Beecher City.
- Permitted, July 16, 2020
Commercial Holding Company, Paris, Tennessee -- to retain control of Commercial Holding Company and its subsidiary, Commercial Bank & Trust Company, Paris.
- Permitted, June 29, 2020
Alton Bancshares, Inc., Alton, Missouri -- to retain control of Alton Bancshares, Inc., and its subsidiaries, Alton Bank, Alton, and First Community Bank of the Ozarks, Branson.
- Withdrawn, April 2, 2020
Dyer F & M Bancshares, Inc., Dyer, Tennessee -- to retain control of Dyer F & M Bancshares, Inc., and its subsidiary, The Farmers & Merchants Bank, Dyer.
- Permitted, January 9, 2020
Petit Jean Bancshares, Inc., Morrilton, Arkansas -- to retain control of Petit Jean Bancshares, Inc., and its subsidiary, Petit Jean State Bank, Morrilton.
- Permitted, January 6, 2020
Extensions Of Time
The McGehee Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan, McGehee, Arkansas -- extension to December 16, 2020, to acquire additional shares of Southeast Financial Bankstock Corp., McGehee, and thereby increase its indirect control of McGehee Bank.
- Granted, September 3, 2020
Patriot Bank, Millington, Tennessee -- extension to May 25, 2021, to establish a branch at 5332 Airline Road, Arlington.
- Granted, July 28, 2020
Cross County Bancshares, Inc., Wynne, Arkansas -- extension to October 7, 2020, to acquire voting shares of Central Bank, Little Rock.
- Granted, June 17, 2020
Arvest Bank, Fayetteville, Arkansas -- extension to November 6, 2020, to establish branches at the northeast corner of Lucile Lane and Shawnee Mission Parkway, Shawnee, Kansas, and the southeast corner of 151st Street and Murlen Road, Olathe (two requests).
- Granted, June 8, 2020
Dieterich Bank, Effingham, Illinois -- extension to October 13, 2020, to purchase certain assets and assume certain liabilities of five branches of First Bank, Creve Coeur, Missouri, and to retain the acquired facilities as branches.
- Granted, June 4, 2020
The McGehee Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan, McGehee, Arkansas -- extension to September 16, 2020, to acquire additional shares of Southeast Financial Bankstock Corp., McGehee, and thereby increase its indirect control of McGehee Bank.
- Granted, May 27, 2020
First Horizon Bank, Memphis, Tennessee -- extension to October 3, 2020, to purchase certain assets and assume certain liabilities of 30 branches of SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, Georgia, and to retain the acquired facilities as branches.
- Granted, April 16, 2020
Cross County Bancshares, Inc., Wynne, Arkansas -- extension to July 7, 2020, to acquire shares of Central Bank, Little Rock.
- Granted, March 30, 2020
BancPlus Corporation, Ridgeland, Mississippi -- extension to June 27, 2020, to acquire State Capital Corp., Greenwood, and thereby indirectly acquire State Bank & Trust Company.
- Granted, February 26, 2020
M&P Community Bancshares, Inc. 401(k) Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Newport, Arkansas -- extension to May 31, 2020, to acquire additional shares of M&P Community Bancshares, Inc., Newport.
- Granted, February 20, 2020
Community Financial Services Bank, Benton, Kentucky -- extension to April 30, 2020, to establish a branch at 414 South 12th Street, Murray.
- Granted, February 4, 2020
First Horizon Bank, Memphis, Tennessee -- extension to July 3, 2020, to purchase certain assets and assume certain liabilities of 30 branches of SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Granted, January 28, 2020
Membership
Gateway Bank, Rison, Arkansas -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.
- Approved, August 24, 2020
Banks, State Member
First Savings Bank, Jeffersonville, Indiana -- to make a public welfare investment.
- Withdrawn, July 2, 2020

Last Update: September 17, 2020