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Board Actions | Actions under delegated authority
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Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending January 23, 2010


Bank Branches, Domestic

St. Louis
Arvest Bank, Fayetteville, Arkansas -- to establish a branch at Highway 277 and A Street, Elgin, Oklahoma.
-Approved, January 21, 2010

Richmond
Virginia Bank and Trust Company, Danville, Virginia -- to establish a branch at 1729 Calohan Road, Rustburg.
-Approved, January 21, 2010

Bank Holding Companies

Atlanta
Bancolombia S.A., Medellin, Colombia -- to acquire Bienes y Servicios, S.A., Santa Tecla, El Salvador, and thereby engage in activities related to money transfer services and selling prepaid calling cards.
-Withdrawn, January 20, 2010

New York
Bank of China Limited, Beijing, China -- to engage in securities brokerage, riskless-principal, and private-placement activities through BOC International (USA) Inc., New York, New York.
-Approved, January 21, 2010

New York
Bank of China Limited, Beijing, China -- to continue to engage in leasing activities through BOC Aviation (USA) Corporation, Reno, Nevada.
-Approved, January 21, 2010

Dallas
Bank4Texas Holdings, Inc., Chillicothe, Texas -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Northern Bancshares, Inc., Chillicothe, and thereby acquire The First National Bank of Chillicothe.
-Withdrawn, January 21, 2010

Atlanta
Bond Street Holdings, LLC, Naples, Florida; Bond Street Investors LLC; and Bond Street Management, LLC -- to become bank holding companies and to acquire Bond Street Bank, N.A., Naples.
-Approved, January 22, 2010

Boston
Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts -- to engage in financial and investment advisory activities through the acquisition of the remaining direct ownership interest in KLS Professional Advisers Group, LLC, New York, New York.
-Approved, January 20, 2010

St. Louis
First Waterloo Bancshares, Inc., Waterloo, Illinois -- to acquire Red Bud Bancorp, Inc., Red Bud, and thereby acquire First State Bank of Red Bud.
-Withdrawn, January 22, 2010

San Francisco
Franklin Resources, Inc., San Mateo, California -- to acquire shares of Bond Street Holdings, LLC, New York, New York.
-Approved, January 22, 2010

Richmond
Piedmont Community Bank Holdings, Inc., Chapel Hill, North Carolina -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire shares of VantageSouth Bank, Burlington.
-Approved, January 20, 2010

Bank Mergers

Minneapolis
The Citizens State Bank of Choteau, Choteau, Montana -- to merge with The First National Bank of Fairfield, Fairfield, and thereby establish branches in Choteau and Vaughn.
-Approved, January 22, 2010

Banks, Nonmember, and Miscellaneous Institutions

New York
Central Park Credit Bank, New York, New York -- request for an exemption under the Depository Institution Management Interlocks Act and Regulation L.
-Withdrawn, January 21, 2010

Change in Bank Control

Minneapolis
Bozeman Bancorp, Inc., Bozeman, Montana -- to retain control of Bozeman and its subsidiary bank, Bank of Bozeman.
-Permitted, January 22, 2010

Chicago
Level One Bancorp, Inc., Farmington Hills, Michigan -- change in bank control of Level One and its subsidiary bank, Level One Bank, Farmington Hills.
-Permitted, January 22, 2010

Extensions of Time

Chicago
Minier Financial, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan w/401(k) Provisions, Minier, Illinois -- extension to April 20, 2010, to increase its ownership of Minier Financial, Inc., Minier, and thereby increase its indirect ownership of First Farmers State Bank.
-Granted, January 20, 2010

Membership

St. Louis
Bank of Ohio County, Inc., Dundee, Kentucky -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.
-Approved, January 20, 2010

New York
Central Park Credit Bank, New York, New York -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.
-Withdrawn, January 21, 2010

Release dates | Full version (300 KB PDF)
Board Actions | Actions under delegated authority
Applications and reports received:
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