Federal Reserve Release, H2, Actions of the Board, its Staff, and the Federal Reserve Banks; Applications and Reports Received

Release dates | Full version (300 KB PDF)
Actions by the Board | Actions under delegated authority
Applications and reports:
Boston | New York | Philadelphia | Cleveland | Richmond | Atlanta
Chicago | St. Louis | Minneapolis | Kansas City | Dallas | San Francisco

District: 7
Federal Reserve Bank of: Chicago

Filings received during the week ending October 11, 2014

Filer Filing Type Filing Proposal End of Comment Period
BEN FRANKLIN FINANCIAL MHC * MHC Conversion Ben Franklin Financial, MHC, Arlington Heights, Illinois, to convert to stock form and merge with and into Ben Franklin Financial, Inc., Arlington Heights, Illinois. In connection with this application, Ben Franklin Financial, Inc. will be merged into a de novo corporation named Ben Franklin Financial, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, which has applied to become a savings and loan holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Ben Franklin Bank of Illinois, Arlington Heights, Illinois.
Newspaper: Not available
Federal Register: 10/17/2014
COUNTRY BANCORPORATION * 3A3 Country Bancorporation, Crawfordsville, Iowa, to acquire 100 percent of Lone Tree Service Company, Lone Tree, Iowa, and thereby indirectly acquire Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank, Iowa City, Iowa.
Newspaper: Not available
Federal Register: Not available
NORTHWOOD FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION CIC Notice by The Paulson 2014 Trust, Mason City, Iowa, the trustees are Kirk S. Paulson, Mason City, Iowa, Sarah C. Walter, Kingsport, Tennessee, Kris S. Paulson, Mason City, Iowa, and Dean A. Moretz, Northwood, Iowa, and the Paulson 2014 Trust together with Kirk S. Paulson, Sarah C. Walter and Kris S. Paulson acting in concert as a family control group to control 100 percent of the voting shares of Northwood Financial Services Corporation, Northwood, Iowa, and thereby indirectly NSB Bank, Mason City, Iowa.
Newspaper: Not available
Federal Register: 10/17/2014
OTTAWA SAVINGS BANCORP, MHC * SLHC Acquisition Ottawa Savings Bancorp MHC, and Ottawa Savings Bancorp, Inc., both of Ottawa, Illinois, will merge Twin Oaks Savings Bank a mutual savings bank in Marseilles, Illinois, with and into Ottawa Savings Bank FSB, Ottawa, Illinois, with Ottawa Savings Bank as the surviving institution.
Newspaper: Not available
Federal Register: 09/26/2014
OXFORD FINANCIAL CORPORATION CIC The 2011 Colis Delta Trust proposes to acquire approximately 75.49% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Oxford Financial Corporation, Oak Brook, Illinois, by acquiring the shares held by three separate Colis Family trusts known as the Colis Family Trust, the Colis Legacy Trust, and the Colis Marital Deduction Trust.
Newspaper: Not available
Federal Register: Not available
TALMER BANCORP INC. * 3A5 Talmer Bancorp, Inc., Troy, Michigan, to acquire First Huron Corporation, Bad Axe, Michigan, and thereby indirectly acquire Signature Bank, Bad Axe, Michigan, pursuant to section 3(a)(5) of the Bank Holding Company Act.
Newspaper: Not available
Federal Register: 10/27/2014
WESTERN ILLINOIS BANCSHARES, INC. CIC Notice by Augustin S. Hart, Ill, Rebecca S. Hart and Broadwater Partners LP, all of Oquawka, Illinois; Douglas S. Hart of Powell, Wyoming; the general partner of Broadwaters Partnership LP, Broadwaters, Inc. of Cody, Wyoming ("GP"); the principal shareholder and President of GP, Augustin S. Hart Ill and three other principal shareholders of GP, Kathryn Stuart Lansing, Lake Forest, Illinois; Douglas S. Hart, Powell, Wyoming; and Harriet Heather Hart, Bozeman, Montana, to retain more than 10 percent of Western Illinois Bancshares, Inc., Monmouth, Illinois.
Newspaper: 08/15/2014
Federal Register: 10/24/2014


Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

The Community Reinvestment Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It was enacted by the Congress in 1977 (12 U.S.C. 2901) and is implemented by Regulation BB (12 CFR 228). The regulation was revised in May 1995.

The CRA requires that each depository institution's record in helping meet the credit needs of its entire community be evaluated periodically. That record is taken into account in considering an institution's application for deposit facilities.

A copy of an institution's CRA evaluation may be obtained directly from the institution or Reserve Bank.

Federal bank regulators use the following performance levels to rate an institution's performance under CRA:

O = Outstanding
S = Satisfactory
NI = Needs to improve
SN = Substantial noncompliance

The following state member banks have been examined and their CRA public evaluations are now available.
 
Institution / Location
RSSD
ID
 
Exam Date
CRA
Public Date
CRA
Rating
Exam Method
NONE


CRA Examinations scheduled for     Quarter of

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* Subject to the provisions of the Community Reinvestment Act

Release dates | Full version (300 KB PDF)
Actions by the Board | Actions under delegated authority
Applications and reports:
Boston | New York | Philadelphia | Cleveland | Richmond | Atlanta
Chicago | St. Louis | Minneapolis | Kansas City | Dallas | San Francisco