Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending July 25, 2015

Bank Branches, Domestic

Kansas City

American Heritage Bank, Sapulpa, Oklahoma -- to establish a branch at 40201 West Highway 51, Mannford.
-Approved, July 22, 2015

St. Louis

Midland States Bank, Effingham, Illinois -- to establish a branch at 8021 West Florissant Avenue, Jennings, Missouri.
-Approved, July 21, 2015

St. Louis

OakStar Bank, Springfield, Missouri -- to establish a branch at 340 South Springfield Avenue, Bolivar.
-Approved, July 21, 2015

Bank Holding Companies

St. Louis

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas -- to merge with Bank of the Carolinas Corporation, Mocksville, North Carolina, and thereby indirectly acquire Bank of the Carolinas.
-Approved, July 21, 2015

San Francisco

CITIC Group Corporation, Beijing, People's Republic of China; CITIC Corporation Limited; and CITIC Limited, Hong Kong -- to retain CLSA Americas, LLC, New York, New York, and to continue to engage in certain nonbanking activities.
-Approved, July 23, 2015

Secretary

Cornerstone Bancshares, Inc., Chattanooga, Tennessee -- to merge with SmartFinancial, Inc., Pigeon Forge, and thereby indirectly acquire SmartBank.
-Approved, July 22, 2015

Chicago

Heartland Financial USA, Inc., Dubuque, Iowa -- to acquire First Scottsdale Bank, N.A., Scottsdale, Arizona.
-Approved, July 20, 2015

Kansas City

Southwest Bancorp, Inc., Stillwater, Oklahoma -- to acquire First Commercial Bancshares, Inc., Edmond; and for Southwest's subsidiary, Bank SNB, Stillwater, to merge with First Commercial Bank, Edmond, and thereby establish branches.
-Approved, July 20, 2015

San Francisco

TAB Bank Holdings, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah -- to become a bank holding company by acquiring Transportation Alliance Bank, Inc., dba TAB Bank, Ogden, on its conversion from an industrial bank to a commercial bank.
-Approved, July 21, 2015

Currency

Director, RBOPS

Federal Reserve Notes -- print order for fiscal year 2016.
-Approved, July 24, 2015

Extensions of Time

Chicago

Minier Financial, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan w/401(k) Provisions, Minier, Illinois -- extension to October 23, 2015, to increase its ownership of Minier Financial, Inc., Minier, and thereby increase its indirect ownership of First Farmers State Bank.
-Granted, July 16, 2015
(A/C)

Membership

New York

Greater Hudson Bank, Middletown, New York -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System on conversion from a national bank to a state-chartered bank.
-Withdrawn, July 23, 2015