Board Actions

River Holding Company, Stoddard, Wisconsin -- to merge with Sparta Union Bancshares, Inc., Sparta, and thereby acquire its subsidiary, Union National Bank & Trust Company.
-Approved, October 23, 2016

Wintrust Financial Corporation, Rosemont, Illinois -- to merge with First Community Financial Corporation, Elgin, and thereby indirectly acquire First Community Bank; and for Wintrust's subsidiary, St. Charles Bank & Trust Company, St. Charles, to merge with First Community Bank and thereby establish branches.
-Approved, October 27, 2016

Division of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems -- appointment of Paul Bettge as senior adviser, Lawrence Mize as associate director, and Jennifer Chang as deputy associate director, and reassignment of Gregory Evans as senior associate director.
-Announced, October 25, 2016

Regulation H (Membership of State Banking Institutions in the Federal Reserve System) -- publication for comment of interagency amendments to implement provisions of the Biggert-Waters Act that require regulated lending institutions to accept certain private flood insurance policies in addition to policies made available by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
-Approved, October 12, 2016
(A/C)

Federal Reserve Priced Services -- 2017 private sector adjustment factor and fee schedules for priced services and electronic access.
-Approved, October 24, 2016

SouthFirst Bancshares, Inc., Sylacauga, Alabama -- written agreement dated September 20, 2012, terminated October 19, 2016.
-Announced, October 27, 2016