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

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Actions by the Board | Actions under delegated authority
Applications and reports:
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District: 8
Federal Reserve Bank of: St. Louis

Filings received during the week ending October 28, 2017

Filer Filing Type Filing Proposal End of Comment Period
ARVEST BANK GROUP, INC. * 18C
* Branch
* 3A1
* 3A3
Arvest Bank Group, Inc., and Arvest Holdings, Inc., both of Bentonville, Arkansas, indirectly through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Arvest Acquisition Sub, Inc., Fayetteville, Arkansas, to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Bear State Financial, Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas, and thereby indirectly acquire Bear State Bank, Little Rock, Arkansas. Also companion filings by Arvest Bank and its subsidiary, Arvest Acquisition Sub, Inc., Fayetteville, Arkansas, to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Bear State Financial, Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas, and thereby indirectly acquire Bear State Bank, Little, Arkansas% and by Arvest Bank, Fayetteville, Arkansas, to merge with Bear State Bank, Little Rock, Arkansas, and to retain the acquired facilities as branch offices.
Newspaper: 11/17/2017
Federal Register: 11/27/2017
SIMMONS BANK * 18C
* Branch
Simmons Bank, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to merge with Heartland Bank, Little Rock, Arkansas, and to retain the acquired facilities as branch offices.
Newspaper: 11/29/2017
Federal Register: Not applicable


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
EAGLE B&TC, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 453446 04/24/2017 10/08/2017 Int Small Bank


CRA Examinations scheduled for     Quarter of

Institution Location Quarter
NONE

* 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