FRB: H.2--Actions under delegated authority--Week ending October 27, 2018

Frost Bank, San Antonio, Texas -- to establish a branch at 7602 North Navarro Street, Victoria.
-Approved, October 23, 2018

SmartBank, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee -- to establish a branch at 2713 Highway 77, Panama City, Florida.
-Approved, October 25, 2018

SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, Georgia -- to establish branches at 3098 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida; 915 Cape Coral Parkway East, Cape Coral; and 6000 North Terminal Parkway, Atlanta.
-Approved, October 23, 2018

Farmers & Merchants Investment Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska; and North Central Bancorp, Inc., Norfolk -- waiver of application to acquire COMMFirst Bancorporation, Inc., South Sioux City, and Iowa-Nebraska State Bank (State Bank), in connection with State Bank's merger with and into BankFirst, Norfolk.
-Granted, October 26, 2018

NorthWest Indiana Bancorp, Munster, Indiana -- waiver of application to acquire AJS Bancorp, Inc., Midlothian, Illinois, in connection with the merger of A.J. Smith Federal Savings Bank with and into Peoples Bank, SB, Munster.
-Granted, October 23, 2018

PBD Holdings, LLC, Chattanooga, Tennessee -- to acquire shares of First Columbia Bancorp, Inc., Lake City, Florida.
-Approved, October 26, 2018

The Adirondack Trust Company, Saratoga Springs, New York -- to make an investment in bank premises.
-Approved, October 24, 2018

HSBC Private Bank International, Miami, Florida -- to amend its articles of association.
-Approved, October 24, 2018

Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam -- to establish a representative office in New York, New York.
-Approved, October 26, 2018

Augusta Financial Corporation, Augusta, Wisconsin -- change in bank control of Augusta Financial Corporation and its subsidiary, Unity Bank, Augusta.
-Permitted, October 23, 2018

Caprice Corporation, Augusta, Wisconsin -- change in bank control of Caprice Corporation and its subsidiary, Unity Bank North, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota.
-Permitted, October 23, 2018

Columbus Bancorp, Inc., Columbus, Texas -- to retain control of Columbus Bancorp, Inc., and its subsidiary, The First State Bank, Columbus.
-Permitted, October 22, 2018

Bern Bancshares, Inc., Bern, Kansas -- extension to January 27, 2019, to acquire shares of UBT Bancshares, Inc., Marysville, parent of United Bank & Trust.
-Granted, October 26, 2018

Springfield First Community Bank, Springfield, Missouri -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.
-Approved, October 24, 2018

Regulation D (Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions) -- annual indexing of the reserve requirement exemption amount, low reserve tranche, nonexempt deposit cutoff level, and reduced reporting limit for 2019.
-Approved, October 24, 2018
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Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending October 27, 2018

Bank Branches, Domestic

Bank Holding Companies

Bank Premises

Banks, Foreign

Change in Bank Control

Extensions of Time

Membership

Regulations and Policies