FRB: H.2--Actions under delegated authority--Week ending September 21, 2019

Progressive Ozark Bank, Salem, Missouri -- to establish a branch at 204 Jennifer Street, Mansfield.
-Returned, September 19, 2019

Security Savings Bank, Gowrie, Iowa -- to establish a branch at 725 Shakespeare Avenue, Stratford.
-Approved, September 20, 2019

Ames National Corporation, Ames, Iowa -- to acquire Iowa State Savings Bank, Creston.
-Approved, September 18, 2019

Bancommunity Service Corporation, St. Peter, Minnesota -- to acquire State Bank of Belle Plaine, Belle Plaine.
-Approved, September 16, 2019

Clinton Bancshares, Inc., Clinton, Oklahoma -- to permit an individual (1) to retain a beneficial interest in shares of Clinton Bancshares, Inc., and (2) to control 100 percent of Clinton Bancshares' shares as part of a group acting in concert.
-Approved, September 16, 2019

First Trust Financial Corporation, Kankakee, Illinois -- waiver of application to acquire Prairie State Bancorp, Danforth, and indirectly acquire Farmers State Bank of Danforth (FSB), in connection with the merger of FSB with and into First Trust Bank of Illinois, Kankakee.
-Granted, September 17, 2019

Grove Financial Group, Inc., Excelsior, Minnesota -- to become a bank holding company through the acquisition of First State Bank of Grove City, Grove City.
-Approved, September 20, 2019

Guaranty Capital Corporation, Belzoni, Mississippi -- waiver of application to merge with First Alliance Bancshares, Inc., Cordova, Tennessee, in connection with the merger of First Alliance Bank with and into Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, Belzoni, Mississippi.
-Granted, September 20, 2019

Hometown Community Bancorp, Inc., Morton, Illinois; and Hometown Community Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust -- waiver of application to acquire First Trust and Savings Bank (FTSB), Albany, in connection with the merger of FTSB with and into Morton Community Bank, Morton.
-Granted, September 18, 2019

IFB Bancorp, Inc., Miami, Florida -- to become a bank holding company by acquiring International Finance Bank, Miami.
-Withdrawn, September 18, 2019

Nicolet Bankshares, Inc., Green Bay, Wisconsin -- waiver of application to acquire Choice Bancorp, Inc., Oshkosh, and indirectly acquire Choice Bank, in connection with the merger of Choice Bank with and into Nicolet National Bank, Green Bay.
-Granted, September 17, 2019

The Osawatomie Agency, Inc., Osawatomie, Kansas -- waiver of application to acquire Pony Express Bancorp, Inc., Elwood, and Pony Express Community Bank (PECB), Saint Joseph, Missouri, in connection with the merger of PECB with and into First Option Bank, Osawatomie, Kansas.
-Granted, September 19, 2019

Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc., Huntington, West Virginia -- waiver of application to acquire the First National Bank of Jackson (FNB), Jackson, Kentucky, in connection with the merger of FNB with and into Citizens Deposit Bank and Trust, Inc., Vanceburg.
-Granted, September 18, 2019

Westbrand, Inc., Minot, North Dakota -- to acquire BlackRidge Financial, Inc., West Fargo, and thereby indirectly acquire BlackRidgeBANK, Fargo.
-Approved, September 18, 2019

Woodforest Financial Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan (w/ 401(k) Provisions) (Amended and Restated Effective March 1, 2006), The Woodlands, Texas; and Woodforest Financial Group Employee Stock Ownership Trust -- to acquire shares of Woodforest Financial Group, Inc., The Woodlands, and indirectly acquire Woodforest National Bank, Houston.
-Approved, September 18, 2019

First Option Bank, Osawatomie, Kansas -- to merge with Pony Express Community Bank, Saint Joseph, Missouri, and thereby establish branches.
-Approved, September 19, 2019

East West Bank, Pasadena, California -- to make a public welfare investment.
-Approved, September 20, 2019

Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, Buffalo, New York -- to make a public welfare investment.
-Approved, September 18, 2019

O & F Cattle Company, Oshkosh, Nebraska -- to retain control of O & F Cattle Company and its subsidiary, Nebraska State Bank, Oshkosh.
-Permitted, September 16, 2019

Rigler Investment Company, Clive, Iowa -- to retain control of Rigler Investment Company and its subsidiaries, Green Circle Investments Inc., Clive, and Peoples Bank.
-Permitted, September 16, 2019

Columbia Bank MHC, Fair Lawn, New Jersey, and Columbia Financial, Inc. -- to acquire Stewardship Financial Corporation, Midland Park, and thereby indirectly acquire Atlantic Stewardship Bank (Atlantic), in connection with Atlantic's merger with and into Columbia Bank, Fair Lawn, a subsidiary of Columbia Financial, Inc.
-Approved, September 17, 2019

Stewardship Financial Corporation, Midland Park, New Jersey -- to convert to a savings and loan holding company upon the conversion of Atlantic Stewardship Bank, Midland Park, from a commercial bank to stock savings association.
-Approved, September 17, 2019

Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending September 21, 2019

Bank Branches, Domestic

Bank Holding Companies

Bank Mergers

Banks, State Member

Change in Bank Control

Savings and Loan Holding Companies