Actions of the Board, Its Staff, and the Federal Reserve Banks; Applications and Reports Received
Actions under delegated authority PDF
Actions taken during the week ending January 17, 2026
Bank Branches, Domestic
Richmond
First Bank, Strasburg, Virginia -- to establish a branch at 6701 Courthouse Landing Lane, Chesterfield, Virginia.
Approved: January 14, 2026
Bank Holding Companies
Atlanta
Costellis International Limited, Tortola, British Virgin Islands; Inter & Co, Inc., and Banco Inter S.A., both of Minas Gerais, Brazil -- in connection with the establishment of a state-licensed foreign branch, to continue to engage in certain permissible nonbanking activities through Inter & Co, Inc.'s, subsidiary holding company, Inter US Holding Inc., Miami, Florida, its subsidiaries, Inter & Co Securities LLC, Inter US Finance LLC, Inter US Management LLC, and Inter & Co US Advisors LLC, all of Miami, Florida, as well as through Banco Inter S.A.'s subsidiary, Inter & Co Payments, Inc., Miami, Florida.
Approved: January 16, 2026
Pinnacle Financial Corporation, Elberton, Georgia -- to merge with Morris State Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Morris Bank, both of Dublin, Georgia.
Approved: January 14, 2026
Chicago
First Merchants Corporation, Muncie, Indiana -- waiver of filing requirement under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act to acquire First Savings Financial Group, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire First Savings Bank, both of Jeffersonville, Indiana, in connection with the merger of First Savings Bank with and into First Merchants Bank, Muncie, Indiana.
Granted: January 15, 2026
Cleveland
Farmers National Banc Corp., Canfield, Ohio -- waiver of filing requirement under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act to acquire Middlefield Banc Corp. and thereby indirectly acquire The Middlefield Banking Company, both of Middlefield, Ohio, in connection with the merger of Middlefield Bank with and into The Farmers National Bank of Canfield, Canfield, Ohio.
Granted: January 16, 2026
Minneapolis
Stearns Financial Services, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Saint Cloud, Minnesota -- to acquire voting shares of Stearns Financial Services, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Stearns Bank National Association, Saint Cloud, Minnesota.
Approved: January 13, 2026
St. Louis
Reliable Community Bancshares, Inc., Perryville, Missouri -- to acquire M1 Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire M1 Bank, both of Clayton, Missouri. In addition, BN1 Acquisition Corp., Perryville, Missouri, an interim subsidiary, to merge with M1 Bancshares, Inc., and incident thereto, become a bank holding company by acquiring M1 Bank.
Approved: January 14, 2026
Bank Premises
Richmond
Putnam County Bank, Hurricane, West Virginia -- to increase its investment in bank premises.
Approved: January 12, 2026
Change in Bank Control
Kansas City
First Southwest Bank, Alamosa, Colorado -- Jennifer J. Ostenson, Longmont, Colorado, to retain voting shares of First Southwest Bancorporation, Inc. (Company), and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of First Southwest Bank (Bank), Alamosa, Colorado. In addition, Robert C. Hummel Bank Stock Marital Trust, Jennifer J. Ostenson, trustee, Longmont, Colorado, to join the Hummel Family Group, a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of Company and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Bank.
Permitted: January 13, 2026
PBT Bancshares, Inc., McPherson, Kansas -- Marcus Houghton Legacy Trust Dated May 8, 2025 (Trust), and Marcus Houghton, as trustee, both of Wichita, Kansas, and Wise & Reber, L.C., McPherson, Kansas, as trust protector, to acquire voting shares of PBT Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Peoples Bank and Trust Company, both of McPherson, Kansas. In addition, the Trust to join the Houghton Family Group, a group acting in concert. Marcus Houghton and Wise & Reber, L.C. have been previously approved as members of the Houghton Family Group.
Permitted: January 13, 2026
St. Louis
Genesis Bancorp, Inc., Benoit, Mississippi -- Heath O'Brien Jenkins, Madison, Mississippi, to acquire voting shares of Genesis Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Genesis Bank, Benoit, Mississippi.
Withdrawn: January 14, 2026
Oak Tree Financial Corporation, Inc., Rogers, Arkansas -- Bedford Holdings, LLLP, Emily Nadeau and Jason Nadeau as co-managing general partners, all of Little Rock, Arkansas, to join the Eldridge Family Control Group, a group acting in concert, to acquire voting shares of Oak Tree Financial Corporation, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Riverside Bank, Sparkman, Arkansas.
Permitted: January 13, 2026
Extensions of Time
Secretary
Steel Newco Inc. (Steel), Peachtree Corners, Georgia -- extension of time to comply with certain regulatory and reporting requirements, in connection with Steel becoming a bank holding company by merging with Synovus Financial Corp., Columbus, Georgia, and Pinnacle Financial Partners, Nashville, Tennessee.*
Granted: December 31, 2025
*Addition
International Operations
New York
J.P. Morgan International Finance Limited (JPMF), New York, New York -- JPMorgan Chase & Co, New York, New York, on behalf of its wholly owned Edge Act corporation subsidiary, JPMF, to amend its articles of association to change JPMF's home office from 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, to 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York, pursuant to section 211.5(c) of Regulation K and 25A of the Federal Reserve Act.*
Approved: January 9, 2026
*Addition
Supervision and Regulation
Director, S&R
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, Columbus, Ohio -- to make certain capital distributions under the capital plan rule.
Approved: January 13, 2026