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 February 21, 2026
Bank Branches, Domestic
Cleveland
PBT Bancorp, Hazard, Kentucky -- to establish a branch at 297 North Main Street, Stanton, Kentucky.
Approved: February 18, 2026
Kansas City
BancFirst, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -- to establish a branch at 17825 North Portland Avenue, Edmond, Oklahoma.
Approved: February 17, 2026
St. Louis
Anstaff Bank, Green Forest, Arkansas -- to establish a branch at 720 Goblin Drive, Harrison, Arkansas.
Approved: February 19, 2026
Bank Holding Companies
Boston
1850 Financial MHC and 1850 Financial Inc., both of Ware, Massachusetts -- to become bank holding companies by acquiring Country Bank for Savings (CBS), Ware, Massachusetts, upon the conversion of CBS from mutual to stock form.
Approved: February 18, 2026
San Francisco
Partners Bancorp, Mission Viejo, California -- to become a bank holding company by acquiring Partners Bank of California, Mission Viejo, California.
Approved: February 18, 2026
St. Louis
Rhineland Bancshares, Inc., Rhineland, Missouri -- to merge with Bancstar, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire Pacific Bancstar, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, and Bank Star, Pacific, Missouri.
Approved: February 20, 2026
Change in Bank Control
Chicago
First Illinois Corporation, Decatur, Illinois -- the Leon J. Mizeur Roth IRA; the Leon J. Mizeur IRA; the Leon J. Mizeur Trust, Leon J. Mizeur, as trustee; Robert T. Mizeur; the Robert T. Mizeur IRA; the Ellen A. Mizeur Trust, Ellen A. Mizeur, as trustee; Mary Mizeur; Peter J. Bolt; Lisa A. Bolt; Susan C. Faivre; Samual T. Faivre; Seth J. Faivre; Ella C. Faivre; Andrew Bolt; Daniel Bolt; Mary C. Mizeur; Anne K. Mizeur; and other minor children, all of Springfield, Illinois;as a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of First Illinois Corporation and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of HPB Holdings, Inc., and Hickory Point Bank and Trust, both of Decatur, Illinois.
Permitted: February 20, 2026
Membership
Atlanta
Southeast Bank, Farragut, Tennessee -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.
Approved: February 19, 2026