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 August 22, 2026
Bank Branches, Domestic
Atlanta
Pinnacle Bank, Nashville, Tennessee -- to establish a branch at 1224 Ogletree Village Lane, Auburn, Alabama.
Approved: August 19, 2026
Regions Bank, Birmingham, Alabama -- to establish a branch at 158 Courthouse Square, Oxford, Mississippi.
Approved: August 20, 2026
Dallas
First State Bank, Gainesville, Texas -- to establish a branch at 409 West Main Street, Round Rock, Texas.
Approved: August 20, 2026
PointBank, Pilot Point, Texas -- to establish a branch at 8989 Preston Road, Frisco, Texas.
Approved: August 21, 2026
Kansas City
Lamar Bank and Trust Company, Lamar, Missouri -- to establish a branch at 722 West Street, Stockton, Missouri.
Approved: August 20, 2026
New York
Peapack Private Bank and Trust, Bedminster, New Jersey -- to establish a branch at 1600 Avenue of the States, Lakewood, New Jersey.
Approved: August 20, 2026
Richmond
New Peoples Bank, Inc., Honaker, Virginia -- to establish a branch at 165 West Main Street, Wytheville, Virginia.
Approved: August 18, 2026
Bank Holding Companies
Atlanta
Juno Bancorp, Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, Florida -- to become a bank holding company by acquiring outstanding shares of New Republic Bank, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Approved: August 18, 2026
Cleveland
NexTier Incorporated, Kittanning, Pennsylvania -- waiver of filing requirement under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act to acquire Riverside Bank of Dublin (Riverside Bank), Dublin, Ohio, a state nonmember bank, in connection with the merger of Riverside Bank with and into NexTier Bank, N.A., Kittanning, Pennsylvania.*
Granted: August 14, 2026
*Addition
General Counsel
River Run Bancorp, MHC, and River Run Bancorp., Inc., both of Newburyport, Massachusetts -- waiver of filing requirement under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act in connection with the conversion of Rollstone Bank & Trust, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, a federal savings association, to a Massachusetts-chartered state savings bank.*
Granted: August 13, 2026
*Addition
Kansas City
Nebraska Bancshares, Inc., Farnam, Nebraska, and its subsidiary, First Gothenburg Bancshares, Inc., Gothenburg, Nebraska -- to acquire Foundation First Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire Foundation One Bank, Waterloo, Nebraska.
Approved: August 17, 2026
San Francisco
Banner Corporation, Walla Walla, Washington -- waiver of filing requirement under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act to acquire Pacific Financial Corporation and thereby indirectly acquire its subsidiary state nonmember bank, Bank of the Pacific, both of Aberdeen, Washington, in connection with the merger of Bank of the Pacific with and into Banner Bank, Walla Walla, Washington.*
Granted: August 14, 2026
*Addition
St. Louis
Alliance Bancshares, Inc., Cape Girardeau, Missouri -- waiver of filing requirement under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act to merge with ASB Management Corp. and thereby indirectly acquire its subsidiary state nonmember bank Anna State Bank, both of Anna, Illinois, in connection with the merger of Anna State Bank with and into Alliance Bank, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.*
Granted: August 12, 2026
*Addition
Banks, Foreign
Director, S&R
National Westminster Bank Plc, London, England -- to establish a representative office in Stamford, Connecticut.
Announced: August 20, 2026
Change in Bank Control
Atlanta
Lafayette Banking Company, Mayo, Florida -- Michael Shaw, Freda Shaw, Kody Daniel Shaw, M. Keith Shaw, and Melissa P. Shaw, all of Mayo, Florida; Keri Shaw Dykes, Gainesville, Florida; and Kyle L. Shaw, Tallahassee, Florida, as members of the Shaw Family Control Group, a group acting in concert, to acquire additional voting shares of Lafayette Banking Company and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Lafayette State Bank, Mayo, Florida.
Permitted: August 20, 2026
Dallas
Athens, TX Bancshares, Inc., Athens, Texas -- Austin Family Trust B, Jeff Austin, Jr. as trustee, both of Jacksonville, Texas, to join the Austin/Chapman Family Control Group, a group acting in concert, to acquire voting shares of Athens, TX Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of First State Bank, Athens, Texas.
Permitted: August 18, 2026
Austin Bancorp, Inc., Jacksonville, Texas -- Austin Family Trust B, Jeff Austin, Jr. as trustee, both of Jacksonville, Texas; JML Trust, Mary Margaret Austin, as trustee, both of Jacksonville, Texas; and LAPA Trust, Carole Leigh Austin Mattson, as trustee, both of Georgetown, Texas, to join the Austin/Chapman Family Control Group, a group acting in concert, to acquire voting shares of Austin Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Austin Bank, Texas National Association, Jacksonville, Texas.
Permitted: August 18, 2026
Capital Bancorp, Inc., Jacinto City, Texas -- Austin Family Trust B, Jeff Austin, Jr. as trustee, both of Jacksonville, Texas, to join the Austin/Chapman Family Group, a group acting in concert, to acquire voting shares of Capital Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Capital Bank, Houston, Texas. In addition, JML Trust, Mary Margaret Austin, as trustee, both of Longmont, Colorado; LAPA Trust, Carole Leigh Austin Mattson, as trustee, both of Littleton, Colorado; Jessica Leigh Neill Swinnea, Chandler, Texas; and Austin Kyle Neill, Dallas, Texas, to join the Austin/Chapman Family Control Group, a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of Capital Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Capital Bank.
Permitted: August 18, 2026
Sterling City Bancshares, Inc., Sterling City, Texas -- William Horwood, Lonnie Horwood, Tristan Himes, Katlin Horwood, Tate Horwood, Larry Horwood, Linda Horwood, Lathen Horwood, and Lane Horwood, all of Sterling City, Texas; Carly Horwood Janca, San Angelo, Texas; Trisha Horwood Halfmann, Garden City, Texas; Lyle Horwood, Ringgold, Texas; Lisa Horwood Spanjer, San Antonio, Texas; Laura Bibb, Llano, Texas; and Ellen Shoemaker, Helotes, Texas, to form the Horwood Family Control Group, a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of Sterling City Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of The First National Bank of Sterling City, Sterling City, Texas.
Permitted: August 21, 2026
St. Louis
Omni Bancorp, Inc., Effingham, Illinois -- Gerald L. Moon Family Trust, Shirley M. Moon, individually and as trustee, both of Effingham, Illinois, to acquire voting shares of Omni Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Crossroads Bank, Effingham, Illinois.
Permitted: August 18, 2026