31318 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 96 / Wednesday, May 17, 2000 / Notices

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise

noted, nonbanking activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Additional information on all bank

holding companies may be obtained

from the National Information Center

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than June 12, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303–2713:

1. Regions Financial Corporation,

Birmingham, Alabama; to merge with

Heritage Bancorp, Inc., Hutto, Texas,

and thereby indirectly acquire Texas

Heritage Bank, Hutto, Texas.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Three Rivers Bankshares, Inc., Fort

Gibson, Oklahoma; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Fort

Gibson Bancshares, Inc., Fort Gibson,

Oklahoma, and thereby indirectly

acquire Fort Gibson State Bank, Fort

Gibson, Oklahoma.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 12, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12413 Filed 5–16–00; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Proposals to Engage in

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or

to Acquire Companies That Are

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking

Activities

The companies listed in this notice

have given notice under section 4 of the

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y, (12

CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to

acquire or control voting securities or

assets of a company, including the

companies listed below, that engages

either directly or through a subsidiary or

other company, in a nonbanking activity

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y

(12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has

determined by Order to be closely

related to banking and permissible for

bank holding companies. Unless

otherwise noted, these activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Each notice is available for inspection

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated.

The notice also will be available for

inspection at the offices of the Board of

Governors. Interested persons may

express their views in writing on the

question whether the proposal complies

with the standards of section 4 of the

BHC Act. Additional information on all

bank holding companies may be

obtained from the National Information

Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding the applications must be

received at the Reserve Bank indicated

or the offices of the Board of Governors

not later than June 9, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. The PrivateBancorp, Inc., Chicago,

Illinois; to acquire The PrivateBank (a

federal savings bank in organization), St.

Louis, Missouri, and thereby operate a

nonbank depository institution (a

federal savings bank) pursuant to

Section 4(c)(8) of the BHC Act and

section 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 11, 2000.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12409 Filed 5–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Notice of Proposals To Engage in

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or

To Acquire Companies That Are

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking

Activities

The companies listed in this notice

have given notice under section 4 of the

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y, (12

CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to

acquire or control voting securities or

assets of a company, including the

companies listed below, that engages

either directly or through a subsidiary or

other company, in a nonbanking activity

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y

(12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has

determined by Order to be closely

related to banking and permissible for

bank holding companies. Unless

otherwise noted, these activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Each notice is available for inspection

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated.

The notice also will be available for

inspection at the offices of the Board of

Governors. Interested persons may

express their views in writing on the

question whether the proposal complies

with the standards of section 4 of the

BHC Act. Additional information on all

bank holding companies may be

obtained from the National Information

Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding the applications must be

received at the Reserve Bank indicated

or the offices of the Board of Governors

not later than May 31, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105–1579:

1. Equitable PCI Bank, Inc., Makati

City, Philippines; to acquire PCI Express

Padala, Inc., Los Angeles, California,

and thereby to engage in money

remittance activities, previously

approved by Board Order in Norwest

Corporation, 81 Federal Reserve

Bulletin 1130 (1995).

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 11, 2000.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12410 Filed 5–16–00; 8:45 am]

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