Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 100 / Tuesday, May 23, 2000 / Notices 33325

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 16, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen,

Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin

Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

55480–0291:

1. Dakota Western Bankshares, Inc.

Bowman, North Dakota; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of West

River Holding Company, Inc., Hettinger,

North Dakota, and thereby indirectly

acquire voting shares of West River

State Bank, Hettinger, North Dakota.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Central Financial Corporation,

Hutchinson, Kansas; to acquire 18.94

percent of the voting shares of Premier

Bancshares, Inc., Jefferson City,

Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire

Premier Bank, Jefferson City, Missouri.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 17, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12846 Filed 5–22–00; 8:45 am]

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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 16, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Capitol Bancorp, Ltd., Lansing,

Michigan, and Sun Community Bancorp

Limited, Phoenix, Arizona, to acquire 51

percent of the voting shares of

Arrowhead Community Bank, Glendale,

Arizona (in organization).

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Downing Partnership, L.P., Ellis,

Kansas; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 48.04 percent of

the voting shares of Ellis State Bank,

Ellis, Kansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 18, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12951 Filed 5–22–00; 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 6, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63166–2034:

1. Concord EFS, Inc., Memphis,

Tennessee; to acquire Cash Station, Inc.,

Chicago, Illinois (‘‘CSI’’), and indirectly

engage in data processing activities,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(14) of

Regulation Y. CSI operates the Cash

Station Network, an on-line debit

network providing cardholder access to

ATM’s and POS terminals. In

connection with its acquisition of CSI,

Notificant also proposes to indirectly

acquire CSI’s 7.4 percent ownership

interest in Primary Payment Systems,

Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona. Primary

Payment Systems, Inc. provides advance

notification to participating financial

institutions of potential check returns.

The activities of Primary Payment

Systems, Inc. have been approved by

Board Order.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 17, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12845 Filed 5–22–00; 8:45 am]

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Consumer Advisory Council; Notice of

Meeting of Consumer Advisory

Council

The Consumer Advisory Council will

meet on Thursday, June 22, 2000. The

meeting, which will be open to public

observation, will take place at the

Federal Reserve Board’s offices in

Washington, DC., in Dining Room E of

the Martin Building (Terrace level). The

meeting will begin at 8:45 a.m. and is

expected to conclude at 1 p.m. The

Martin Building is located on C Street,

Northwest, between 20th and 21st

Streets.

The Council’s function is to advise

the Board on the exercise of the Board’s

responsibilities under the Consumer

Credit Protection Act and on other