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#   Actions under delegated authority

## Actions taken during the week ending December 15, 2007

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Bank Branches, DomesticSan FranciscoAmerican Security Bank, Santa Ana, California  -- to establish a branch at 1401 Dove Street, Newport Beach.					-Approved, December 12, 2007 					AtlantaCompass Bank, Birmingham, Alabama  -- to establish branches at 3490 Salida Street, Aurora, Colorado; 4501 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas; the intersection of Briar Forest Drive and Eldridge Road, Houston; 170 University Boulevard, Round Rock; and 631 Southwest Military Drive, San Antonio.					-Approved, December 12, 2007 					AtlantaFoothills Bank & Trust, Maryville, Tennessee  -- to establish a branch at 214 Keller Lane.					-Approved, December 11, 2007 					RichmondGateway Bank & Trust Co., Elizabeth City, North Carolina  -- to establish a branch at 204 Albemarle Square, Charlottesville, Virginia.					-Approved, December 10, 2007 					DallasSouthwest Bank, Fort Worth, Texas  -- to establish a branch at 2718 South Hulen Street.					-Approved, December 12, 2007 					

Bank Holding CompaniesKansas CityFirst Central Nebraska Co., Broken Bow, Nebraska  -- to merge with WoodRiver Banco, Incorporated, Oconto, and thereby acquire The Farmers Bank.					-Withdrawn, December 10, 2007 					ChicagoISB Financial Corp., Iowa City, Iowa  -- to merge with MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc., Oskaloosa, and thereby acquire MidWestOne Bank.					-Approved, December 14, 2007 					AtlantaMetro Bancshares, Inc., Douglasville, Georgia  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Metro Bank (in organization).					-Approved, December 10, 2007 					ClevelandMidwest Bancshares, Inc., Wellston, Ohio  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire The First National Bank of Wellston.					-Approved, December 13, 2007 					St. LouisRussellville Bancorp, Inc., Russellville, Missouri  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Community Bank of Russellville.					-Approved, December 14, 2007 					AtlantaServisFirst Bancshares, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama  -- relief from a commitment.					-Withdrawn, December 10, 2007 					

Change In Bank ControlAtlantaAlliance Bancshares, Inc., Dalton, Georgia  -- change in bank control of Bancshares and its subsidiary bank, Alliance National Bank.					-Permitted, December 13, 2007 					

Extensions Of TimeNew YorkAmboy Bancorporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Old Bridge, New Jersey  -- extension to March 28, 2008, to become a bank holding company and to acquire shares of Amboy Bancorporation.					-Granted, December 11, 2007 					ChicagoFBOP Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois  -- extension to April 5, 2008, to acquire shares of PFF Bancorp, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, California, and thereby acquire PFF Bank & Trust, Pomona, a savings bank.					-Granted, December 12, 2007 					ChicagoFBOP Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois  -- extension to April 5, 2008, to acquire shares of Provident Financial Holdings, Inc., Riverside, California, and thereby acquire Provident Savings Bank, F.S.B.					-Granted, December 12, 2007 					ChicagoFBOP Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois  -- extension to March 11, 2008, to acquire shares of Banner Corporation, Walla Walla, Washington, and thereby acquire Banner Bank and Islanders Bank, Friday Harbor.					-Granted, December 12, 2007 					ChicagoFBOP Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois  -- extension to April 5, 2008, to acquire shares of BankFinancial Corporation, Burr Ridge, and thereby acquire BankFinancial F.S.B., Olympia Fields.					-Granted, December 12, 2007 					ChicagoFBOP Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois  -- extension to April 5, 2008, to acquire shares of CFS Bancorp, Inc., Munster, Indiana, and thereby acquire Citizens Financial Bank, a savings bank.					-Granted, December 12, 2007 					ClevelandFifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio  -- extension to January 31, 2008, to establish a branch at 1614 Washington Road, Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania.					-Granted, December 14, 2007 					AtlantaFirst Boaz Bancorporation, Boaz, Alabama  -- extension to March 19, 2008, to acquire First Bank Mortgage Services, Inc. and thereby engage de novo in making, acquiring, brokering, or servicing loans or other extensions of credit.					-Granted, December 14, 2007 					

Financial Holding CompaniesSt. LouisFarmers Bancorp Inc., Blytheville, Arkansas  -- election to become a financial holding company.					-Effective, December 10, 2007 					SecretaryPark National Corporation, Newark, Ohio  -- election to become a financial holding company.					-Effective, December 11, 2007 					Kansas CityPeoples Bancshares, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado  -- election to become a financial holding company.					-Effective, December 13, 2007 					

Regulations And PoliciesFOMCShort-term Interest Rates  -- decrease in the target for the federal funds rate from 4-1/2 percent to 4-1/4 percent.					-Approved, December 11, 2007 					

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