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#   Actions under delegated authority

## Actions taken during the week ending January 5, 2008

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Bank Branches, DomesticKansas City1st Financial Bank, Overland Park, Kansas  -- to establish a branch at 650 East 5th Street, Kansas City, Missouri.					-Approved, January 4, 2008 					RichmondFirst Capital Bank, Glen Allen, Virginia  -- to establish a branch at 2810 Buford Road, Richmond.					-Approved, January 3, 2008 					RichmondRBC Centura Bank, Raleigh, North Carolina  -- to establish a branch at 5208 Sunset Lake Road, Holly Springs.					-Approved, January 4, 2008 					RichmondRBC Centura Bank, Raleigh, North Carolina  -- to establish a branch at 2885 Western Boulevard, Jacksonville.					-Approved, January 4, 2008 					SecretarySunTrust Bank, Atlanta, Georgia  -- to establish branches at 2615 East Highway 50, Clermont, Florida; 12610 U.S. Highway 19, Hudson; and 4929 Main Street, Spring Hill, Tennessee.					-Approved, January 3, 2008 					

Bank Holding CompaniesBostonBoston Private Financial Holdings, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts  -- to acquire an  indirect interest in Davidson Trust Company, Devon, Pennsylvania, and thereby engage in trust and financial investment advisory activities.					-Approved, January 3, 2008 					San FranciscoFranklin Resources, Inc., San Mateo, California  -- to retain shares of Commerce Bancorp, Inc., Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and thereby indirectly retain an interest in Commerce Bank, National Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.					-Approved, January 3, 2008 					San FranciscoFrontier Financial Corporation, Everett, Washington  -- waiver of application to merge with Washington Banking Company, Oak Harbor,  in connection with the merger of Whidbey Island Bank, Coupeville, and Frontier Bank, Everett.					-Granted, January 2, 2008 					Kansas CityHarker Investments, LLLP, Denver, Colorado  -- to become a bank holding company and to engage in selling credit life insurance through the acquisition of The Kit Carson Insurance Agency, Inc., Kit Carson.					-Approved, January 3, 2008 					SecretaryNATCOM Bancshares, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin  -- to purchase participation loans from its subsidiary, National Bank of Commerce, and thereby engage in extending credit and servicing loans.					-Approved, January 3, 2008 					PhiladelphiaNational Penn Bancshares, Inc., Boyertown, Pennsylvania  -- waiver of application to merge with KNBT Bancorp, Inc., Bethlehem, in connection with the merger of Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust Company and National Penn Bank.					-Granted, January 3, 2008 					AtlantaServisFirst Bancshares, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama  -- relief from a commitment.					-Withdrawn, January 3, 2008 					

Banks, ForeignGeneral CounselSparkassenVerband Baden-Wurttemberg and Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg, Stuttgart, Germany  -- request for temporary authority to engage indirectly in certain nonbanking activities and hold certain investments in the United States in connection with the acquisition of Landesbank Sachsen Aktiengesellschaft, Leipzig.					-Granted, December 28, 2007 					(AC)

Extensions Of TimeRichmondVirginia Financial Group, Inc., Culpeper, Virginia  -- extension to April 12, 2008, to acquire FNB Corporation, Christiansburg, and thereby indirectly acquire First National Bank.					-Granted, January 4, 2008 					

International OperationsDirector, BS&RBank of America, National Association, Charlotte, North Carolina; Bank of America Overseas Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina; and BankAmerica International Finance Corporation, San Francisco, California  -- waiver of remainder of notification period to invest in BoA Netherlands Cooperatieve U.A., Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and modification of the aggregate investment limit of Regulation K.					-Granted, December 21, 2007 					(AC)

MembershipPhiladelphiaMonument Bank, Doylestown, Pennsylvania  -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.					-Approved, January 4, 2008 					

Regulations And PoliciesFOMCFederal Open Market Committee  -- minutes of the meeting held on December 11, 2007, and of a conference call held on December 6, 2007.					-Published, January 2, 2008 					SecretaryRegulation CC  -- technical amendments to Appendix A to reflect the restructuring of check processing operations of the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Philadelphia, and Cleveland, and to provide notice relating to future changes to Appendix A (Docket No. R-1306).					-Approved, January 2, 2008 					

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