Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 195 / Friday, October 6, 2000 / Notices 59845

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 October 30,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. eZCB Bancorp, Inc., Grand Rapids,

Michigan; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of

eZCommunityBank.Com (in

organization), Grand Rapids, Michigan.

2. Spectrum Bancorporation, Inc.,

Omaha, Nebraska; to merge with Great

Western Securities, Inc., Omaha,

Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire

Great Western Bank, Omaha, Nebraska.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 2, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–25668 Filed 10–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies;

Correction

This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc.

00–24690) published on pages 57815

and 57816 of the issue for September 26,

2000.

Under the Federal Reserve Bank of

Kansas City heading, the entry for Grace

Investment Company, Inc., Alva,

Oklahoma, is revised to read as follows:

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President), 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Grace Investment Company, Inc.,

Alva, Oklahoma; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 93.87

percent of the voting shares, for a total

of 100 percent of the voting shares of

The First National Bank in Okeene,

Okeene, Oklahoma.

In connection with this application,

applicant also has applied to engage in

lending activities, pursuant to

§ 225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y.

Comments on this application must

be received by October 20, 2000.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 3, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–25772 Filed 10–5–00; 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 October 20, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045–0001:

1. Bank Hapoalim B.M., Tel Aviv,

Israel; Zohar Hashemesh Le’Hashkaot

Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel; Hapoalim U.S.A.

Holding Company, Inc., New York, New

York; Shareholder Consortium of Bank

Hapoalim B.M., Tel Aviv, Israel; Arison

Holdings (1988) Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel;

and Israel Salt Industries Ltd., Atlit,

Israel; to engage de novo through their

subsidiary, Signature Securities Group

Corporation, in financial and

investment advisory services, pursuant

to § 225.28(b)(6) of Regulation Y, and in

agency transactional services for

customer investments, pursuant to

§ 225.28(b)(7) of Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 2, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–25669 Filed 10–5–00; 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