Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 223 / Friday, November 17, 2000 / Notices 69537

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 14, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–29525 Filed 11–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

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 December 14,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York

(Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045–0001:

1. Israel Salt Industries, Ltd., Atlit,

Israel, through its direct and indirect

control of 45.25 percent of the voting

shares of Bank Hapoalim B.M., Tel

Aviv, Israel; to become a bank holding

company as a result of the establishment

by Bank Hapoalim of Signature Bank,

New York, New York (in formation).

Signature Bank would be a wholly

owned subsidiary of Bank Hapoalim.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

(A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice President)

701 East Byrd Street, Richmond,

Virginia 23261–4528:

1. F&M National Corporation,

Winchester, Virginia; to merge with

Community Bankshares of Maryland,

Inc., Bowie, Maryland, and thereby

indirectly acquire Community Bank of

Maryland, Bowie, Maryland.

2. Virginia Capital Bancshares, Inc.,

Fredericksburg, Virginia; to become a

bank holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of

Fredericksburg State Bank,

Fredericksburg, Virginia.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Northstar Financial Group, Inc, Bad

Axe, Michigan; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Northstar

Bank (in organization), Bad Axe,

Michigan.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63166–2034:

1. Mississippi Valley Bancshares, Inc.,

St. Louis, Missouri; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of

Southwest Bank of Phoenix (in

organization), Phoenix, Arizona.

Comments regarding this application

must be received not later than

December 11, 2000.

E. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Lauritzen Corporation, Omaha,

Nebraska; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 21.09 percent of

the voting shares of First National of

Nebraska, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, and

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares

of First National Bank of Omaha,

Omaha, Nebraska; First National Bank &

Trust Company of Columbus,

Columbus, Nebraska; First National

Bank, North Platte, Nebraska; First

National Bank, South Dakota, Yankton,

South Dakota; Platte Valley State Bank

& Trust Company, Fremont, Nebraska;

Fremont National Bank & Trust

Company, Fremont, Nebraska; First

National Bank of Kansas, Overland Park,

Kansas; and First National of Colorado,

Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado; and thereby

acquire First National Bank, Fort

Collins, Colorado; Bank in Boulder,

Boulder, Colorado; and Union Colony

Bank, Greeley, Colorado.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 14, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–29526 Filed 11–16–00; 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 nova, or to

acquire or control voting securities or

assets of a company, including the

companies listed below, that engages

directly or through a subsidiary or other

company, in a nonbanking activity that

is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.27) 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 December 4, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York

(Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045–0001:

1. Mizuho Holdings, Inc., Tokyo,

Japan, and Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank,

Limited, The, Tokyo Japan; to engage de

nova through its subsidiary, Dealerconx,

Inc., Livingston, New Jersey, in

providing loan and lease agency and

brokerage services, data processing

services and loan/lease servicing

through an internet-based data

processing application available to retail

automotive dealers that seek loan and

lease financing and related financial

services for customers’ retail automobile

purchases, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(1),

(2), (3), and (14) of Regulation Y.