77030 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 237 / Friday, December 8, 2000 / Notices

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 January 4,

2001.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201–

2272:

1. Bryan Family Management Trust,

Bryan, Texas, and Bryan Heritage

Limited Partnership, Bryan, Texas; to

acquire 51 percent of the voting shares

of The First National Bank of Bryan,

Bryan, Texas.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105–1579:

1. Frontier Financial Corporation,

Everett, Washington; to merge with

Interbancorp, Inc., Duvall, Washington,

and thereby indirectly acquire Inter

Bank, Duvall, Washington.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, December 5, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–31323 Filed 12–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

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 December 22, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045–0001:

1. Bayerische Hypo– und Vereinsbank

AG, Munich, Germany; to acquire Bank

Austria Securities, Inc., New York, New

York; and thereby indirectly acquire

CAIB Securities (New York) Inc., New

York, New York; Creditanstalt

International Asset Management, Inc.,

New York, New York; Bank Austria

Creditanstalt Corporate Finance, Inc.,

Greenwich, Connecticut; Bank Austria

Commercial Paper, LLC, Greenwich,

Connecticut; Bank Austria Creditanstalt

Community Development, Inc.,

Greenwich, Connecticut; Bank Austria

Creditanstalt Holdings Corporation

(Railcar Leasing), Greenwich,

Connecticut; Bank Austria Creditanstalt

Equipment Leasing, Inc., Greenwich,

Connecticut; and Bank Austria

Creditanstalt Property Corporation

(Leasing), Greenwich, Connecticut, and

thereby engage in corporate finance and

commercial lending activities, pursuant

to § 225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y;

investment advisory activities, pursuant

to § 225.28(b)(6) of Regulation Y;

securities brokerage, private placement

and riskless principal activities,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(7) of Regulation

Y; community development activities,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(12) of

Regulation Y; and in equipment leasing

activities, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(3) of

Regulation Y. These activities will be

conducted worldwide.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, December 4, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–31282 Filed 12–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Wednesday,

December 13, 2000.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, C Street

entrance between 20th and 21st Streets,

NW., Washington, DC 20551

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Summary Agenda

Because of its routine nature, no

discussion of the following item is

anticipated. This matter will be voted

on without discussion unless a member

of the Board requests that the item be

moved to the discussion agenda.

1. Proposed amendments to

Regulation Y (Bank Holding Companies

and Change in Bank Control) to

authorize financial holding companies

to act as a ‘‘finder’’ by bringing buyers

and sellers together for transactions that

the parties themselves negotiate and

consummate (proposed earlier for

public comment; Docket No. R–1078).

Discussion Agenda

2. Publication for comment of

proposed amendments to Regulation Z

(Truth in Lending) related to potentially

abusive practices in home mortgage

lending. (Comments were solicited

earlier on possible revisions; Docket No.

R–1075.)

3. Consideration of a proposal for

comment to amend Regulation Y (Bank

Holding Companies and Change in Bank

Control) to (a) increase the amount of

nonfinancial data processing

permissible for bank and financial

holding companies and (b) allow

financial holding companies to own

companies engaged in certain data

processing activities in connection with

the provision of financial products and

services.

4. Publication for comment of

proposed amendments to Regulation Y

(Bank Holding Companies and Change

in Bank Control) that would permit

financial holding companies to provide

general real estate brokerage and real

estate management services.

5. Proposed 2001 Federal Reserve

Bank budgets.

6. Any items carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

Note: This meeting will be recorded for the

benefit of those unable to attend.

Cassettes will then be available for

listening in the Board’s Freedom of

Information Office, and copies can be

ordered for $6 per cassette by calling

202–452–3684 or by writing to: Freedom

of Information Office, Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, Washington, DC 20551.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Lynn S. Fox, Assistant to the Board;

202–452–3204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may

call 202–452–3206 for a recorded

announcement of this meeting; or you

may contact the Board’s Web site at