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[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 148 (Monday, August 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 41258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20639]

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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. Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking 
activities will be conducted throughout the United States.
    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 August 28, 1998.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior 
Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. Summit Bancorp, Princeton, New Jersey; to acquire 100 percent of 
the voting shares of NSS Bancorp, Inc., Norwalk, Connecticut, and 
thereby indirectly acquire NSS Bank, Norwalk, Connecticut.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. RSNB Bancorp, Rock Springs, Wyoming; to become a bank holding 
company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Rock Springs 
National Bank, Rock Springs, Wyoming.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Northwest Bancorporation, Inc., Houston, Texas; to acquire 49 
percent of the voting shares of Redstone Bancorporation, Inc., Houston, 
Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire Redstone Bank, N.A., Houston, 
Texas.
    In connection with this application, Redstone Bancorporation, Inc., 
Houston, Texas, has applied to become a bank holding company by 
acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Redstone Bank, N.A., 
Houston, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 29, 1998.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-20639 Filed 7-31-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F
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