22560 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 87 / Friday, May 4, 2001 / Notices

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 May 29, 2001.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Commerce Financial Corporation

ESOP, Topeka, Kansas; to acquire up to

35 percent of the voting shares of

Commerce Financial Corporation,

Topeka, Kansas, and thereby indirectly

acquire Commerce Bank & Trust,

Topeka, Kansas.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105–1579:

1. Washington First Financial Group,

Inc., Seattle, Washington; to become a

bank holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of

Washington First International Bank,

Seattle, Washington.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 1, 2001.

Robert deV. Frierson

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 01–11299 Filed 5–3–01; 8:45 am]

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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 May 18, 2001.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045–0001:

1. Banco Espirito Santo, S.A.; Espirito

Santo Financial (Portugal) Sociedade

Gestora de Participacoes Sociais, S.A.;

Bespar Sociedade Gestora de

Participacoes Sociais, S.A.; all of

Lisbon, Portugal; and E.S. Control

Holding S.A.; Espirito Santo Financial

Group S.A.; E.S. International Holding

S.A.; all of Luxembourg-Kirchberg,

Luxembourg; to retain an existing

investment in and acquire additional

shares of Clarity Incentive Systems,

New York, New York, and thereby

continue engaging in data processing

and management consulting activities

pursuant to §§ 225.28(b)(9) and (b)(14)

of Regulation Y.

2. Banco Espirito Santo, S.A.; Espirito

Santo Financial (Portugal) Sociedade

Gestora de Participacoes Sociais, S.A.;

Bespar Sociedade Gestora de

Participacoes Sociais, S.A.; all of

Lisbon, Portugal; and E.S. Control

Holding S.A.; Espirito Santo Financial

Group S.A.; E.S. International Holding

S.A.; all of Luxembourg-Kirchberg,

Luxembourg; to retain shares of

FiNet.com, Inc., San Ramon, California,

and thereby continue engaging in

extending credit and activities related to

extending credit pursuant to §§

225.28(b)(1) and (b)(2) of Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, April 30, 2001.

Robert deV. Frierson

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 01–11165 Filed 5–3–01; 8:45 am]

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Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

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

May 9, 2001.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Personal actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments,

reassignments, and salary actions)

involving individual Federal Reserve

System employees.

2. Any items carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Michelle A. Smith, Assistant to the

Board; 202–452–3204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may

call 202–452–3206 beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before the meeting for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting; or you may

contact the Board’s Web site at http://

www.federalreserve.gov for an

electronic announcement that not only

lists applications, but also indicates

procedural and other information about

the meeting.

Dated: May 2, 2001.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 01–11422 Filed 5–3–01; 8:45 am]

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