[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39394-39395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18933]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Firstbank of Illinois Co., et al.; Formations of; Acquisitions
by; and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
The companies listed in this notice have applied for the Board's
approval under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.
1842) and Sec. 225.14 of the Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.14) to
become a bank holding company or to acquire a bank or bank holding
company. The factors that are considered in acting on the applications
are set forth in section 3(c) of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)).
Each application is available for immediate inspection at the
Federal Reserve Bank indicated. Once the application has been accepted
for processing, it will also be available for inspection at the offices
of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views
in writing to the Reserve Bank or to the offices of the Board of
Governors. Any comment on an application that requests a hearing must
include a statement of why a written presentation would not suffice in
lieu of a hearing, identifying specifically any questions of fact that
are in dispute and summarizing the evidence that would be presented at
a hearing.
Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these
applications
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must be received not later than August 25, 1995.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (James A. Bluemle, Vice
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690:
1. Firstbank of Illinois Co., Springfield, Illinois; to acquire 100
percent of the voting shares of Confluence Bancshares Corp., St.
Peters, Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire Duchesne Bank, St.
Peters, Missouri.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166:
1. First Banks, Inc., Clayton, Missouri; to acquire at least 50
percent of the voting shares of First Commercial Bancorp, Inc.,
Sacramento, California, and thereby indirectly acquire First Commercial
Bank, Sacramento, California. Comments regarding this application must
be received not later than August 11, 1995.
C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice
President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198:
1. Rice Insurance Agency, Inc., Strasburg, Colorado; to acquire 100
percent of the voting shares of Collegiate Peaks Bancorporation, Buena
Vista, Colorado and thereby indirectly acquire Collegiate Peaks Bank,
Buena Vista, Colorado.
D. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Kenneth R. Binning,
Director, Bank Holding Company) 101 Market Street, San Francisco,
California 94105:
1. First Saving Bank of Washington Bancorp, Inc., Walla Walla,
Washington; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent
of the voting shares of First Savings Bank of Washington, Walla Walla,
Washington, in connection with the conversion of First Savings Bank of
Washington Bancorp, Walla Walla, Washington, from a mutual bank holding
company to a stock holding company.
E. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Kenneth R. Binning,
Director, Bank Holding Company) 101 Market Street, San Francisco,
California 94105, or Federal Reserve Bank of New York (William L.
Rutledge, Senior Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York
10045:
1. Wells Fargo and Company, San Francisco, California (Wells
Fargo); and HSBC Holdings PLC, London, United Kingdom, HSBC Holdings
BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Marine Midland Banks, Inc.,
Buffalo, New York, to acquire Wells Fargo HSBC Trade Bank, N.A., San
Francisco, California (TradeBank). Wells Fargo will control 80 percent
of the voting shares of TradeBank and HSBC will control 20 percent of
the voting shares of TradeBank.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 27, 1995.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 95-18933 Filed 8-1-95; 8:45 am]
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