[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 173 (Tuesday, September 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47500-47501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24076]
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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 October 2, 1998.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior
Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
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1. Greene County Bancorp, MHC, and Greene County Bancorp, Inc.,
both of Catskill, New York; to become bank holding companies by
acquiring 51 percent of the voting shares of Greene County Savings
Bank, Catskill, New York.
2. Cortland First Financial Corporation, Cortland, New York; to
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Oneida Valley Bancshares,
Inc., Oneida, New York, and thereby indirectly acquire Oneida Valley
National Bank, Oneida, New York.
3. Oneida Financial MHC, and Oneida Financial Corp., both of
Oneida, New York; to become bank holding companies by acquiring 53.50
percent of the voting shares of The Oneida Savings Bank, Oneida, New
York.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
1. Legacy Bancorp, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin; to become a bank
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Legacy
Bank, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (in organization).
C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies,
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri
64198-0001:
1. BancFirst Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; to acquire 100
percent of the voting shares of Kingfisher Bancorp, Inc.,, Kingfisher,
Oklahoma, and thereby indirectly acquire Kingfisher Bank and Trust Co.,
Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 2,
1998.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-24076 Filed 9-4-98; 8:45 am]
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