[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 198 (Thursday, October 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 70682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24669]



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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 applications will also 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.
    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 November 2, 2016.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (David L. Hubbard, Senior 
Manager) P.O. Box 442, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034. Comments can 
also be sent electronically to [email protected]:
    1. Big Creek Bancshares, Inc., Moro, Arkansas; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of Forrest City Financial 
Corporation and thereby indirectly acquire Forrest City Bank, N.A., 
both of Forrest City, Arkansas.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Robert L. Triplett III, Senior 
Vice President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Caldwell Holding Company, Columbia, Louisiana; to acquire 
Progressive National Financial Corporation, and thereby indirectly 
acquire Progressive National Bank, both of Mansfield, Louisiana.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Gerald C. Tsai, Director, 
Applications and Enforcement) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105-1579:
    1. Cathay General Bancorp, Los Angeles, California to acquire 
SinoPac Bancorp and thereby indirectly acquire Far East National Bank, 
all of Los Angeles, California.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 5, 
2016.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2016-24669 Filed 10-12-16; 8:45 am]
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