[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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