Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending December 6, 2008

Bank Branches, Domestic

Secretary

Banco Popular North America, New York, New York -- to establish a branch at 1 East Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois.
-Approved, December 5, 2008

Richmond

John Marshall Bank, Falls Church, Virginia -- to establish a branch at 2300 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington.
-Approved, December 3, 2008

Secretary

SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, Georgia -- to establish a branch at 11255 East State Road 70, Bradenton, Florida.
-Approved, December 5, 2008

Bank Holding Companies

Minneapolis

BHCB Holding Company, Rapid City, South Dakota -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Black Hills Community Bank, N.A., Rapid City.
-Approved, December 3, 2008

New York

BNP Paribas, Paris, France -- to acquire shares of Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea.
-Approved, December 5, 2008

Director, BS&R

BNP Paribas, Paris, France -- to engage in energy tolling and provide energy-management services to power plant owners in the United States indirectly through its proposed subsidiary bank, Fortis Bank S.A./N.V., Brussels, Belgium.
-Approved, December 5, 2008

Kansas City

FSB Investments, LLC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire MidWest Community Financial Corporation, Midwest City, parent of The First State Bank, Canute.
-Withdrawn, December 5, 2008

Chicago

Peoples Bancorp, Inc., Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin -- to acquire Security State Bank, Guttenberg, Iowa.
-Approved, December 5, 2008

Secretary

S & T Bancorp, Inc., Indiana, Pennsylvania -- to acquire shares of Allegheny Valley Bancorp, Pittsburgh.
-Approved, December 5, 2008

Richmond

Yadkin Valley Financial Corporation, Elkin, North Carolina -- to acquire American Community Bancshares, Inc., Monroe, and thereby indirectly acquire American Community Bank.
-Approved, December 1, 2008

Bank Mergers

Chicago

City State Bank, Ogden, Iowa -- to merge with Ames Community Bank, Ames, and Community Bank of Boone, Boone, and thereby establish branches.
-Approved, December 1, 2008

Extensions Of Time

St. Louis

The Bank of Fayette County, Moscow, Tennessee -- extension to March 5, 2009, to establish a branch at Highway 64 and Chickasaw Ridge Drive, Oakland.
-Granted, December 5, 2008

Atlanta

Bank Independent, Sheffield, Alabama -- extension to December 6, 2009, to establish a branch at Highway 72 and Nance Road, Huntsville.
-Granted, December 5, 2008

St. Louis

Cabool State Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Cabool, Missouri -- extension to March 6, 2009, to increase its ownership of Cabool Bancshares, Inc., Cabool, and Cabool State Bank.
-Granted, December 4, 2008