Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending August 8, 2015

Bank Branches, Domestic

Boston

Bank Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island -- to establish branches at 77 Highland Avenue, East Providence, and 132 East Main Road, Middletown (two applications).
-Approved, August 7, 2015

Secretary

IBERIABANK, Lafayette, Louisiana -- to establish a branch at 2460 Lacy Lane, Carrollton, Texas.
-Approved, August 7, 2015

Bank Holding Companies

Philadelphia

Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc., New York, New York -- to convert from a savings and loan holding company to a bank holding company in connection with the reorganization of its federal savings bank subsidiary, Esquire Bank, Garden City, as a national bank.
-Approved, August 5, 2015

Atlanta

Home Bancorp, Inc., Lafayette, Louisiana -- to acquire Louisiana Bancorp, Inc., Metairie, and thereby acquire Bank of New Orleans, a federal savings association.
-Approved, August 6, 2015

Banks, State Member

San Francisco

Western Alliance Bank, Phoenix, Arizona -- to make a public welfare investment.
-Approved, August 5, 2015

Dallas

WestStar Bank, El Paso, Texas -- to establish a de novo subsidiary, WestStar Insurance Agency, Inc., El Paso, and thereby engage in insurance activities.
-Approved, August 6, 2015

Extensions of Time

Richmond

Howard Bancorp, Inc., Ellicott City, Maryland -- extension to November 12, 2015, to acquire Patapsco Bancorp, Inc., Dundalk, and thereby indirectly acquire The Patapsco Bank.
-Granted, August 5, 2015

Director, BS&R

Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco, California -- extension of time to divest or conform a merchant banking investment.
-Granted, August 3, 2015