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Board Actions

Actions taken during the week ending March 11, 2006


Bank Branches, Domestic

Whitney Holding Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana  -- to acquire First National Bancshares, Inc., Bradenton, Florida, and 1st National Bank & Trust.
-Approved, March 7, 2006 

Bank Holding Companies

Compass Bancshares, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama  -- to acquire TexasBanc Holding Co., Weatherford, Texas, and TexasBank, Fort Worth; and for Compass Bancshares' subsidiary, Compass Bank, Birmingham, to merge with and retain the branches of TexasBank.
-Approved, March 6, 2006 

Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin  -- to acquire Gold Banc Corporation, Inc., Leawood, Kansas, and its subsidiary, Gold Bank; and for Marshall & Ilsley Corporation's subsidiary, M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank, Milwaukee, to merge with Gold Bank and establish branches at its existing locations.
-Approved, March 10, 2006 

Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin  -- to acquire Trustcorp Financial, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, and its subsidiary, Missouri State Bank and Trust Company, Clayton.
-Approved, March 10, 2006 

Banks, Foreign

Bank Hapoalim, B.M., Tel Aviv, Israel, Arison Holdings (1998) Ltd., and Israel Salt Industries Ltd., Atlit  -- to acquire Investec (US) Incorporated, New York, New York, and engage in investment activities in the United States.
-Approved, March 6, 2006 

Banks, National

Alabama Bankers Bank, N.A., Birmingham, Alabama  -- to act as a pass-through correspondent for nonmember depository institutions and maintain reserves at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
-Approved, February 22, 2006  (AC)

Enforcement

Asian Financial Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Asian Bank  -- issuance of a consent cease and desist order.
-Announced, March 8, 2006 

New Asia Bank, Chicago, Illinois  -- written agreement dated May 21, 2003, terminated February 27, 2006.
-Announced, March 7, 2006 

Regulations And Policies

Commercial Real Estate and Risk-Management Practices  -- extension to April 13, 2006, of the comment period on the proposed Interagency Guidance on Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate and Sound Risk-Management Practices.
-Announced, March 9, 2006 


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