Board Actions

Actions taken during the week ending August 11, 2007

Bank Holding Companies

Mercantile Bancorp, Inc., Quincy, Illinois -- to acquire HNB Financial Services, Inc., Hannibal, Missouri, and HNB National Bank.
-Approved, August 6, 2007

The Bank of Nova Scotia, Toronto, Canada -- to acquire shares of First BanCorp, San Juan, Puerto Rico; FirstBank of Puerto Rico, Santurce; and FirstBank Florida, Miami, Florida.
-Approved, August 8, 2007

Enforcement

American Express Bank International, Miami, Florida -- issuance of a cease and desist order and order of assessment of a civil money penalty.
-Announced, August 6, 2007

BANKFIRST, Sioux Falls, South Dakota -- written agreement dated April 22, 2003, terminated August 2, 2007.
-Announced, August 8, 2007

Marshall BankFirst Corp., Minneapolis, Minnesota, and BANKFIRST, Sioux Falls, South Dakota -- written agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and the South Dakota Department of Revenue and Regulation.
-Announced, August 8, 2007