FRB: H.2--Actions under delegated authority--Week ending October 13, 2007

Comerica Bank, Detroit, Michigan -- to establish branches at 2804 North 44th Street, Phoenix, Arizona; 4545 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale; 5225 South Power Road, Mesa; and 925 North Dobson Road.
-Approved, October 11, 2007

First Premier Bank, Sioux Falls, South Dakota -- to establish a branch at 4001 West Benson Road.
-Approved, October 10, 2007

First State Bank, Conway, Arkansas -- to establish a branch at 100 South St. Joseph Street, Morrilton.
-Approved, October 10, 2007

Gateway Bank & Trust Co., Elizabeth City, North Carolina -- to establish a branch at 901 Military Cutoff Road, Wilmington.
-Approved, October 11, 2007

Gold Canyon Bank, Gold Canyon, Arizona -- to establish a branch at 9299 West Olive Avenue, Peoria.
-Approved, October 11, 2007

New Peoples Bank, Inc., Honaker, Virginia -- to establish a branch at 427 Main Street, Bland.
-Approved, October 12, 2007

Orion Bank, Naples, Florida -- to establish a branch at 6310 State Road 64 East, Bradenton.
-Approved, October 9, 2007

SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, Georgia -- to establish a branch at 7830 Land O Lakes Boulevard, Land O Lakes, Florida.
-Approved, October 11, 2007

Bank Holding Companies

Banco Popular Espanol, S.A., Madrid, Spain -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire TotalBank, Miami, Florida.
-Approved, October 9, 2007

North West Bancshares, Inc., Acworth, Georgia -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Northwest Bank & Trust.
-Approved, October 10, 2007

PB Financial Corporation, Colleyville, Texas -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Peoples Bank.
-Approved, October 12, 2007

Virginia Financial Group, Inc., Culpeper, Virginia -- to acquire FNB Corporation, Christiansburg, and thereby acquire First National Bank.
-Approved, October 12, 2007

Banks, Foreign

Barclays Bank plc, London, United Kingdom -- request for a temporary exemption from section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act.
-Granted, October 11, 2007

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Edinburgh, Scotland -- request for a temporary exemption from section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act.
-Granted, October 12, 2007

Change In Bank Control

Northern Bancorp, Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts -- change in bank control.
-Permitted, October 12, 2007

Extensions Of Time

Belvedere SoCal, San Francisco, California -- extension to January 17, 2008, to become a bank holding company and to acquire Professional Business Bank, Pasadena; and for Belvedere Capital Partners II, LLC, and Belvedere Capital Fund II, LP, San Francisco, to acquire shares of Professional Business Bank, Pasadena.
-Granted, October 11, 2007

Capital City Bank, Tallahassee, Florida -- extension to October 11, 2008, to establish a branch at 5981 Zebulon Road, Macon, Georgia.
-Granted, October 9, 2007

First Security Bank of Conway, Conway, Arkansas -- extension to January 5, 2008, to establish a branch at 624 Highway 365 South, Mayflower.
-Granted, October 11, 2007

Granite Bancshares, Inc., Granite Bay, California -- extension to January 13, 2008, to become a bank holding company and to acquire Granite Community Bank, N.A.
-Granted, October 11, 2007

Minier Financial, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan w/401(K) Provisions, Minier, Illinois -- extension to January 11, 2008, to increase its ownership of Minier Financial, Inc., and thereby increase its ownership of First Farmers State Bank.
-Granted, October 10, 2007

Membership

Louisa Community Bank, Louisa, Kentucky -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.
-Withdrawn, October 10, 2007

Wilmington Trust Company, Wilmington, Delaware -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.
-Approved, October 10, 2007

Regulations And Policies

Federal Open Market Committee -- minutes of the meeting on September 18, 2007.
-Published, October 9, 2007

Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending October 13, 2007