Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending February 20, 2010

Bank Branches, Domestic

Cleveland

The Andover Bank, Andover, Ohio -- to establish a branch at 6611 North Ridge Road, Madison, and request to exceed the limit on investment in bank premises.
-Approved, February 19, 2010

Bank Holding Companies

Atlanta

Banco de Sabadell, S.A., Sabadell, Spain -- to engage de novo in securities brokerage and riskless-principal activities through its newly established subsidiary, Sabadell Securities USA, Inc., Miami, Florida.
-Approved, February 16, 2010

Minneapolis

Lake Central Financial, Inc., Annandale, Minnesota -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Annandale State Bank, Annandale.
-Approved, February 19, 2010

Bank Mergers

Kansas City

Bank of Commerce, Chanute, Kansas -- to merge with First State Bank of Thayer, Thayer, and thereby establish a branch.
-Approved, February 18, 2010

Change in Bank Control

Cleveland

Hometown Bancshares, Inc., Middlebourne, West Virginia -- to retain control of Hometown and its subsidiary bank, Union Bank, Inc., Middlebourne.
-Withdrawn, February 19, 2010

Atlanta

Hometown of Homestead Banking Company, Homestead, Florida -- change in bank control of Hometown and its subsidiary bank, 1st National Bank of South Florida, Homestead (two notices).
-Permitted, February 18, 2010

Atlanta

UCB Financial Group, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia -- change in bank control of UCB and its subsidiary bank, Atlanta Business Bank, Atlanta.
-Permitted, February 19, 2010

Extensions of Time

Chicago

M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank, Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- extension to April 6, 2010, to establish a branch at 522 Snelling Avenue South, St. Paul, Minnesota.
-Granted, February 19, 2010

Regulations and Policies

FOMC

Federal Open Market Committee -- minutes of the meeting on January 26 and 27, 2010.
-Published, February 17, 2010