Board Actions

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., Tokyo, Japan, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation -- to acquire up to 9.9 percent of the voting shares of The Bank of East Asia, Limited, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China, which is a registered bank holding company (FRB Order No. 2012-11).
-Approved, October 31, 2012

Forms -- initial Board review to extend with revision the Consumer Satisfaction Questionnaire (FR 1379a), Federal Reserve Consumer Help (FRCH) - Consumer Survey (FR 1379b), and Consumer Online Complaint Form (FR 1379c), and Semiannual Report of Derivatives Activity (FR 2436); to extend without revision the Domestic Branch Notification (FR 4001); and to conduct the Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity (FR 3036).
-Proposed, October 31, 2012

Term Deposit Facility -- TDF auction of $3 billion in 28-day term deposits on November 5, 2012.
-Announced, October 31, 2012

Division of Research and Statistics -- joint appointment of Janice Shack-Marquez as deputy director in Research and Statistics and the Division of Monetary Affairs; appointment of Thomas Laubach as associate director; Michael Kiley as senior adviser in Research and Statistics and associate director in the Office of Financial Stability Policy and Research; Robin Prager as senior adviser; and Jeremy Rudd as adviser.
-Announced, November 2, 2012

Division of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems -- appointment of Niel Willardson as acting deputy director.
-Approved, October 30, 2012

Office of the Secretary -- appointment of Angela Dirr as visiting assistant secretary.
-Announced, November 1, 2012

Office of the Secretary -- appointment of Margaret Shanks as deputy secretary.
-Announced, November 1, 2012

Liberty Bancorp of Georgia, Inc., Clayton, Georgia -- written agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the State of Georgia Department of Banking and Finance.
-Announced, November 1, 2012

Macatawa Bank Corporation, Holland, Michigan -- written agreement dated July 23, 2010, terminated October 26, 2012.
-Announced, November 1, 2012