Board Actions

Ameris Bancorp, Moultrie, Georgia -- to acquire The Prosperity Banking Company, St. Augustine, Florida, and thereby acquire Prosperity Bank (FRB Order No. 2013-12).
-Approved, December 5, 2013

Forms -- initial Board review (1) to extend with revision the Financial Statements of U.S. Nonbank Subsidiaries of U.S. Holding Companies (FR Y-11), Abbreviated Financial Statements of U.S. Nonbank Subsidiaries of U.S. Holding Companies (FR Y-11S), Financial Statements of Foreign Subsidiaries of U.S. Banking Organizations (FR 2314), Abbreviated Financial Statements of Foreign Subsidiaries of U.S. Banking Organizations (FR 2314S), Financial Statements of U.S. Nonbank Subsidiaries Held by Foreign Banking Organizations (FR Y-7N), and Abbreviated Financial Statements of U.S. Nonbank Subsidiaries Held by Foreign Banking Organizations (FR Y-7NS) and (2) to extend without revision the Consolidated Report of Condition and Income for Edge and Agreement Corporations (FR 2886b).
-Proposed, December 2, 2013

Forms -- initial Board review to implement the Surveys of Consumer and Community Affairs Publications and Resources (FR 1378) and Consumer and Stakeholder Surveys (FR 3073).
-Proposed, December 5, 2013

Bank Secrecy Act Rules -- final interagency amendments to the definitions of "funds transfer" and "transmittal of funds" in the regulations implementing the Bank Secrecy Act.
-Announced, December 3, 2013

Market Risk Capital Rule -- (1) final rule to align the treatment of certain items under the Board's current market risk capital rule with the treatment under the Basel III revised capital framework and (2) technical modifications to the revised capital framework.
-Approved, December 3, 2013

Regulation HH (Designated Financial Market Utilities) -- final amendments to authorize the Federal Reserve Banks to open accounts for and provide financial services to financial market utilities that are designated as systemically important by the Financial Stability Oversight Council, in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Act.
-Approved, December 2, 2013

Parkway Bancorp, Inc., Harwood Heights, Illinois -- written agreement dated October 21, 2011, terminated November 27, 2013.
-Announced, December 3, 2013

PathFinder Bancorp MHC, Oswego, New York, and PathFinder Bancorp, Inc. -- supervisory agreement, issued by the Office of Thrift Supervision, dated May 28, 2009, terminated November 26, 2013.
-Announced, December 5, 2013

Peoples, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas, and Peoples Bank -- written agreement dated January 27, 2010, terminated November 27, 2013.
-Announced, December 3, 2013