Board Actions

Midland States Bancorp, Inc., Effingham, Illinois -- to acquire Love Savings Holding Company, St. Louis, Missouri, and its subsidiary, Heartland Bank, FSB; for Midland States Bank, Effingham, to merge with Heartland Bank, FSB, St. Louis, and thereby establish branches at the locations of Heartland's main office and branches; and change in bank control notice for Midland States Bancorp, Inc. and its subsidiary, Midland States Bank.
-Approved, December 10, 2014

Southside Bancshares, Inc., Tyler, Texas -- to acquire OmniAmerican Bancorp, Inc., Fort Worth, and its subsidiary savings association, OmniAmerican Bank.
-Approved, December 9, 2014

ViewPoint Financial Group, Inc., Plano, Texas -- to acquire LegacyTexas Group, Inc., Plano, and its subsidiary, LegacyTexas Bank; and for LegacyTexas bank to merge with ViewPoint Bank, N.A. and to establish branches at the locations of the main office and branches of ViewPoint Bank.
-Approved, December 9, 2014

Federal Reserve Notes -- new currency budget for 2015.
-Approved, December 10, 2014

Forms -- final Board review to extend with revision the Weekly Report of Selected Assets and Liabilities of Domestically Chartered Commercial Banks and U.S. Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks (FR 2644).
-Approved, December 9, 2014

Forms -- final Board review to extend with revision the Capital Assessments and Stress Testing information collection (FR Y-14A/Q/M).
-Approved, December 9, 2014

Revised Capital Framework (Regulation Q) -- publication for comment of proposed amendments to illustrate the application of the common equity tier 1 capital qualification criteria to depository institution holding companies that are organized as non-stock companies and to provide certain temporary exemptions.
-Approved, December 11, 2014

Risk-Based Capital Surcharges (Regulation Q) -- publication for comment of proposal to establish risk-based capital surcharges for global systemically important U.S. bank holding companies.
-Approved, December 9, 2014