Federal Reserve Release, H2, Actions of the Board, its Staff, and the Federal Reserve Banks; Applications and Reports Received

District: 1
Federal Reserve Bank of: Boston

Filings received during the week ending May 14, 2022

Filer

Filing Type

Filing Proposal

End of Comment Period

1854 BANCORP

* 18C
* Branch
* 3A3

Application by 1854 Bancorp (Bancorp), and its subsidiary bank, East Cambridge Savings Bank (ECSB), both of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to acquire Patriot Community Bank, Woburn, Massachusetts (Patriot), and thereby establish a branch at the location of Patriot's main office, in a multi-step transaction. As part of the transaction, Bancorp would create an interim bank, to be known as, 1854 Interim Bank, which will merge with and into Patriot, with Patriot as the survivor; immediately followed by the merger of Patriot with and into ECSB, with ECSB as the survivor and with Patriot's main office becoming a branch office of ECSB.

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	04/28/2022

HOMETOWN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC

* 18C

Hometown Financial Group, Inc., Easthampton, Massachusetts, to acquire Randolph Bancorp, Inc., Stoughton, Massachusetts, and its subsidiary, Envision Bank, Randolph, Massachusetts, pursuant to section 18(c) of the BMA.

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	Not applicable

Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

The Community Reinvestment Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It was enacted by the Congress in 1977 (12 U.S.C. 2901) and is implemented by Regulation BB (12 CFR 228). The regulation was revised in May 1995.

The CRA requires that each depository institution's record in helping meet the credit needs of its entire community be evaluated periodically. That record is taken into account in considering an institution's application for deposit facilities.

A copy of an institution's CRA evaluation may be obtained directly from the institution or Reserve Bank.

Federal bank regulators use the following performance levels to rate an institution's performance under CRA:

O = Outstanding
S = Satisfactory
NI = Needs to improve
SN = Substantial noncompliance

The following state member banks have been examined and their CRA public evaluations are now available.

Institution / Location	RSSD ID	Exam Date	CRA Public Date	CRA Rating	Exam Method
NONE

CRA Examinations scheduled for Quarter of

Institution	Location	Quarter
NONE

* Subject to the provisions of the Community Reinvestment Act

District: 1 Federal Reserve Bank of: Boston

Filings received during the week ending May 14, 2022

Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

CRA Examinations scheduled for Quarter of

District: 1
Federal Reserve Bank of: Boston