Actions of the Board, Its Staff, and the Federal Reserve Banks; Applications and Reports Received
Actions under delegated authority PDF
Actions taken during the week ending November 11, 2023
Bank Branches, Domestic
Chicago
Eastern Michigan Bank, Croswell, Michigan -- to establish a branch at 355 South Parker Street, Marine City, Michigan.
Approved: November 8, 2023
Dallas
Frost Bank, San Antonio, Texas -- to establish a branch at 494 Highway 71W, Bastrop, Texas.
Approved: November 10, 2023
Frost Bank, San Antonio, Texas -- to establish a branch at 8915 North Sam Houston Parkway West, Houston, Texas.
Approved: November 8, 2023
St. Louis
FNB Oxford Bank, Oxford, Mississippi -- to establish a branch at 400 Main Street, Water Valley, Mississippi.
Approved: November 10, 2023
Simmons Bank, Pine Bluff, Arkansas -- to establish a branch at 1200 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri.
Approved: November 6, 2023
Bank Holding Companies
Director, S&R
Midwest Regional Bancorp, Inc. (Bancorp), Festus, Missouri, and Bancorp?s President/CEO -- relief from certain commitments.
Granted: November 9, 2023
General Counsel
FirstSun Capital Bancorp, Denver, Colorado -- FirstSun Capital Bancorp, Denver, Colorado?waiver of application to acquire SFB Main Office Relo Interim Bank, National Association (Interim Bank), Dallas, Texas, as a wholly owned subsidiary and to merge Interim Bank with and into Sunflower Bank, National Association, Denver, Colorado, to enable the relocation of Sunflower Bank?s main office from Denver to Dallas. *
Granted: October 30, 2023
*Addition
Westbrand, Inc., Minot, North Dakota -- waiver of application to acquire Lismore Financial Services, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire State Bank of Lismore (SBL), both of Lismore, Minnesota, in connection with the merger of SBL with and into First Western Bank & Trust, Minot, North Dakota.
Granted: November 6, 2023
Kansas City
Savile Capital Group LLC, Sheridan, Wyoming -- to become a bank holding company by acquiring Farmers State Bankshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquiring Wyoming Bank & Trust, both of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Withdrawn: November 6, 2023
Bank Mergers
Secretary
First Western Bank and Trust, Minot, North Dakota -- to merge with State Bank of Lismore, Lismore, Minnesota (SBL), and thereby establish a branch at the main office of SBL.
Approved: November 6, 2023
Banks, State Member
Chicago
Ally Bank, Sandy, Utah -- to make two public welfare investments.
Approved: November 8, 2023
San Francisco
East West Bank, Pasadena, California -- to make two public welfare investments.
Approved: November 10, 2023
Change in Bank Control
St. Louis
Legacy BancShares, Inc., Springdale, Arkansas -- Gary C. George LNB Trust, Gary C. George, as trustee, Robin Ann George LNB Trust, Robin Ann George, as trustee, and others, as part of a family control group acting in concert to acquire voting shares of Legacy BancShares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Legacy National Bank, Springdale, Arkansas.
Permitted: November 7, 2023
Regulations and Policies
Secretary
Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) -- final interagency determination of the 2024 threshold for exempting certain loans from special appraisal requirements for higher-priced mortgages.
Approved: November 6, 2023
Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) and Regulation M (Consumer Leasing) -- final interagency amendments to establish dollar thresholds that will apply for determining exempt consumer credit and lease transactions in 2024.
Approved: November 6, 2023