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

Release dates | Full version (300 KB PDF)
Actions by the Board | Actions under delegated authority
Applications and reports:
Boston | New York | Philadelphia | Cleveland | Richmond | Atlanta
Chicago | St. Louis | Minneapolis | Kansas City | Dallas | San Francisco

District: 12
Federal Reserve Bank of: San Francisco

Filings received during the week ending March 11, 2006

Filer Filing Type Filing Proposal End of Comment Period
AMERICAN PREMIER BANCORP CIC Notice by the Bruce Hsiu-I Shen family, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, to retain 17.2 percent of American Premier Bancorp, Arcadia, California, and thereby indirectly acquire American Premier Bank, Arcadia, California.
Newspaper: Not available
Federal Register: 03/30/2006
CASCADE BANCORP CIC Notice by David F. Bolger to acquire up to 25 percent of Cascade Bancorp, and thereby indirectly acquire Bank of the Cascades, both of Bend, Oregon.
Newspaper: Not available
Federal Register: 03/27/2006
CASTLE CREEK CAPITAL PARTNERS III, L.P. * 4c8
* 3A1
1) Castle Creek Capital Partners III, L.P., Castle Creek Capital III LLC, Eggemeyer Capital LLC, Ruh Capital LLC, Legions IV Advisory Corp., Western States Opportunity LLC, Eggemeyer Family Trust, and William J. Ruh Trust, all of Rancho Santa Fe, California, to become bank holding companies by acquiring 89 percent of LDF, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire its wholly-owned subsidiary, Labe Bank, both of Chicago, Illinois, and; 2)Castle Creek Capital Partners III, L.P., Castle Creek Capital III LLC, Eggemeyer Capital LLC, Ruh Capital LLC, Legions IV Advisory Corp.to acquire 35 percent of Atlanta Bancorporation, Inc., Alpharetta, Georgia, and thereby indirectly acquire Gibsonville Community Bank, Inc., Gibsonville, North Carolina.
Newspaper: 01/26/2006
Federal Register: 04/03/2006
ICB FINANCIAL * 3A3 ICB Financial, Ontario, California, to acquire 100 percent of Western State Bank, Duarte, California.
Newspaper: Not available
Federal Register: 04/03/2006
PLACER SIERRA BANCSHARES * 3A5 Placer Sierra Bancshares, Sacramento, California, California Community Financial Institutions Fund LP, San Francisco, California, and Belvedere Capital Partners LLC, San Francisco, California, to acquire Southwest Community Bancorp, Carlsbad, California, and thereby indirectly acquire Southwest Community Bank, Encinitas, California.
Newspaper: 04/10/2006
Federal Register: 04/07/2006
PLACER SIERRA BANK * 18C
* Branch
Placer Sierra Bank, Auburn, California, to merge with Southwest Community Bank, Encinitas, California, and thereby acquire nine branch offices.
Newspaper: Not available
Federal Register: Not applicable
TAIWAN COOPERATIVE BANK FBSEA Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Taipei, Taiwan, to retain the Seattle, Washington, and Los Angeles, California, branch offices of Farmers Bank of China, as a result of the merger of Farmers Bank of China, with and into Taiwan Cooperative Bank.
Newspaper: Not available
Federal Register: Not applicable
TOWNE BANCORP, INC. * 3A1 Towne Bancorp, Inc., to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of Towne Bank of Arizona, both of Mesa, Arizona.
Newspaper: Not available
Federal Register: 04/07/2006


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
PACIFIC MERCANTILE BK, COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA 2717012 04/18/2005 03/01/2006 S Large Bank


CRA Examinations scheduled for     Quarter of

Institution Location
NONE

Release dates | Full version (300 KB PDF)
Actions by the Board | Actions under delegated authority
Applications and reports:
Boston | New York | Philadelphia | Cleveland | Richmond | Atlanta
Chicago | St. Louis | Minneapolis | Kansas City | Dallas | San Francisco