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Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending October 6, 2007


Bank Branches, Domestic

Secretary
Comerica Bank, Detroit, Michigan  -- to establish branches at 260 West Grand Avenue, Escondido, California, and 412 Washington Street, San Diego.
-Approved, October 5, 2007 

Chicago
Community State Bank, Avilla, Indiana  -- to establish a branch at 708 West 7th Street, Auburn.
-Approved, October 3, 2007 

St. Louis
First Bank, St. Louis, Missouri  -- to establish a branch at 27067 McBean Parkway, Valencia, California.
-Approved, October 3, 2007 

Richmond
First Virginia Community Bank, Fairfax, Virginia  -- to operate a courier service in the Virginia cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Manassas, the Virginia counties of Fairfax, Arlington, Loudoun, and Prince William, and the Maryland counties of Montgomery and Prince Georges.
-Approved, October 1, 2007 

Secretary
M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank, Milwaukee, Wisconsin  -- to establish branches at 6752 Conroy Road, Orlando, Florida; 1101 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri; and the intersections of Ocotillo Road and Ironwood Drive, Queen Creek, Arizona; 135th Street and Fontana Avenue, Leawood, Kansas; Rogers Drive and Commerce Boulevard, Rogers, Minnesota; Highway 36 and Fairview Avenue, Roseville, Minnesota; and Scott and North First Streets, Wausau, Wisconsin.
-Approved, October 2, 2007 

Secretary
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, Buffalo, New York  -- to establish a branch at 901 Bestgate Road, Annapolis, Maryland.
-Approved, October 4, 2007 

Atlanta
Regions Bank, Birmingham, Alabama  -- to establish a branch at 55 North Section Street, Fairhope.
-Approved, October 2, 2007 

San Francisco
San Joaquin Bank, Bakersfield, California  -- to establish a branch at Panama Lane and Stine Road.
-Approved, October 3, 2007 

St. Louis
Triumph Bank, Memphis, Tennessee  -- to establish a branch at 1130 West Poplar Avenue, Collierville.
-Approved, October 2, 2007 

Richmond
Union Bank and Trust Company, Bowling Green, Virginia  -- to establish a branch at 5831 Plank Road, Fredericksburg.
-Approved, October 3, 2007 

Richmond
Waccamaw Bank, Whiteville, North Carolina  -- to establish a branch at 1180 Highway 17, Little River, South Carolina.
-Approved, October 5, 2007 

Bank Holding Companies

New York
Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A., Panama City, Panama  -- to engage in nonbanking activities.
-Approved, October 4, 2007 

Boston
Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts  -- to acquire an additional interest in Coldstream Holdings, Inc., Bellevue, Washington.
-Approved, October 1, 2007 

Philadelphia
Cape Bancorp, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland  -- waiver of application to acquire Boardwalk Bancorp, Linwood, New Jersey, in connection with the merger of Cape Savings Bank, Cape May Court House, and Boardwalk Bank, Linwood.
-Granted, October 1, 2007 

Atlanta
Community Bank Investors of America, LP, Midlothian, Virginia  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire shares of Bay Bank, Tampa, Florida, on its conversion from a savings bank to a commercial bank.
-Withdrawn, October 1, 2007 

Atlanta
Community First, Inc. Columbia, Tennessee  -- to acquire First National Bank of Centerville, Centerville.
-Approved, October 5, 2007 

Chicago
FBOP Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois  -- to acquire shares of BankFinancial Corporation, Burr Ridge, and thereby acquire BankFinancial, F.S.B., Olympia Fields.
-Approved, October 5, 2007 

Chicago
FBOP Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois  -- to acquire shares of CFS Bancorp, Inc., Munster, Indiana, and thereby acquire Citizens Financial Bank.
-Approved, October 5, 2007 

Chicago
FBOP Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois  -- to acquire shares of PFF Bancorp, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, California, and thereby acquire PFF Bank and Trust, Pomona.
-Approved, October 5, 2007 

Chicago
FBOP Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois  -- to acquire shares of Provident Financial Holdings, Inc., Riverside, California, and thereby acquire Provident Savings Bank, F.S.B.
-Approved, October 5, 2007 

St. Louis
First Alliance Bancshares, Inc., Cordova, Tennessee  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire First Alliance Bank.
-Withdrawn, October 4, 2007 

St. Louis
First National Bancorp, Inc., Green Forest, Arkansas  -- to engage in lending activities.
-Approved, October 5, 2007 

Philadelphia
Harleysville National Corporation, Harleysville, Pennsylvania  -- to acquire shares of Berkshire Bancorp, Inc., Wyomissing, and thereby acquire Berkshire Bank.
-Approved, October 2, 2007 

New York
HSH Nordbank AG, Hamburg, Germany  -- to engage in financial and investment advisory activities through a joint venture investment in Estein & Associates USA, Ltd., Orlando, Florida.
-Approved, October 5, 2007 

Atlanta
Metropolitan BancGroup, Inc., Ridgeland, Mississippi  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire BancSouth Financial Corporation, Crystal Springs, and its subsidiary, Bank of the South.
-Withdrawn, October 5, 2007 

Atlanta
Patterson Bancshares, Inc., Patterson, Louisiana  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Patterson State Bank.
-Approved, October 5, 2007 

Cleveland
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  -- to acquire Yardville National Bancorp, Hamilton, New Jersey, its subsidiary, Yardville National Bank, Yardville, and its investment in Bucks County Bank, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
-Approved, October 1, 2007 

Boston
Royal Bank of Scotland Group, plc, Edinburgh, Scotland, et al.  -- to acquire ABN AMRO Holding N.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands, and thereby indirectly acquire LaSalle Bank National Association, Chicago, Illinois, and LaSalle Bank Midwest National Association, Troy, Michigan, including their Edge and agreement corporation subsidiaries, Standard Federal International LLC, Chicago, Illinois, and LaSalle Trade Services Corporation.
-Withdrawn, October 1, 2007 

Bank Mergers

Cleveland
The Citizens Banking Company, Sandusky, Ohio  -- to purchase certain assets and assume certain liabilities of Miami Valley Bank, Lakeview.
-Approved, October 4, 2007 

Change In Bank Control

Kansas City
Investors Financial Corporation of Pettis County, Inc., Sedalia, Missouri  -- change in bank control.
-Permitted, October 2, 2007 

Extensions Of Time

Chicago
Gerber Bancshares, Inc., Argenta, Illinois  -- extension to January 11, 2008, to become a bank holding company and to acquire The Gerber State Bank.
-Granted, October 5, 2007 

Chicago
M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank, Milwaukee, Wisconsin  -- extension to January 27, 2008, to establish a branch at Yuma and Watson Roads, Buckeye, Arizona.
-Granted, October 3, 2007 

Financial Holding Companies

Director, BS&R
Hypo Real Estate Holding, AG, Munich, Germany  -- election to be treated as a financial holding company.
-Effective, October 5, 2007 

Director, BS&R
RFS Holdings B.V., Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Fortis Bank Nederland (Holding) N.V., Utrecht; and Santander Holanda B.V., Delft  -- elections to be treated as financial holding companies upon acquisition of control of ABN Amro Holding N.V., Amsterdam.
-Announced, October 2, 2007 

Chicago
West Bancorporation, Inc., West Des Moines, Iowa  -- election to become a financial holding company.
-Effective, October 2, 2007 

Membership

Minneapolis
Bank of Glen Ullin, Glen Ullin, North Dakota  -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.
-Approved, October 5, 2007 

Atlanta
Bay Financial Savings Bank, F.S.B., Tampa, Florida  -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System on conversion to a state-chartered commercial bank, to be known as Bay Bank.
-Withdrawn, October 1, 2007 


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Board Actions | Actions under delegated authority
Applications and reports received:
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Chicago | St. Louis | Minneapolis | Kansas City | Dallas | San Francisco