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

District: 2
Federal Reserve Bank of: New York

Filings received during the week ending November 10, 2007

Filer

Filing Type

Filing Proposal

End of Comment Period

BANCO ESPIRITO SANTO DE INVESTIMENTO, S.A.

FBSEA

Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento, S.A., Lisbon, Portugal, to establish a branch in New York, New York, pursuant to Section 7(d) of the International Banking Act.

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	Not applicable

BNP PARIBAS

* 3A3

BNP Paribas, Paris, France, to acquire up to 9.9 percent of the voting shares of Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	12/10/2007

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

4c8

HSBC Holdings plc, London, United Kingdom, to acquire all of the outstanding voting shares of KEB USA International Corp. and KEB NY Financial Corp., both of New York, New York and KEB LA Financial Corp., Los Angeles, California, which are nonbanking subsidiaries of Korea Exchange Bank, Seoul, Korea, and thereby engage indirectly in commercial finance and money transmittal.

Newspaper:	Not applicable
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
NONE

District: 2 Federal Reserve Bank of: New York

Filings received during the week ending November 10, 2007

Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

CRA Examinations scheduled for Quarter of

District: 2
Federal Reserve Bank of: New York