FRB: H.2--Actions under delegated authority--Week ending November 22, 2008

Arvest Bank, Fayetteville, Arkansas -- to establish a branch at Highway 412 East and Butterfield Coach Trail, Springdale.
-Approved, November 21, 2008

Southwest Bank, Fort Worth, Texas -- to establish a branch at 2200 West 7th Street, Fort Worth.
-Approved, November 21, 2008

SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, Georgia -- to establish a branch at 8170 Stonewall Shops Square, Gainesville, Virginia.
-Approved, November 21, 2008

Bank Holding Companies

Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, and NB Holdings Corporation -- to acquire Bank of America Michigan, National Association (in organization), Troy, Michigan.
-Withdrawn, November 21, 2008

Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, and NB Holdings Corporation -- to acquire Bank of America Illinois, National Association (in organization), Chicago, Illinois.
-Withdrawn, November 21, 2008

Coastal Carolina Bancshares, Inc., Myrtle Beach, South Carolina -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Coastal Carolina National Bank (in organization), Myrtle Beach.
-Approved, November 21, 2008

Garnavillo Bank Corporation, Garnavillo, Iowa -- to engage in extending credit and servicing loans.
-Approved, November 21, 2008

The Grace Investment Company, Inc. ESOP, Alva, Oklahoma -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire shares of Grace Investment Company, Inc. and thereby acquire Alva State Bank & Trust Company, Alva, and First National Bank in Okeene, Okeene.
-Approved, November 18, 2008

Harleysville National Corporation, Harleysville, Pennsylvania -- to acquire Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc., Wayne.
-Approved, November 18, 2008

Hoosier Heartland State Bancorp, Crawfordsville, Indiana -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Linden State Bancorp, Linden, and thereby acquire Linden State Bank, and to acquire New Ross Bancorp, New Ross, and thereby acquire Farmers State Bank.
-Approved, November 18, 2008

National Bancshares, Inc., Bettendorf, Iowa -- waiver of application to acquire First Wisconsin Bank and Trust, Brookfield, Wisconsin, in connection with its merger with National's subsidiary bank, The National Bank, Moline, Illinois.
-Granted, November 21, 2008

Regent Bancorp, Inc., Davie, Florida -- to acquire Regent Bank (in organization), Greenville, South Carolina, and thereby engage in operating a savings association.
-Approved, November 19, 2008

Bank Mergers

Bank of Essex, Tappahannock, Virginia -- to acquire certain assets and assume certain liabilities of The Community Bank, Loganville, Georgia.
-Approved, November 21, 2008

Banks, Foreign

Development Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan -- request for a determination that its successor institution, Development Bank of Japan Inc., is not a foreign bank for purposes of the representative-office provisions of Regulation K (International Banking Operations).
-Approved, November 20, 2008

Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Tokyo, Japan -- request for a determination that its successor institution, Japan Finance Corporation, is not a foreign bank for purposes of the representative-office provisions of Regulation K (International Banking Operations).
-Approved, November 20, 2008

Change In Bank Control

CenterBank, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida -- change in bank control of CenterBank and its subsidiary bank, Centerbank of Jacksonville, N.A., Jacksonville.
-Permitted, November 21, 2008

Grace Investment Company, Inc., Alva, Oklahoma -- to retain control of Grace and its subsidiary banks, Alva State Bank, Alva, and First National Bank in Okeene, Okeene.
-Permitted, November 18, 2008

Kirksville Bancorp, Inc., Kirksville, Missouri -- to retain control of Kirksville and its subsidiary bank, American Trust Bank, Kirksville.
-Permitted, November 18, 2008

Regulations And Policies

Federal Open Market Committee -- minutes of the meeting on October 28 and 29 and of the conference calls on September 29 and October 7, 2008.
-Published, November 19, 2008

Regulation CC -- technical amendments to Appendix A to reflect the restructuring of check processing operations in the Chicago Federal Reserve District.
-Approved, November 18, 2008

Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending November 22, 2008

Bank Branches, Domestic

Bank Holding Companies

Bank Mergers

Banks, Foreign

Change In Bank Control

Regulations And Policies