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Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending August 21, 2010


Bank Branches, Domestic

Philadelphia
Susquehanna Bank, Lititz, Pennsylvania -- to establish a branch at 900 Kenilworth Drive, Towson, Maryland.
-Approved, August 20, 2010

Kansas City
Uinta Bank, Mountain View, Wyoming -- to establish a branch at 120 Yellow Creek Road, Evanston.
-Approved, August 19, 2010

Bank Holding Companies

Dallas
Ford Financial Fund, L.P., Dallas, Texas, et al. -- to become bank holding companies and to acquire shares of Pacific Capital Bancorp, Santa Barbara, California, and indirectly, Pacific Capital Bank, National Association; and to engage in activities related to extending credit, trust company functions, and investment advisory activities through the acquisition of PCB Service Corporation, Santa Barbara, California; Morton Capital Management, Calabasas; and R. E. Wacker Associates, Inc., San Luis Obispo.
-Approved, August 16, 2010

Dallas
Industry Bancshares, Inc., Industry, Texas -- to acquire The First National Bank of Shiner, Shiner.
-Approved, August 16, 2010

Dallas
Mason National Bancshares, Inc., Mason, Texas -- to engage de novo in lending activities through the acquisition of loans from its subsidiary bank, Mason National Bank, Mason.
-Withdrawn, August 20, 2010

Cleveland
Standard Financial Corporation, Murrysville, Pennsylvania -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Standard Bank, PaSB, Murrysville.
-Approved, August 17, 2010

Dallas
Veritex Holdings, Inc., Dallas, Texas -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Professional Capital, Inc., Dallas, and Professional Bank, N.A.
-Approved, August 20, 2010

Bank Mergers

St. Louis
Centennial Bank, Conway, Arkansas -- to purchase the assets and assume the deposit liabilities of Independent National Bank, Ocala, Florida, and Community National Bank at Bartow, Bartow, and to retain the acquired facilities as branches.
-Withdrawn, August 20, 2010

St. Louis
Centennial Bank, Conway, Arkansas -- to purchase the assets and assume the deposit liabilities of Independent National Bank, Ocala, Florida, and to retain the acquired facilities as branches.
-Withdrawn, August 20, 2010

Chicago
First Midwest Bank, Itasca, Illinois -- to purchase certain assets and assume certain deposits and other liabilities of Palos Bank and Trust Company, Palos Heights, and thereby establish 5 branches.
-Approved, August 12, 2010
(A/C)

Change in Bank Control

Chicago
Tower Financial Corporation, Fort Wayne, Indiana -- change in bank control of Tower Financial and its subsidiary bank, Tower Bank & Trust Company, Fort Wayne (two notices).
-Permitted, August 19, 2010

International Operations

Director, BS&R
State Street Bank and Trust Company, Boston, Massachusetts, and State Street International Holdings -- waiver of remainder of notification period for State Street Bank Germany, GmbH, Munich, Germany, acting through its London branch, to join two European-based futures exchanges, Eurex Deutschland and the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange, and their associated clearing houses.
-Granted, August 18, 2010

Release dates | Full version (300 KB PDF)
Board Actions | Actions under delegated authority
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