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FED ER A L RESERVE BANK
O F NEW YORK

Circular No. 6937
May 8, 1972

BANK HOLDING COMPANIES
Interpretation of Regulation Y

To A ll Bank Holding Companies, and Others Concerned,
in the Second Federal Reserve District:

Printed below is an excerpt from the Federal Register of May 4, containing an inter­
pretation of Regulation Y of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The
interpretation lists the activities the Board of Governors has determined, under section
4(c)(8) of the Bank Holding Company Act, not to be so closely related to banking or
managing or controlling banks as to be a proper incident thereto.




ALFRED HAYES,
President.

Title 12— BANKS AND
BANKING
Chapter II— Federal Reserve System
SUBCHAPTER A — BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF
THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
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PART 225— BANK HOLDING
COMPANIES
Nonbanking Activities
Part 225 of Title 12, is amended by
adding the following new section:
§ 2 2 5 .1 2 6 A ctivities n o t closely re la te d to
b a n k in g .
Pursuant to section 4(c)(8) of the
Bank Holding Company Act and § 225.4
(a) of Regulation Y, the Board of Gov­
ernors has determined that the follow­
ing activities are not so closely related
to banking or managing or controlling
banks as to be a proper incident thereto:
(a) Equity funding— that is, the com­
bined sale of mutual funds and insurance.
(b) Underwriting life insurance that
is not sold in connection with a credit
transaction by a bank holding company,
or a subsidiary thereof.
(c) Real estate brokerage (see 1972
Fed. Res. Bulletin 428).
(d) Land development (see 1972 Fed.
Res. Bulletin 429).
(e) Real estate syndication.
By order of the Board of Governors,
April 28, 1972.
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