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ANNOLROMENT BY
BOARD CF GOVERNORS
CF THE
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
(H.2, 1979 No. 15)
Actions of the Board; Applications and Reports
Received During the Week Ending April 14, 1979
ACTIONS OF THE BOARD
StatementfayGovernor J. Charles Partee before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions of the Senate
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on
measures that would increase the rates of return
available on small^enanination deposit accounts.
Request for comment by May 18 on a proposal to apply a
3 per cent reserve requirement on certain types of
borrowings through repurchase agreements and federal
funds that banks use to help finance expansion of
their loans and investments.
Amendment to Regulation B, Equal Credit Opportunity, to
clarify the definition of creditor? and request for
Garment on how the anti-descrimination rules of Regulation B should be applied to certain practices of
creditors using credit scoring systems. (Docket No. R-203)
Letters and documents submitted to the Congress regarding
the Board's proposed amendments to Section 23A of the
Federal Reserve Act that vrould revise the restrictions
on transactions between banks and their affiliates.
Joint Notice of proposed policy statement on classification
of delinquent consumer installment loans; comments to
be received on or before May 18, 1979. (Docket No. R0217)
Letter to all Federal Reserve Banks relating to a recently
considered case before the Board of a bank holding
company that operated a travel agency upon reliance on
the provisions of section 4(c) (5) of the Bank Holding
Company Act.
Bank of Leakesville, Leakesville, Mississippi, proposed
merger with First State Bank, Waynesboro, Mississippi;
report to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on
competitive factors.

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ACTIONS OF THE BQARD-Continued
Southeast National Bank of Panama City, Panama City,
Florida, proposed merger with Southeast Beach State
Bank,tifoodlawn,Florida; report to the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation on competitive factors. 1/
Union Bank of Berry, Berry, Kentucky, proposed acquisition
by The Farmers National Bank of Cynthiana, Cynthiana,
Kentucky; report to the Comptroller of the Currency on
competitive factors. 1/
First Central Coast Bank, San Luis Obispo, California,
proposed merger with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, San Francisco, California, report to the Comptroller of the Currency on competitive factors. 1/
Wayne Bank, Wayne, Michigan, additional investment in bank
premises. 1/
Long Island Trust Company, Garden City, New York, investment in bank premises. 1/
Marblehead Bank, Marblehead, Ohio, investment in bank
premises. 1/
Mountain Empire Bank, Johnson City, Tennessee, investment in bank premises. 1/
Central Banc shares of the South, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama,
extension of time to May 1, 1979, within which Central
Bank of Dothan, National Association, Dothan, Alabama,
may open for business. 1/
Great American Corporation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, extension of time to April 10, 1980, within which to divest
itself of 64 per cent of the outstanding voting stock
of All American Assurance Company. 1/
Seabrook Bank and Trust Company, Seabrook, New Hampshire,
six-month extension of time within which it may complete
issuance of subordinated capital notes. 1/
Peoples Bank and Trust Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, extension of time to September 30, 1979, within which to
establish a branch at Westdale Mall, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. 1/
Manufacturers Bank of Livonia, Livonia, Michigan, extension of time to October 28, 1979, within which to
establish a branch in the vicinity of the northwest
corner of Six Mile Road and Newburgh Road, Livonia,
Michigan. 1/
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To Establish a Domestic Branch Pursuant to Section
9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Approved
Long Island Trust Company, Garden City, New York.
Branch to be established at 665 Fifth Avenue, New York
City, County of New York. 1/ & 2/
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Company, Buffalo, New
York. Branch to be established as an electronic
branch in Hooker Chemicals and Plastics Corporation,
Grand Island. 1/ & 2/
Kent City State Bank, Kent City, Michigan. Branch to
be established in the vicinity of 3069 Slocum Road,
Ravenna Township, Muskegon County. 1/ & 2/
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To Establish an Overseas Branch of a Member Bank
Pursuant to Section 25 of the Federal Reserve Act
Approved
Republic National Bank of New York, New York, New York:
permission to establish a branch in Santiago, Chile.
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International Investments and Other Actions Pursuant to
Sections 25 and 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act and
Sections 4(c) (9) and 4(c) (13) of the Bank Holding Company
Act of 1956, as amended
Approved
Chase Manhattan Corporation, New York, New York: grants
consent to purchase and hold, directly or indirectly,
all of the outstanding shares of Chase Manhattan Overseas Finance Corporation N.V., Netherlands Antilles.
Walter E. Heller International Corporation, Chicago,
Illinois: grants consent to purchase and hold, directly
or indirectly, approximately 257,000. additional shares
of H&H Factors Limited, Croydon, England.
T7 Application processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated
authority.
2/ Application subject to Cainunity Reinvestment Act.



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First National Holding Corp., Atlanta, Georgia, for approval to engage de novo through its subsidiary, Gulf
Finance Corp., in the activity of operation as an
industrial bank at an office to be located in Grand
Junction, Colorado.
Returned
Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
engage in de novo activities (providing bookkeeping or
data processing services for the internal operations
of the holding company and its subsidiaries, and
storing and processing other banking, financial, or
related economic data such as performing payroll,
accounts receivable or payable, or billing services)
at 399 Park Avenue, New York, New York, through its
subsidiary, Citishare Corporation (4/12/79) 3/
Security New York State Corporation, Rochester, New York,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(to engage in data processing activities) at Building
#6, Delaware Park Centre, Clean, New York and 202 East
State Street, Ithaca, New York, through its subsidiary,
Griffin Computer Services, Inc. (4/13/79) 3/
Withdrawn
Tennessee Valley Bancorp, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as agent or broker for the sale"oFthe following
kinds of life, accident and health and physical damage
insurance which are directly related to extensions of
credit by the bank and nonbank subsidiaries of Tennessee
Valley Bancorp, Inc.: insurance assuring repayment of
an extension of credit in the event of death or disability of the borrower, and insurance protecting the
collateral in which the lender has acquired a security
interest) at One Commerce Place, Nashville, Tennessee,
through a subsidiary, Tennessee Volunteer Insurance
Agency, Inc. (4/9/79) 3/
Michigan National Corporation, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan,
for approval to engage in data processing activities
through a de novo subsidiary, Terminal Devices, Inc.,
Bloonfield Hills, Michigan.
Delayed
Citicorp, New York, New York, to engage in de novo activities (making or acquiring, for its own account or for
the account of others, commercial loans; leasing personal or real property or acting as agent, broker or
3/ 4(c) (8) or 4(c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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ACTIONS OF THE BOARD-Continued
adviser in leasing such property, and servicing such
leases where the leases serve as the functional equivalent of an extension of credit to the lessee of the
property where at the inception of the initial lease
the effect of the transaction will be to compensate
the lessor for not less than its full investment in
the property over the term of the lease, and where the
transaction is subject to all of the qualifications
specified in 12 CFR 225.4(a) (6) (a) and (b)) at 473
Broad Street, Meridian, Connecticut, through its
subsidiary, Citicorp Industrial Credit, Inc.
Reactivated
Hawaii Bancorporation, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (acting
as agent or broker for the sale of credit related life
and credit related accident and health insurance) at
600 Kapiolani Boulevard, 1857 North King Street, and
88 South Hotel Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, and 80 Pauahi
Street, Hilo, Hawaii, through its subsidiary, Finance
Hawaii, Inc. (4/9/79) 3/
Permitted
Manufacturers Hanover Corporation, New York, New York,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(arranging, making or acquiring loans and other extensions of credit such as would be made by a consumer
finance company; making or acquiring, loans and other
extensions of credit such as would be made by a sales
finance company including purchasing installment sales
finance contracts, servicing such loans and extensions
of credit; acting as agent or broker for the sale of
life and accident and health insurance directly related
to its extensions of credit and property damage and
liability insurance insuring collateral securing its
loans and other extensions of credit or securing sales
finance contracts entered into by it directly) at 100
North Franklin Highway, Greensburg, Indiana, through
its subsidiary, The Financial Source, Inc. of Indiana
(4/14/79) 3/
United Virginia Bankshares Incorporated, Richmond, Virginia,
notification of intent to relocate de novo activities
(originating loans as principal; originating loans as
agent; servicing loans for nonaffiliated individuals,
partnerships and corporations; servicing loans for
affiliates of United Virginia Bankshares Incorporated;
37 4(c) (8) or 4(c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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acting as agent in the sale of credit life, credit
disability, mortgage redemption and mortgage cancellation insurance in connection with such loans and
such other activities as may be incidental to the
business of a mortgage corporation) from 7676 New
Hampshire Avenue, Langley Park, Maryland to Suite 305,
Eastern Building, 5010 Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville,
Maryland, through its subsidiary, United Virginia
Mortgage Corporation (4/14/79) 3/

Virginia National Bankshares, Inc., Norfolk, Virginia,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making, acquiring, and servicing, for its own account
or for the account of others, loans secured principally
by second mortgages on real property; and acting as an
agent in the sale of credit life insurance and accident
and health insurance in connection with such loans) at
2030 Colonial Avenue, S.W., Roanoke, Virginia, through
its subsidiary, VNB Equity Corporation (4/8/79) 3/
First City Bancorporation of Texas, Inc., Houston, Texas,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account or for the
account of others, commercial loans and other extensions
of credit such as would be made by a finance or factoring company, including secured and unsecured loans;
loans to purchase real estate, improved and unimproved;
loans to purchase securities; loans to purchase commodities; standby and commercial letters of credit;
acceptances; and such other loans as First City Financial Corp. deems prudent and for which funds are
available; the activity will include the servicing of
such loans and other extensions of credit for any
person, and leasing real property, personal property
and equipment (other than that used for per sonal,
family or household purposes), or acting as agent,
broker, or adviser in the leasing of such property
where at the inception of the initial lease the expectation is that the effect of the transaction (and,
with respect to governmental entities only, reasonably
anticipated future transactions) will be to compensate
the lessor for not less than the lessor's full investment in the property plus the estimated total cost of
financing the property over the term of the lease) at
1111 Fannin Street, Houston and One Main Place, Dallas,
both in Texas, through a subsidiary, First City Financial Corp. (4/14/79) 3/
3/ 4(c) (8) or 4(c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.



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BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account or for the
account of others, loans and other extensions of
credit such as would be made or acquired by a mortgage
company; leasing real property or acting as agent,
broker or adviser in the leasing of real property in
accordance with the provisions of Section 225.4(a)(6)(b)
of Regulation Y; acting as investment or financial
adviser to the extent of providing portfolio investment advice to others with emphasis on real property
investments and real property interests; servicing
loans and other extensions of credit for itself and
others) at 500 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach,
California, through its subsidiary, BA Mortgage and
International Realty Corporation (4/13/79) 3/
BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account loans and
other extensions of credit such as would be made or
acquired by a finance company and servicing loans and
other extensions of credit; such activities will
include, but not be limited to, making consumer installment loans, purchasing installment sales finance
contracts, making loans and other extensions of credit
to small businesses, and making loans secured by real
and personal property; and the offering of credit
related life and credit related property insurance in
connection with extensions of credit made or acquired
by FinanceAmerica Corporation of Massachusetts) at
1421 Westfield Street, West Springfield, Massachusetts,
through its subsidiary, FinanceAmerica Corporation of
Massachusetts (4/12/79) 3/
Hawaii Banccoperation, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii, notification of i, tent to engage in de novo activities (acting
as agent or broker for the sale of credit related life
and credit related accident and health insurance) at
600 Kapiolani Boulevard, 1857 North King Street, and
88 South Hotel Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, and 80 Pauahi
Street, Hilo, Hawaii, through its subsidiary, Finance
Hawaii, Inc. (4/9/79) 3/
Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, California,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as escrow agent for the purchase and sale of
real property and the execution of all documents and
disbar sal of funds relating to loan transactions, and
all other activities normally engaged in by an escrow
3/ 4(c) (8) or 4(c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
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of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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ccrtpany) at 18321 Ventura Boulevard, Tarzana, California, through its subsidiary, SP Escrow Service,
Inc. (4/14/79) 3/

Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, California,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as escrow agent for the purchase and sale of
real property and the execution of all documents and
disbursal of funds relating to loan transactions, and
all other activities normally engaged in by an escrow
company) at 333 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, California,
through its subsidiary, SP Escrow Service, Inc. (4/14/79)
3/
Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, California,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account or for the
account of others, loans and extensions of credit,
including making consumer installment personal loans,
purchasing consumer installment sales finance contracts,
making loans to small businesses and other extensions
of credit such as would be made by a factoring company
or a consumer finance company; and acting as broker or
agent for the sale of credit related life, accident
and health insurance and credit related property and
casualty insurance) at 18654 Pacific Highway, West
Linn, Oregon, through its subsidiary, Security Pacific
Finance Corp. (4/14/79) 3/
Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, California,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(the origination and acquisition of mortgage loans,
including development and construction loans on
multi-family and commercial properties for its own
account or for the sale to others, and the servicing
of such loans for others) at Stagecoach Center Building,
Colorado Highway 74, Evergreen, Colorado, through its
subsidiary, Security Pacific Mortgage Corporation
(4/8/79) 3/
Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, California,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(the origination and acquisition of mortgage loans,
including development and construction loans on multifamily and commercial properties for its cwn account
or for the sale to others and the servicing of such
loans for others) at 6505 218th Street, S.W., Mount lake
Terrace, Washington, through its subsidiary, Security
Pacific Mortgage Corporation (4/9/79) .3/
3/ 4(c) (8) or 4(c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
To Establish a Domestic Branch Pursuant to Section
9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Sebewaing, Michigan,
Sebewaing, Michigan. Branch to be established in the
vicinity of 8800 Unionville Road, Sebewaing Township,
Huron County. 2/
Mountain Trust Company, Stove, Vermont. Branch to be
established in Waterbury. 2/
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, New York, New York.
Branch to be established at 6421-23 18th Avenue,
Brooklyn, Kings County. 2/
Sandy State Bank, Sandy, Utah. Branch to be established
at 2100 South and 1300 East (Sugarhouse Section), Salt
Lake City. 2/
First Virginia Bank-Central, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Branch to be established at the intersection of State
Route 20 and U.S. Route 250, Albemarle County. 2/
United California Bank, Los Angeles, California. Branches
to be established in the following locations:
a. at the intersection of Devonshire Street and
De Soto Avenue, Cormunity of Chatsworth, Los
Angeles County. 2/
b. in the vicinity of Grass Valley Highway and Bell
Road, North Auburn, Placer County. 2/
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To Organize, or Invest in, a Corporation Doing
Foreign Banking and Other Foreign Financing Pursuant
to Section 25 or 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act
Chemical Bank, New York, New York: requests consent to
establish an Edge Act Corporation in Miami, Florida,
to be named Chemical Bank International of Miami.
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APPLICATIONS RECEIVED-Continued
To Form a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a) (1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Shelbank Corp., Sheldon, Missouri, for approval to
acquire 85.74 per cent of the voting shares of Sheldon
State Bank, Sheldon, Missouri. 2/
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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a) (3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Austin Bancshares Corporation, Austin, Texas, for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares
(less directors1 qualifying shares) of Austin National
Bank Northwest, Austin, Texas, a proposed new bank. 2/
Independent Bankshares Corporation, San Rafael, California, for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the
voting shares of Gold Country Bank, Grass Valley,
California. 2/
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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c) (8) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
European American Bancorp, New York, New York, for approval to establish a de novo office in Luxembourg
of its subsidiary, European American Banking Corporation, New York, New York.
U.S. Trust Corporation, New York, New York, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (activities that nay be carried on by a trust company,
including activities of a fiduciary, investment
advisory, agency or custodian nature) at 433 North
Camden Drive, Beverly Hills, California, through its
subsidiary, U.S. Trust Company of California (4/11/79)
3/
Pittsburgh National Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
for approval to engage de novo in the underwriting, on
a reinsurance basis, of credit life and credit accident
and health insurance sold in connection with consumer
loans of Applicant or its subsidiary, Pittsburgh
National Bank, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, through a newly
formed, wholly owned subsidiary known as Pittsburgh
National Life Insurance Company, Phoenix, Arizona.
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4(c) (8) or 4(c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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APPLICATICNS RECEIVED-Ccntinued
Coranerce Bancshares, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as agent or broker for the sale of property
and casualty insurance directly related to extensions
of credit by the bank and nonbank subsidiaries of
Applicant; the geographic scope from which business
will be derived includes the entire State of Missouri,
in addition, several of Applicant's banking and nonbanking subsidiaries have offices in metropolitan
areas which may derive custoners frcm those States
contigious to Missouri; these metropolitan areas and
the counties of such contiguous States are as follows:
(1) banking subsidiaries located in Kansas City,
Missouri; St. Joseph, Missouri; and Jcplin, Missouri,
metropolitan areas - Doniphan, Atchison, Leavenworth,
Wyandotte, Johnson, Miami, Linn, Bourbon, Crawford,
Cherokee, Brown, Jackson, Shawnee, Douglas, Franklin,
Anderson, Allen, Neosho, and Labette counties in
Kansas; Ottawa, Delaware, Craig and Mayes counties in
Oklahoma; Richardson and Nemaha counties in Nebraska;
and Fremont, Page, Taylor, and Ringgold counties in
Iowa; (2) banking subsidiaries in Kirksville, Kahoka
and Hannibal, Missouri; Appanoose, Davis, Van Buren
and Lee counties in Icwa; Hancock, Adams, Pike, and
Calhoun counties in Illinois; (3) banking subsidiaries
located in St. Louis metropolitan area, St. Charles,
Festus and Bonne Terre, Missouri - Calhoun, Jersey,
Madison, St. Clair, Monroe and Randolph counties in
Illinois; (4) banking subsidiaries located in Poplar
Bluff, Springfield and Cassville, Missouri - Clay
Greene, Randolph, Sharp, Fulton, Baxter, Marion,
Boone, Carroll and Benton counties in Arkansas) at 720
Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri, through a subsidiary,
CBI Insurance Agency, Inc. (4/11/79) 3/
Tipton Bancorporation, Inc., Tipton, Oklahoma, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (the
sale of insurance directly related to extensions of
credit by its subsidiary bank, First National Bank of
Tipton, Tipton, Oklahoma, by acquiring 100 per cent of
the beneficial interest in First Tipton Business Trust
which will own 100 per cent of First Tipton Insurance
Agency, Inc.) (4/12/79) 3/
BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(activities that may be carried on by a trust company;
3/ 4(c) (8) or 4(c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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APPLICATIONS RECErVED-Cmtinued
acting as transfer agent (main agent, subagent or coagent) , fiscal agent, shareholder servicing agent,
registrar, dividend disbursing agent, authenticating
agent, escrow agent, and recordkeeping agent; providing
lockbox service and safekeeping service; acting as
trustee in connection with any such services; and
activities and services related to the foregoing) at
65 Broadway, New York, New York, through its subsidiary, BankAmerica Securities Services Company of New
York (4/6/79) 3/

BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account loans and
other extensions of credit such as would be made or
acquired by a finance company and servicing loans and
other extensions of credit; such activities will
include, but not be limited to, making consumer installment loans, purchasing installment sales finance
contracts, making loans and other extensions of credit
to small businesses, and making loans secured by real
and personal property; and the offering of credit
related life, credit related accident and disability
insurance, and credit related property insurance in
connection with extensions of credit made or acquired
by FinanceAmerica Corporation) at Parkway Shopping
Center, 2802 Mall Drive, Florence, Alabama, through
its subsidiary, FinanceAmerica Corporation (an Alabama
Corporation) (4/5/79) 3/
BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making or acquiring, for their own account loans and
other extensions of credit such as would be made or
acquired by a finance company and servicing loans and
other extensions of credit; the activities of FinanceAmerica Corporation will include, but not be limited
to, making consumer installment loans, purchasing
installment sales finance contracts, making loans,
including loans of a commercial finance nature, and
other extensions of credit to small business, and
making loans secured by real and personal property; in
addition, FinanceAmerica Corporation will offer credit
related life, credit related property and credit
related accident and disability insurance in connection
with extensions of credit made or acquired; the activities
of FinanceAmerica Mortgage Service Inc. will include,
3/ 4(c) (8) or 4(c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank en behalf
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but not be limited, making loans, including loans of a
commercial finance nature, and other extensions of
credit to small businesses all of which will be secured
by real property) at University Shopping Plaza, Rt.
#273 and Chapman Road, Newark, Delaware, through its
indirect subsidiaries, FinanceAmerica Corporation (a
Delaware Corporation) and FinanceAmerica Mortgage
Services, Inc. (a New Hampshire Corporation) (4/6/79)
3/

BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to relocate de novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account loans and
other extensions of credit such as would be made or
acquired by a finance company; such activities will
include, but not be limited to, making consumer installment loans, purchasing installment sales finance
contracts, making loans and other extensions of credit
to small businesses, and making loans secured by real
and personal property; and the offering of credit
related life and credit related property insurance in
connection with extensions of credit made or acquired
by FinanceAmerica Corporation of Massachusetts) frcm
1467 South Main Street, Fall River to 1211 Grand A m y
Highway, Swansea, Massachusetts, through its subsidiary, FinanceAmerica Corporation of Massachusetts
(4/9/79) 3/
Crocker National Corporation, San Francisco, California,
for approval to engage in certain credit related insurance agency activities through its subsidiary, CNC
Insurance Agency, Inc., San Francisco, California.
Wslls Fargo c
any, San Francisco, California, for
approval t< eng. ge in the activity of underwriting
(pursuant tu reinsurance agreement) credit life insurance which is directly related to extensions of
credit by Applicant and its subsidiaries in the State
of Arizona, through its indirect subsidiary, Central
Western Insurance Company which activity will be
conducted at 6710 East Camelback Road, Suite 106,
Scottsdale, Arizona, 330 Washington Street, Marina del
Rey and 420 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California. 1/
1/ Application processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated
authority.
3/ 4(c) (8) or 4(c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
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For Exemption Pursuant to Section 4 (d) of the
Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Flint, Michigan.
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REPORTS RECEIVED
None.
PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING
None.

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