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ANNOUNCEMENT BY
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
(H.2, 1978 No. 1)
Actions of the Board; Applications and Reports
Received During the Week Ending January 7, 1978
ACTIONS OF THE BOARD
Increase in the discount rate from 6 per cent to 6-1/2
per cent.
The Federal Reserve System and the U.S. Treasury issued
the following announcement: The Exchange Stabilization
Fund of the U.S. Treasury will henceforth be utilized
actively together with the $20 billion swap network
operated by the Federal Reserve System.
Annual report to Congress on Truth in Lending for the
year 1977.
Touche Ross & Co. as auditors of Board's books for year
1977.
Questionnaire to obtain information on recent changes in
bank practices regarding selected types of loans sent to
all Federal Reserve Banks.
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System submits
a memorandum of comment on the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board's proposed revision to its nondiscrimination
regulation and guidelines.
Issuance of subordinated capital notes by State Bank and
Trust Company, San Marcos, Texas.
Central Bancorporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, extension of time
to April 4, 1978, within which to acquire the successor
by merger to The Central Security National Bank of
Lorain County, Lorain, Ohio. 1/
Community State Agency, Inc., Bloomington, Minnesota, extension of time to July 2, 1978, within which to divest
of nonpermissible real estate it held on January 2,
1975, when it became a bank holding company. 1/
T 7 A p p l i c a t i o n processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated
authority.




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Krey Co. Ltd., Pratt, Kansas, extension of time to March 3,
1978, within which to consummate the acquisition of the
Peoples Bank, Pratt, Kansas, and engage in permissible
consumer finance and insurance agency activities. 1J
United Bankshares, Inc., Green Bay, Wisconsin, extension of
time to April 29, 1978, within which to acquire 100 per cent
of the voting shares (less directors * qualifying shares)
of United Bank of Green Bay, Wisconsin (in organization);
also extension of time to October 31, 1978, within which
United Bank of Green Bay may open for business. 1/
State Bank of Lima, Lima, Illinois, to make an additional
investment in bank premises. V
Traders Bank, Spencer, West Virginia, to make an investment
in bank premises. 1/
Citibank Overseas Investment Corporation, Wilmington,
Delaware, request for a one-year extension of time
within which to complete its investments in (1) Hypotheeken
Beheermaatschappij Finaneia, N.V.; (2) Assurantiemaatschappij
Financia, N.V.; (3) Spaarkas Financia, N.V.; and (4)
Credivit, S.A., all located in Belgium. 1J
American Bank, New Albany, Indiana, proposed acquisition
by Floyd County Bank, New Albany, Indiana, report to the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on competitive
factors. V
Erie Federal Savings and Loan Association, Buffalo, New
York, proposed merger with East River Savings Bank, New
York, New York, report to the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation on competitive factors. 1/
First National Bank of West Jefferson, West Jefferson,
North Carolina, proposed merger with First National Bank
of Catawba County, Hickory, North Carolina, report to
the Comptroller of the Currency on competitive factors.
1/
Middle Point Banking Company, Middle Point, Ohio, proposed
merger with The First National Bank of Convoy, Convoy,
Ohio, report to the Comptroller of the Currency on competitive factors, V

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Application processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated
authority.




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ACTIONS OF THE BOARD-Continued
To Withdraw from Membership in the Federal Reserve
System without a six-month notice as Prescribed by
Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Denied
United American Bank, Memphis, Tennessee.
* * * * *

To Form a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Approved
First Colonial Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, for approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting
shares of Colonial Bank and Trust Company of Chicago,
Chicago, Illinois.
2nd Charter Financial Corporation, Albion, Indiana, for
approval to retain 87.6 per cent of the voting shares of
The Albion National Bank, Albion, Indiana.
Reeves Bancshares, Inc., Gould, Oklahoma, for approval
to acquire more than 80 per cent of the voting shares of
The First State Bank, Gould, Oklahoma, Gould, Oklahoma.
2/
Sutton Agency, Inc., Sutton, Nebraska, for approval to
acquire 100 per cent (less directors1 qualifying shares)
of the voting shares of City State Bank, Sutton, Nebraska,
2/

Security Financial Corporation of Fredericksburg,
Fredericksburg, Texas, for approval to acquire at least
81 per cent of the voting shares of Securitv State Bank
and Trust, Fredericksburg, Texas. 2/
* * * * *

To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Approved
First International Bancshares, Inc., Dallas, Texas, for
approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares
(less directorsT qualifying shares) of the successor by
merger to City National Bank in Wichita Falls, Wichita
Falls, Texas.

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ACTIONS OF THE BOARD-Continued
To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(8) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Returned
National Detroit Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, notification of intent to engage in c[e novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account or for the
account of others, loans and other extensions of credit
to any persons; and all activities incidental thereto
including, but not limited to, acting as an insurance
agent or broker to the extent permitted by the applicable
regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System) at 853 J. Clyde Morris Boulevard,
Newport News, Virginia, through its subsidiary, Instaloan
Financial Services, Inc. (1/6/78) 3/
Delayed
Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
engage in de novo activities (making consumer installment personal loans, purchasing and servicing for its
own account installment sales finance contracts, making
loans for the account of others such as one-to-four
family unit mortgage loans, making loans to individuals
secured by real and personal property, the proceeds of
which may be for purposes other than personal, family or
household usage; the sale of credit related life/
accident and health, or decreasing or level (in the case
of single payment loans) term life insurance to cover
the outstanding balances of credit transactions (singly
or jointly with co-signers in the case of life coverage)
in the event of death, or, to make contractual monthly
payments on the credit transactions in the event of the
obligator's disability by licensed agents or brokers to
the extent permissible under applicable State insurance
laws and regulations; the sale of credit related property and casualty insurance protecting personal and real
property subject to a security agreement with Citicorp
Person-to-Person Financial Center, Inc. and to include
liability coverage in home, automobile or commercial
owner "package" policies where such is the general
practice by licensed agents or brokers to the extent
permissible under applicable State insurance laws and
regulations; credit related decreasing term life insurance
and accident and health insurance may be reinsured by
3/

4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Gateway Life Insurance Company, an affiliate of Citicorp
Person-to-Person Financial Center, Inc.; further, in
regard to the sale of credit related insurance, the
subsidiary does not act as a general insurance agency)
at 9002 Parkway East, Birmingham, 12 North 20th Street,
Birmingham, and Suite 500, Shel-Al Bldg., 11 West Oxmoor
Road, Birmingham, all located in Alabama, through its
subsidiary, Citicorp Person-to-Person Financial Center,
Inc. (1/4/78) 3/

Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
engage in de_ novo activities (making loans to individuals and businesses secured by real and personal property, the proceeds of which may be for purposes other
than personal, family or household usage; sale of credit
related life/accident and health, or decreasing or level
(in the case of single payment loans) term life insurance to cover the outstanding balances of credit transactions (singly or jointly with co-signers in the case
of life coverage) in the event of death, or, to make
contractual monthly payments on the credit transactions
in the event of the obligator1s disability by licensed
agents or brokers to the extent permissible under applicable State insurance laws and regulations; the sale of
credit related property and casualty insurance protecting
personal and real property subject to a security agreement with Nationwide Financial Corporation and to include
liability coverage in home, automobile or commercial
owner "package" policies where such is the general
practice by licensed agents or brokers to the extent
permissible under applicable State insurance laws and
regulations; credit related decreasing term life insurance and accident and health insurance may be reinsured
by Gateway Life Insurance Company, an affiliate of
Nationwide Financial Corporation; further, in regard to
the sale of credit related insurance, the subsidiary
does not act as a general insurance agency) at 5332
Oporto Avenue, Birmingham, #12 Phillips Drive, Midfield,
and #40 Greensprings Highway, Homewood, all located in
Alabama, through its subsidiary, Nationwide Financial
Services Corporation presently operating as Nationwide
Financial Corporation (1/4/78) 3/
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4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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ACTIONS OF THE BOARD-Continued

Permitted
First National Boston Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making, acquiring and servicing for its own account,
loans and other extensions of credit including loans to
individuals for property improvement, debt consolidation
and other purposes; and providing credit life and credit
accident and health insurance directly related to extensions of credit to its borrowers through a master
insurance policy) at Corporate Square, Suite 211, 555
South Perry Street, Montgomery, Alabama, through First
National Boston Corporation's indirect subsidiary, FNBC
Acceptance Corporation, which is wholly-owned by First
National Boston Corporation's direct subsidiary, FSC
Corp., Boston, Massachusetts (1/1/78) 3/
Industrial National Corporation, Providence, Rhode Island,
notification of intent to relocate de novo activities
(origination and sale of loans for the purchase of
mobile homes; servicing of mobile home loans; and insurance agency for the sale of credit life and credit
accident and health insurance sold in connection with
extensions of credit and for the sale of property and
casualty insurance sold in connection with extensions of
credit) from 4600 West Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, Florida
to 418 S.W, 13th Street, Ocala, Florida, through a subsidiary, Kensington Mortgage and Finance Corp., Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mortgage Affiliates, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, eighty-two
percent of the issued and outstanding stock of which is
owned by Mortgage Associates, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Industrial National
Corporation's direct subsidiary, MAI Financial Corporation
(1/1/78) 3/
Industrial National Corporation, Providence, Rhode Island,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(consumer finance and insurance agency for the sale of
credit life and credit accident and health insurance
directly related to an extension of credit) at 522
Seventh Street, Racine, Wisconsin, through its indirect
subsidiary, Mortgage Associates, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(a Rhode Island Corporation) which is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of its direct subsidiary, MAI Financial
Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (a Wisconsin Corporation) (1/5/78) 3,/
37

4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12)notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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ACTIONS OF THE BOARD-Continued

Industrial National Corporation, Providence, Rhode Island,
notification of intent to engage in de_ novo activities
(origination and sale of residential mortgages, servicing of residential mortgage loans; and insurance
agency for the sale of credit life and credit accident
and health insurance directly related to an extension of
credit) at 7420 Unity Avenue North, Brooklyn Park,
Minnesota, through its indirect subsidiary, Mortgage
Associates, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin (a Rhode Island
Corporation) which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of its
direct subsidiary, MAI Financial Corporation, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin (a Wisconsin Corporation) (1/5/78) 3/
Industrial National Corporation, Providence, Rhode Island,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(insurance agency for the sale of credit property insurance sold in connection with extensions of credit) at
6028 South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, Florida, through its
indirect subsidiary, Southern Discount Company (a Florida
Corporation) which is wholly-owned by Industrial National
Corporation's indirect subsidiary, Southern Discount
Company (a Rhode Island Corporation) with its principal
office in Atlanta, Georgia (1/8/78) 3/
Industrial National Corporation, Providence, Rhode Island,
notification of intent to engage in <de novo activities
(consumer finance and insurance agency for the sale of
credit life, credit accident and health, and credit
property insurance sold in connection with extensions of
credit) at 412 Blanding Boulevard, Pine Tree Shopping
Center, Orange Park, Florida, through its indirect subsidiaries, Southern Discount Company and S.D.A. Corp.
(both Florida Corporations) which are wholly-owned by
Industrial National Corporation's indirect subsidiary,
Southern Discount Company (a Rhode Island Corporation)
with its principal office in Atlanta, Georgia (1/8/78)
3/
Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
engage in de novo activities (making consumer installment personal loans, purchasing and servicing for its
own account consumer installment sales finance contracts,
making loans for the account of others such as one-tofour family
mortgage loans, making loans to indi17

4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12)notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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c ACTIONS 0! [111% buARD-CoatiniiuL)
viduals and businesses secured by real and personal
property, the proceeds of which may be for purposes
other than personal, family or household usage; sale of
credit related life/accident and health, or decreasing
level (in the case of single payment loans) term life
insurance to cover the outstanding balances of credit
transactions (singly or jointly with co-signers in the
case of life coverage) in the event of death, or, to
make contractual monthly payments on the credit transactions in the event of the obligator's disability by
licensed agents or brokers to the extent permissible
under applicable State insurance laws and regulations;
the sale of credit related property and casualty insurance protecting personal and real property subject to
a security agreement with Citicorp Person-to-Person
Financial Center, Inc. and to include liability coverage
in home and automobile owner "package" policies where
such is the general practice by licensed agents or
brokers to the extent permissible under applicable State
insurance laws and regulations; credit related decreasing term life insurance and accident and health insurance may be reinsured by Gateway Life Insurance Company,
an affiliate of Citicorp Person-to-Person Financial
Center, Inc.; further, in regard to the sale of credit
related insurance, the subsidiary will not act as a
general insurance agency) at 133 Glendale Galleria,
Glendale, California, through its subsidiary, Citicorp
Person-to-Person Financial Center, Inc. (1/2/78) 3/

Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
engage in de novo activities (making loans to individuals and businesses secured by real and personal property, the proceeds of which may be for purposes other
than personal, family or household usage; sale of credit
related life/accident and health, or decreasing level
(in the case of single payment loans) term life insurance to cover the outstanding balances on credit transactions (singly or jointly with co-signers in the case
of life coverage) in the event of death, or, to make
contractual monthly payments on the credit transactions
in the event of the obligator's disability by licensed
agents or brokers to the extent permissible under applicable State insurance laws and regulations; the sale
of credit related property and casualty insurance
protecting personal and real property subject to a
security agreement with Citicorp Person-to-Person Fi2/

4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank o n behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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ACTIONS OF THE BOARD-Continued
nancial Center, Inc. and to include liability coverage
in home and automobile owner "package" policies where
such is the general practice by licensed agents or
brokers to the extent permissible under applicable State
insurance laws and regulations; credit related decreasing term life insurance and accident and health insurance may be reinsured by Gateway Life Insurance Company,
an affiliate of Citicorp Person-to-Person Financial
Center, Inc; further, in regard to the sale of credit
related insurance, the subsidiary does not act as a
general insurance agency) at 2808 N. Pennsylvania
Avenue, Oklahoma City; 7000 Crossroads Blvd., Oklahoma
City, P.O. Box 6010, Oklahoma City; 117 S• Air Depot
Blvd., Midwest City; 3011 N.W. 63rd St., Suite 110,
Oklahoma City, P.O. Box 32153, Oklahoma City; 2507 N.W.
23rd, Oklahoma City; and 1500 Gateway Plaza, Suite 205,
Midwest City, all located in Oklahoma, through its
subsidiary, Nationwide Financial Services Corporation
presently operating as Citicorp Person-to-Person Financial Center, Inc. (1/5/78) 3/
Manufacturers Hanover Corporation, New York, New York, 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 by a finance company; servicing
loans and other extensions of credit for any person; and
acting as agent or broker for the sale of credit life
and credit accident and health insurance which is related
to extensions of credit made, acquired or serviced by
Ritter Consumer Discount Company, Inc. of Pennsylvania)
at Center Avenue, New Stanton, Pennsylvania, through its
indirect subsidiary, Ritter Consumer Discount Company,
Inc. of Pennsylvania (1/5/78) 3/
Mellon National Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account secured and
unsecured loans and other extensions of credit such as
would be made by a finance company which activities
include making direct consumer installment loans and
purchasing consumer installment sales finance contracts;
and providing credit life and credit accident and health
insurance which insurance will be provided only in
3/

4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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ACTIONS OF THE BOARD-Continued
conjunction with extensions of credit and which will be
available solely at the option of the borrower who is
advised of this option in advance) at 9205A Folsom
Blvd., Sacramento, California, through its wholly-owned
subsidiary, Local Loan Co., Chicago, Illinois and through
certain wholly-owned subsidiaries of Local Local Co.
(1/5/78) 3/
Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account and for the
account of others, loans and other extensions of credit
such as would be made by a mortgage company) at 555 East
Loockerman Street, Dover, Delaware, through its subsidiary, Mercantile Mortgage Corporation (1/1/78) 3/
Wells Fargo & Company, 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 for other
persons; acting as an insurance agent or broker with
respect to the following types of insurance that are
directly related to the extension of credit by Wells
Fargo & Company or its subsidiaries: credit life and
credit accident and health insurance and mortgage
redemption life insurance and group mortgage disability
insurance) at 12700 Park Central Place, Dallas, Texas,
through its indirect subsidiary, Ben G. McGuire &
Company (1/7/78) 3/
Approved
Chemical New York Corporation, New York, New York, for
approval to engage in the activity of reinsuring credit
life insurance and disability insurance sold in connection with extensions of credit made by its indirect
subsidiaries, Sun States Life Insurance Company and
Great Lakes Insurance Company, both in Cleveland, Ohio,
3/

4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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ACTIONS OF THE BOARD-Continued

To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(12) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Delayed
D. H. Baldwin Company, Cincinnati, Ohio (an Ohio Corporation) and D. H. Baldwin Company, Cincinnati, Ohio (a
Delaware Corporation), notification of intent to acquire
certain assets of Pence Mortgage Company, Louisville,
Kentucky, through Louisville Mortgage Service Company (a
wholly-owned subsidiary of D. H. Baldwin Company (an
Ohio Corporation) (1/3/78) 3/
Permitted
American Financial Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio and its
subsidiaries, notification of intent to purchase more
than a 5 per cent interest in Boston Red Sox Associates
(1/6/78) 3/

3/

4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications 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
Hamilton Bank & Trust Company, Bailey1s Crossroads,
Virginia. Branch to be established at Skyline Shopping
Mall, 5163 Leesburg Pike, Fairfax County.
The Detroit Bank-Livonia, Livonia, Michigan. Branch to
be established near the intersection of Six Mile and
Newburgh Roads, Livonia, Wayne County.
*

* * * *

To Become a Member of the Federal Reserve System
Pursuant to Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Northwest Commerce Bank, North Bend, Oregon.
* * * * *

To Form a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a) (1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Bedford Bancorp, Bedford, Iowa, for approval to acquire
97.52 per cent or more of the voting shares of State
Savings Bank, Bedford, Iowa.
Deshler State Company, Deshler, Nebraska, for approval
to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting shares of
The Nebraska Security Bank, Deshler, Nebraska.
The First State Holding Company of Elkhart, Elkhart,
Kansas, for approval to acquire 81.33 per cent of the
voting shares of The First State Bank of Elkhart,
Elkhart, Kansas.
Union Bancorporation, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for
approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares of
Union Bank and Trust Company, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
VALLEY BANK SHARES, INC., Valley, Nebraska, for approval
to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting shares of
Bank of Valley, Valley, Nebraska.




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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(8) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Chemical New York Corporation, New York, New York, notification of intent to relocate de novo activities
(making of direct loans and purchasing sales finance
contracts representing extensions of credit such as
would be made or acquired by a finance company; acting
as agent for the sale of credit life insurance and
credit accident and health insurance issued in connection with extensions of credit and making available
to its borrowers, credit related property and casualty
insurance) from 2459 Roosevelt Highway, College Park,
Georgia to 1895 Phoenix Boulevard, College Park, Georgia,
through its subsidiary, Sun Finance Company (1/6/78) 3/
Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
engage in d£ novo activities (making consumer installment personal loans, purchasing and servicing for its
own account installment sales finance contracts, making
loans for the account of others such as one-to-four
family unit mortgage loans, making loans to individuals
secured by real and personal property, the proceeds of
which may be for purposes other than personal, family or
household usage; sale of credit related life/accident
and health, or decreasing or level (in the case of
single payment loans) term life insurance to cover the
outstanding balances of credit transactions (singly or
jointly with co-signers in the case of life coverage) in
the event of death, or, to make contractual monthly
payments on the credit transactions in the event of the
obligator's disability by licensed agents or brokers to
the extent permissible under applicable State laws and
regulations; the sale of credit related property and
casualty insurance protecting personal and real property
subject to a security agreement with Nationwide Financial Corporation and to include liability coverage in
home, automobile or commercial "package11 policies where
such is the general practice by licensed agents or
brokers to the extent permissible under applicable State
insurance laws and regulations; credit related decreasing term life insurance and accident and health insurance may be reinsured by Gateway Life Insurance Company,
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4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board o* (overnors under delegated authority.




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1978

No.

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.... LIGATIONS HECIMVED-Continued
an affiliate of Nationwide Financial Corporation; further,
in regard to the sale of credit related insurance, the
subsidiary will not. act as a general insurance agency)
at First International Bank Building, 1154 Hawkin;;, El
Paso, Texas, through its subsidiary, Nationwide Financial
Corporation '1/6/78) 3/
J.P. Morgan & Co., Incorporated, New York, New York, notification of intent to relocate de novo activities (making or acquiring, for its own account or for the account
of others, loans and other extensions of credit; leasing
personal property and equipment to borrowers or lessees
as the case may be, located anywhere in the United
States, its territories and possessions, Puerto Rico
or foreign countries and acting as agent, broker, or
adviser in such leasing of personal property and equipment and leasing real property located anywhere in the
United States, its territories and possessions, Puerto
Rico or foreign countries and acting as agent, broker,
or adviser in leasing such property; all such leases of
personal or real property to serve as the functional
equivalent of an extension of credit and to comply with
the other conditions specified in Section 225.4(a)(6) of
Regualtion Y of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System) from 37 Wall Street, New York, New York
to 522 Fifth Avenue, New Y o r k , New York, and three
Landmark Square, Stamford, Connecticut, through its
subsidiary, J.P. Morgan Interfunding Corp. (1/5/78) 3/
Manufacturers Hanover Corporation, New York, New York,
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 by a sales finance company includIng purchasing installment sales finance c o n t r a c t s and
servicing such loans and other extensions of credit for
any pors a) at 11406 S h e l b y v i l l e Road, M i d d l e t o w n ,
Kentucky, through its subsidiary, Rltter F i n n c e C o m pany, Inc. of Kentucky (1/3/78) _3/
Landmark Banking Corporation of Florida, Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, n o t i f i c a t i o n of intent to engage in de novo
a c t i v i t i e s (providing bank m a n a g e m e n t c o n s u l t i n g a d v i c e
and would include, but not be limited to, a d v i c e c o n cerning bank operations, systems and p r o c e d u r e s , c o m puter o p e r a t i o n s and m e c h a n i z a t i o n , cost a n a l y s i s and
3/

4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of Che Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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site planning) at One Commercial Plaza, Fort Lauderdale,
Florida (1/6/78) 3/

Mercantile Bancorporation Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, through
its subsidiary, Franklin Finance Company, Clayton,
Missouri, for approval to acquire the assets of Thorp
Credit Company of Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia.
Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, California, notification of intent to engage in de. novo activities
(acting as broker or agent for the sale of credit-related property and casualty insurance) at 1730 South
Amphlett, San Mateo, California; 528 East Main Street,
Santa Maria, California; 1777 West Camelback Road,
Phoenix, Arizona, through its subsidiary, Security
Pacific Finance Corporation and at 829 Main Street,
Longmont, Colorado, through its subsidiary, The Bankers
Investment Company (1/6/78) 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 mulifamily and commercial properties for its own account or
for the sale to others and the servicing of such loans
for others) at 825 108th N.E., Bellevue, Washington,
through its subsidiary, Security Pacific Mortgage Corporation (1/4/78) 3/
Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to relocate de_ novo activities (making
or acquiring, for its own account or for the account of
others, loans and other extensions of credit, servicing
loans and other extensions of credit for other persons;
acting as an insurance agent or broker with respect to
the following types of insurance that are directly
related to the extension of credit by Wells Fargo &
Company or its subsidiaries: credit life and credit
accident and health insurance and mortgage redemption
life insurance and group mortgage disability insurance)
from 305 El Dorado Street to 2291 West March Lane,
Stockton, California, through its subsidiaries, Wells
Fargo Mortgage Company and WFMC Corporation (1/4/78) 3/
3/

4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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APPLICATIONS RECEIVED-Continued
Zions Utah Bancorporation, Salt Lake City, Utah, 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; the servicing of such loans for others;
and acting as agent or broker for the sale of credit
related life/accident and health insurance) in the
vicinity of 8th South and State Street, Orem, Utah,
through its subsidiary, Zions Mortgage Company (1/5/78)
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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(12) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
American Financial Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio and its
subsidiaries, notification of intent to purchase more
than a 5 per cent interest in several specified concerns
(12/23/77) 3/
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REPORTS RECEIVED
None
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PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING
None

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4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.