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ANNOUNCEMENT BY
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H. 2
1973 No. 23

Applications and Reports Received or Acted on
During the Week Ending June 9, 1973

District

5

Date
To Become a Member of the Federal Reserve System
Pursuant to Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
United Virginia Bank/Citizens of South Boston, South
Boston, Virginia
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2

2




To Establish a Domestic Branch Pursuant to
Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
Lincoln First Bank of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
Branches to be established at the following locations:
A.

To establish a branch in the Livingston Shopping
Plaza, West of New York* Route 51 and South
of U. S. Routes 5 and 20, Town of Avon, Livingston
County.

B.

To establish a branch in the immediate neighborhood
of the intersection of U. S. Route 104 and N. Y.
Route 21, Town of Williamson, Wayne County.

Bankers Trust Company of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
Branch to be established at the intersection of Pittsford,
Palmyra Road and Mosely Road, Town of Terinton, Monroe
County.

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The Dollar Savings Bank Company, Niles, Ohio. Branch to
be established at 121 North State Street, Girard,
Trumbull County.

4

5

Union Trust Company of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland.
to be established at the following locations:

Branches

A.

To establish a branch at the intersection of Riva Road
and Forest Drive, Annapolis, Ann Arundel County.

B.

To establish a branch at the intersection of Charles
and Lombard Streets, Baltimore.

7

Old Kent Bank and Trust Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Branch to be established at 4460 Cascade Road, S.E., Grand
Rapids Township, Kent County.

7

Bank of the Commonwealth, Detroit, Michigan. Branch to be
established at the Walker Cisler Complex, One Edison Center,
Detroito

12

United California Bank, Los Angeles, California. Branch to
be established in the Panorama Towers Building (Third Floor)
8155 Van Nuys Boulevard, Panorama City District, City
and County of Los Angeles.

3

7

Approved
*The Hamilton Bank, Mercerville, Hamilton Township, New Jersey,
Branch to be established at Arena Drive and Old Olden
Avenue, Hamilton Township, Mercer County.
*The Farmers & Merchants State Bank, Logansport, Indiana.
Branch to be established at 408-412 East Market Street,
Logansport.
* * * * *

^Application processed by the Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of
Governors under delegated authority.



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To Establish an Overseas Branch of a Member Bank
Pursuant to Section 25 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
The First National Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.
To establish a branch in Georgetown, Cayman Islands
Approved
Marine Midland Bank-New York, New York, New York City
To establish a branch in Panama City, Republic of
Panama.
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- 4 To Form a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
**Arltru Bancorporation, Lawrence, Massachusetts, for
prior approval to acquire at least 80 per cent
of the voting shares of Arlington Trust Company,
Lawrence, Massachusetts.
**The Bancapital Financial Corporation, Austin, Texas,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent (less
directors" qualifying shares) of the voting
shares of The Capital National Bank in Austin,
Austin, Texas.

5

9

10

10

6- 7-73

Southern Bancorporation, Inc., Greenville, South
Carolina, for prior approval to acquire 100 per
cent of the voting shares of the successor by
merger to Southern Bank and Trust Company,
Greenville, South Carolina.
Approved
Michigan Financial Corporation, Marquette, Michigan,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent of the
voting shares (less directors' qualifying shares)
of the successors by merger to The First National
Bank and Trust Company, Marquette; The Minersf
First National Bank and Trust Company of Ishpeming,
Ishpeming; and The First National Bank and Trust
Company, Escanaba; and to acquire 90 per cent or
more of the voting shares of The Gwinn State
Savings Bank, Gwinn; The First National Bank of
Hermansville, Hermansville; and Trenary State
Bank, Trenary, all located in Michigan.
First York Ban Corp., York, Nebraska, for prior
approval to acquire 95 per cent or more of the
voting shares of The First National Bank of York,
York, Nebraska.
Withdrawn
On H.2 No. 12, the Board reported receipt of an application from University Bancshares Company, Stillwater,
Oklahoma, for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent
of the voting shares of University Bank, Stillwater,
Oklahoma. In a letter dated May 30, 1973, Applicant
requested that the application be withdrawn.

**Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




6- 4-73




To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
First National Boston Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts , for prior approval to acquire 100 per
cent of the voting shares of Burlington Bank and
Trust Company, Burlington, Massachusetts.
First National Boston Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts, for prior approval to acquire 100 per
cent of the voting shares of First Bank and
Trust Company of Wellesley, Wellesley, Massachusetts.
First National Boston Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts, for prior approval to acquire 100 per
cent of the voting shares of the successor by
merger to Holyoke National Bank, Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Multibank Financial Corp., Boston, Massachusetts,
for prior approval to acquire at least 80 per cent
of the voting shares of B. M. C. Durfee Trust
Company, Fall River, Massachusetts.
First Florida Bancorporation, Tampa, Florida, for
prior approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the
voting shares of Davenport State Bank, Davenport,
Florida, a proposed new bank.
First Florida Bancorporation, Tampa, Florida, for
prior approval to acquire 90 per cent or more of
the voting shares of First State Bank of Lutz,
Lutz, Florida.
Third National Corporation, Nashville, Tennessee, for
prior approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting
shares of the successor by merger to The Union Bank,
Pulaski, Tennessee.
First Tennessee National Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent of the
voting shares of the successor by merger to Jackson
State Bank, Jackson, Tennessee.

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- b Received Continued
United Banks of Colorado, Inc., Denver, Colorado,
for prior approval to acquire 80 per cent or
more of the voting shares of United Bank of
Skyline, National Association, Denver, Colorado.

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11

1

Texas Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent
(less directors' qualifying shares) of the
voting shares of Irving Bank and Trust Company,
Irving, Texas.
Approved
**Indian Head Banks Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire, for
prior approval to acquire 80 per cent of the
voting shares of Indian Head National Bank of
Concord, Concord, New Hampshire, a proposed new
bank.

2

6

6- 8-73

Bankers Trust New York Corporation, New York, New
York, for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent
of the voting shares (less directors1 qualifying
shares) of the successor by merger to The Farmers
National Bank of Malone, Malone, New York.
**First Bancshares of Florida, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, 6- 8-73
for prior approval to acquire 80 per cent or more
of the voting shares of First Bank of West Boca
Raton, Boca Raton, Florida, a proposed new bank.

8

First Union, Incorporated, St. Louis, Missouri, for
prior approval to acquire 91.2 per cent or more of
the voting shares of Chesterfield Bank, Chesterfield,
Missouri.

9

Bancorporation of Montana, Great Falls, Montana, for
prior approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of
the voting shares of First Security Bank of Glasgow,
N. A., Glasgow, Montana.

**Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.



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Reactivated
On H.2 No. 6, the Board reported receipt of an application from Florida Bancorp, Inc., Pompano Beach,
Florida, for prior approval to acquire 90 per cent
of the voting shares of Lighthouse Point Bank, Lighthouse Point, Florida. This application was placed
in suspense following receipt of a Department of
Justice letter to the Board dated May 5, 1973.
Following receipt of Applicant's reply dated June
4, 1973, this application has been reactivated.
Returned
On H.2 No. 17, the Board reported receipt of an application from American Bancorporation, Columbus, Ohio,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent of the
voting shares of American Bank of Central Ohio,
Harrisburg, Ohio. Copies of the application are
being returned to Applicant pending further information on the requested acquisition.
Suspended
On H.2 No. 17, the Board reported receipt of an application from Old Kent Financial Corporation, Grand
Rapids, Michigan, for prior approval to acquire 100
per cent of the voting shares of the successor by
merger to The Peoples State Bank of Holland, Holland,
Michigan. This application is now in suspense awaiting
receipt of Applicant's reply to a letter from the
Commissioner of Banking for the State of Michigan to
the Board dated May 31, 1973.
* * * * *

1

To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(8) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
**CBT Corporation, Hartford, Connecticut, notification
of intent to engage in de novo activities (making,
acquiring, or servicing for its account or for the
account of others, real estate loans and other loans
and extensions of credit for any person) in Hartford,
Connecticut; and Boston, Massachusetts, through a
subsidiary, CBT Realty Corporation.

**Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




6- 5-73

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- 8 Received Continued
**The Chase Manhattan Corporation, New York, New
York, notification of intent to engage in
de novo activities (making or acquiring, for
investment or resale and for its own account
or for the account of others, loans and other
extensions of credit, such as would be made by
a mortgage company; and servicing such loans
and other extensions of credit for any person)
in Oak Lawn, Illinois, through a subsidiary,
Dovenmuehle, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.

5-22-73

2

**First Commercial Banks, Inc., Albany, New York,
notification of intent to engage in a de novo
activity (leasing personal property and equipment, or acting as agent, broker, or adviser
in leasing of such property, where at the inception of the initial lease the expectation
is that the effect of the transaction and
reasonably anticipated future transactions with
the same lessee as to the same property will
be to compensate the lessor for not less than
the lessorf s full investment in the property)
in Albany and Syracuse, New York; and Waltham,
Massachusetts, through a subsidiary, FCB
Leasing Ltd.

5-25-73

2

**First National City Corporation, New York, New York,
notification of intent to engage in de novo
activities (managing and making investments in
the stock, warrants, options or rights, to purchase stock, and evidences of indebtedness, including convertible obligations of foreign and
domestic companies, and providing services in connection with the financing of minority business
organizations) in San Francisco, California,
through a subsidiary, Citicorp Venture Capital
Ltd.

5-31-73

^Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




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- 9 Received Continued
**First National City Corporation, New York, New
York, notification of intent to engage in
de novo activities (making consumer installment
personal loans, purchasing consumer installment
sales finance contracts; and acting as broker
for the sale of consumer credit related life/
accident and health insurance and consumer
credit related property and casualty insurance;
if this proposal is effected, Nationwide
Financial Corporation of New Mexico will offer
to sell insurance as follows: (a) group credit
life/accident and health insurance to cover
the outstanding balance of loans to borrowers
in the event of their death, or to make the contractual monthly payments on the loans in the
event of the borrowerTs disability; (b) individual casualty insurance on property, generally
automobiles and household goods,subject to security
agreements with Nationwide; and further in regard
to the sale of credit related insurance, Nationwide will not offer insurance counseling) in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, through a subsidiary,
Nationwide Financial Corporation of New Mexico,

5-29-73

**First National City Corporation, New York, New
5-29-73
York, notification of intent to engage in
de novo activities (making consumer installment
personal loans, purchasing consumer installment
sales finance contracts; and acting as broker for
the sale of consumer credit related property and
casualty insurance; if this proposal is effected,
Nationwide will offer to sell insurance as follows:
(a) group credit life-accident and health insurance
to cover the outstanding balances of loans to
borrower1s in the event of their death, or to make contractual monthly payments on the loan in the event
of the borrower's disability; (b) individual casualty
insurance on property, generally automobiles and
household goods, subject to security agreements
with Nationwide; and further, in regard to the
sale of credit related insurance, Nationwide will
not offer insurance counseling) in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
through a subsidiary, Nationwide Financial Corporation of Oklahoma, Inc.
**Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




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2

-10Received Continued
**First National City Corporation, New York, New
York, notification of intent to engage in de
novo activities (making consumer installment
personal loans, purchasing consumer installment
sales finance contracts; and acting as broker
for the sale of consumer credit related life/
accident and health insurance and consumer
credit related property and casualty insurance;
if this proposal is effected, Nationwide Financial
Corporation of Utah will offer to sell insurance
as follows: (a) group credit life/accident and
health insurance to cover the outstanding balances
of loans to borrowers in the event of their death,
or to make the contractual monthly payments on
the loans in the event of the borrower1 s disability;
(b) individual casualty insurance on property,
generally automobiles and household goods, subject
to security agreements with Nationwide; and further,
in regard to the sale of credit related insurance
Nationwide will not offer insurance counseling)
in Orem and Granger, Utah, through a subsidiary,
Nationwide Financial Corporation of Utah.

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5

**Lincoln First Bank, Inc., Rochester, New York,
notification of intent to continue to engage in
de novo activities (leasing personal property and
equipment, or acting as agent, broker or adviser
in leasing of such property where at the inception
of the initial lease the expectation is that the
effect of the transaction and reasonably anticipated
future transactions with the same lessee as to the
same property will be to compensate the lessor for
not less than the lessor's full investment in the
property) in Albany, New York, through a subsidiary,
Lincoln Lease/Way, Inc.
Southern incorporation, Inc., Greenville, South
Carolina, for prior approval to acquire all the
shares of Piedmont Premium Service, Inc., Greenville,
South Carolina.

**Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




6- 6-73

6- 5-73

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Received Continued
Southern Bancorporation, Inc., Greenville, South
Carolina, for prior approval to acquire all the
shares of SET Real Estate, Inc., Greenville,
South Carolina.
Southern Bancorporation, Inc., Greenville, South
Carolina, for prior approval to acquire all the
shares of World Acceptance Corporation, Greenville,
South Carolina.
**First National Holding Corp., Atlanta, Georgia,
notification of intent to engage in a de novo
activity (making loans, principally secured by
second mortgages on single family residences,
for its own account) through its present subsidiary, First South Homeowners Co., Inc., in
Charleston, South Carolina.

6- 6-73

**Popular Bancshares Corp., Miami, Florida, notification of intent to engage in a de novo activity
(placement of casualty insurance for individuals
and corporations with insurance companies qualified
to do business in the State of Florida) through
a subsidiary, Popular Insurance Agency, Inc., in
Miami, Florida.

6- 7-73

**The Jacobus Company and Inland Financial Corporation,
both of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (to offer
complete fiduciary services; and to offer trust
management and services to banks and bank trust
departments) through a subsidiary of Inland
Financial Corporation known as Heritage Company,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

6- 8-73

**Brenton Banks, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, notification
6- 6-73
of intent to engage in de novo activities (acquiring,
for the account of others, loans and other extensions
of credit such as would be made by a mortgage company;
and servicing such loans and other extensions of
credit for their purchasers) in Eagle Grove,
Marshalltown, Davenport, Perry, Jefferson, Emmetsburg,
Grinnell, Des Moines, Vinton, Cedar Rapids, Urbandale,
Dallas Center, Adel, Indianaola and Clarion, all in
Iowa, through a subsidiary, Brenton Mortgages, Inc.
**Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




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Received Continued
**Brenton Banks, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, notifica6- 4-73
tion of intent to engage in a de_ novo activity
(will act as insurance agent or broker for the
sale of any insurance to Brenton Banks, Inc.,
and its subsidiaries. The Company will also act
as insurance agent or broker for the sale of
specific types of insurance to the customers of
the Brenton banking system. The type of insurance sold to Brenton bank customers will be
related to the banking business. In this regard,
Brenton Insurance Agency, Inc., will sell any
insurance that is directly related to an extension of credit by a Brenton bank to its
customers. Such credit-related insurance includes insurance sold to a Brenton customer
which assures repayment of an extension of
credit made by a Brenton bank to that customer
in the event of his death or disability, Credit
life, credit accident, and health insurance are
specific examples of this type of insurance sales.
In addition, credit-related insurance will also
be offered to Brenton bank customers which protects collateral in which a Brenton bank has a
security interest as a result of an extension of
credit to a customer. This type of insurance
encompasses all varieties of casualty insurance,
and all other types of insurance which protect
the value of collateral. Collateral protecting
insurance sales will also encompass the sale of
insurance to Brenton bank customers which,
though not directly related to collateral, is
sold as a matter of general practice in conjunction with or as a part of an insurance package
with insurance that does protect collateral *
Consequently, homeownersT insurance on a residence
mortgaged at a Brenton bank, automobile liability
insurance on a car financed by a Brenton bank, and
other appropriate package insurance policies will
be sold by the Company. Along with insurance
sales relating to the extensions of credit Brenton
Insurance Agency, Inc., will offer insurance to
Brenton bank customers that is connected with bankrelated services other than the extension of credit.

**Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




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Received Continued
Insurance will be sold to customers of Brenton
banks: against loss of securities kept by a Brenton
bank for safekeeping; covering valuables left in
Brenton bank safe-deposit box; in connection with
mortgage loan servicing that is provided by a
Brenton bank or Brenton subsidiary, on the
mortgaged property or the mortgagor; directly relating to the provision of trust services where
permitted by law; on the life of a depositor in
an amount equal to the difference between the
maturity value of a deposit plan and the balance
in the account at the time of the depositor's
death; and in general that which is directly
related to the provision of financial services
by a Brenton bank or other subsidiary, other
than that of credit extension. Brenton Insurance
Agency, Inc., will also sell insurance of all
types to Brenton bank customers as a matter of
convenience to such customers. However, convenience sales will be made only if the Company
has not made similar convenience sales in an
amount in excess of 5 per cent of the aggregate
insurance premium income of the entire Brenton
system from the combined sales of credit-related
insurance, insurance connected with bank-related
services other than credit extension, and insurance for the convenience of Brenton bank
customers. In addition, insurance renewals, sold
by the Company after a credit extension has been
repaid, will be offered to Brenton bank customers
as a matter of convenience. Again, such renewals
will not be made if total convenience sales exceed
5 per cent of the aggregate insurance premium
income from the sales of credit-related insurance,
insurance connected with bank-related services
other than credit extension, and insurance for
the convenience of Brenton bank customers. Finally,
Brenton Insurance Agency, Inc., will offer for
sale insurance of such other types as it is permitted by law to sell and of all types to the
citizens of those communities listed below in which
a Brenton bank is located and in which the population is not in excess of 5,000) in Adel, Cedar
Rapids, Clarion, Dallas Center, Davenport, Des
Moines, Eagle Grove, Grinnell, Indianaola,
Marshalltown, and Vinton, all in Iowa, through
a subsidiary, Brenton Insurance Agency, Inc.

**Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.



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7

14 Received Continued
**Finaneial Data Systems, Inc., Detroit, Michigan,
notification of intent to engage in a de novo
activity (providing financially orientated
data processing services primarily for
mortgage banking companies, savings and loan
institutions, and banks) in Detroit, Michigan.

10

**D.H. Baldwin Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, notification of intent to engage in a &e novo activity
(leasing personal property or equipment, or
acting as agent, broker, or adviser in leasing
of such property) through a subsidiary, Baldwin
Finance Company, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

10

**First Southwest Corporation, Ardmore, Oklahoma,
notification of intent to engage in a de novo
activity (acting as agent or broker for the
sale of credit related life, accident and disability insurance, and credit related property
and casualty insurance issued in connection
with extensions of credit by its subsidiary bank,
and on which the bank is named as beneficiary or
loss payee; acting as insurance agent or broker
with respect to the following types of insurance:
(a) any insurance for First Southwest Corporation
and its subsidiaries; (b) any insurance that (i)
is directly related to an extension of credit by
its subsidiary bank; (ii) is directly related
to the provision of other financial services by
First Southwest Corporationfs subsidiary bank; or
(iii) is otherwise sold as a matter of convenience
to the purchaser) through a subsidiary to be
known as First Southwest Underwriters, in Ardmore,
Oklahoma.
^^Independent Bankshares Corporation, San Rafael,
California, notification of intent to engage in a
de novo activity (to act as executor, administrator,
guardian or conservator of estates, assignee,
receiver, depositary, custodian, or any such other
fiduciary or representative capacity for any purpose
permitted by law, and to act as transfer agent or
registrar for corporate stocks, bonds, and etc.) in
San Rafael and Santa Rosa, California, through a
subsidiary, Independent Bankers Trust Company.

**Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




6- 6-73

5-30-73

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- 15 Received Continued
**Marine Bancorporation, Seattle, Washington, notification of intent to engage in a de novo activity
(acting as insurance agent or broker, in offices
in which Commerce Credit Company is otherwise
engaged in business, with regard to the following:
mortgage redemption life and disability insurance
relating only to extensions of credit by the holding
company or its subsidiaries which is secured by
mortgages on real property only, with the limitation that the initial amount of such insurance
issued with respect to any debtor may not exceed
the amount of such mortgage indebtedness) in
Seattle, Washington, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, Commerce Credit Company.
Approved
American Fletcher Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana,
for prior approval to acquire substantially all
the assets of Chappie Loan Company, Muskegon,
Michigan,
Delayed
^Industrial National Corporation, Providence, Rhode
Island, notification of intent to engage in a
de novo activity (leasing personal property and
equipment, or acting as agent, broker or adviser
in leasing of such property, and other activities
commonly engaged in by equipment leasing companies)
through subsidiaries to be known as Industrial
Leasing Corporation of Springfield, Inc., Industrial
Leasing Corporation of Fitchburg, Inc., and
Industrial Leasing Corporation, at offices in
Providence, Rhode Island.

6- 8-73

Permitted
^Industrial National Corporation, Providence, Rhode
6- 9-73
Island, to continue to engage in de novo activities
(consumer finance; and insurance underwriting of
credit life insurance, and credit accident and
health insurance; insurance agency or brokerage
in connection with selling to consumer finance
borrowers credit accident and health insurance
and property damage insurance for collateral securing
loans made to borrowers) in Plymouth, North Carolina,
through a subsidiary, Southern Discount Company.

^Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




6- 5-73

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Permitted Continued
**Industrial National Corporation, Providence, Rhode
Island, to continue to engage in de novo
activities (consumer finance; and insurance
underwriting of credit life insurance, and
credit accident and health insurance; insurance
agency or brokerage in connection with selling
to consumer finance borrowers credit life
insurance, credit accident and health insurance,
and property damage insurance for collateral
securing loans made to borrowers) in New Port
Richey, Florida, through a subsidiary known
as Southern Discount Company.
**Industrial National Corporation, Providence, Rhode
Island, to continue to engage in de_ novo
activities (consumer finance; and insurance
underwriting of credit life insurance, and credit
accident and health insurance; and insurance
agency or brokerage in connection with selling
to consumer finance borrowers credit life
insurance, credit accident and health insurance,
and property damage insurance for collateral
securing loans made to borrowers) in Winder, Georgia
and Murphy, North Carolina, through a subsidiary,
Southern Discount Company.

6- 6-73

**First National City Corporation, New York, New
York, to engage in de novo activities (making
consumer installment personal loans; purchasing
consumer installment sales finance contracts;
acting as broker for the sale of consumer credit
related life/accident and health insurance, and
consumer credit related property and casualty
insurance; and if this proposal is effected the
office will offer to sell insurance as follows:
(a) group credit life/accident and health insurance to cover the outstanding balances of
loans to borrowers in the event of the borrower1s
disability; and (b) individual casualty insurance
on property, generally automobiles and household
goods, subject to security agreements with
Acceptance) by establishing a new office in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Acceptance Finance Company.

6- 9-73

**Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




6- 4-73

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- 17 Permitted Continued
**The Citizens and Southern Corporation, Charleston,
South Carolina, 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; leasing personal property and
equipment or acting as agent, broker or adviser
in leasing of such property; and in connection
with extensions of credit on mobile homes,
motor homes, travel trailers, or campers,
offering as agent, physical damage, vendors
single interest and credit life insurance) in
Asheville, North Carolina, through its present
subsidiary, MOHOCO Financial Services, Inc.

6- 7-73

5

**Fidelity American Bankshares, Inc., Lynchburg,
Virginia, to engage in de novo activities
(granting and servicing loans secured by
mortgages; and acting as agent in the sale of
credit life and credit accident insurance in connection with such loans, primarily second mortgages to individuals) in McLean, Virginia,
through its subsidiary, Columbia Mortgage Company.

6- 8-73

6

**Citizens and Southern Holding Company, Atlanta,
Georgia, to engage in de novo activities ((a)
making or acquiring, for its own account or for
the account of others, loans and other extensions
of credit (including issuing letters of credit and
accepting drafts), such as would be made by a
mortgage company; (b) servicing loans and other
extensions of credit for any person; and (c) acting
as investment or financial adviser, including (i)
serving as the advisory company for a mortgage or
real estate investment trust; and (ii) furnishing
economic or financial information) in Alexandria,
Virginia, through a subsidiary, Citizens and
Southern Mortgage Company.

6- 3-73

**Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




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- 18 Permitted Continued
**Citizens and Southern Holding Company, Atlanta,
Georgia, to engage in a cle novo activity
(rendering of investment advice and portfolio
management services to individuals, corporations , pensions and profit-sharing plans,
private foundations and endowments) in Hilton
Head Island, South Carolina, through a subsidiary, Citizens and Southern Investment
Counseling, Incorporated.

6- 7-73

6

**Citizens and Southern Holding Company, Atlanta,
Georgia, 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 (including issuing letters
of credit and accepting drafts), such as would
be made by a mortgage company; servicing loans
and other extensions of credit for any person;
and acting as investment or financial adviser,
including (i) serving as the advisory company
for a mortgage or real estate investment trust;
and (ii) furnishing economic or financial information) in Towson, Maryland, through a
subsidiary, Citizens and Southern Mortgage
Company.

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**Citizens and Southern Holding Company, Atlanta-,
Georgia, 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 (including issuing letters
of credit and accepting drafts), such as would
be made by a mortgage company; servicing loans
and other extensions of credit for any person;
and acting as investment or financial adviser,
including (i) serving as the advisory company
for a mortgage or real estate investment trust,
and (ii) furnishing economic or financial information) in Jackson, Mississippi, through Citizens
and Southern Mortgage Company.

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**First National Holding Corp., Atlanta,
Georgia, to engage in de novo activities
(making, acquiring or servicing loans or other
extensions of credit for personal, family or
household purposes; and acting as insurance
agent or broker in selling insurance to
borrowers from such finance subsidiaries, to
include credit life insurance, accident and
health insurance, and property damage insurance for collateral supporting loans made by
such finance subsidiaries) in Meridian and
Jackson, Mississippi, through its subsidiary,
Gulf Finance Corp., of Mississippi.
**First National Holding Corp., Atlanta, Georgia,
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 mortgage
company; servicing loans and other extensions of
credit; and engaging in all activities in any
way pertaining to the conduct of a mortgage
banking business) in Tampa, Florida, through
its subsidiary, Tharpe & Brooks, Inc.
Withdrawn
**NBC Co., Lincoln, Nebraska, notification of intent
to engage in a de novo activity (acting as
insurance agent and broker with respect to the
following types of insurance: (a) fidelity,
property, liability, and casualty insurance
for the company and its subsidiaries; (b) health,
accident, disability, and group term life insurance
on employees of the company and its subsidiary
(c) credit life, health, accident and disability
insurance directly related to credit extensions
and financial services of the company's subsidiary
bank and any subsidiary bank-related firm; (d)
casualty and property insurance on real or personal
property in which a mortgage or security interest
is taken to secure the extension of any credit by
the company's subsidiary bank or any subsidiary
bank-related firm; and (e) other types of insurance which Applicant's subsidiary bank finds
necessary when acting in a fiduciary capacity)
through NBC Agency, Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska.

**Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




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