[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35906-35907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17020]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


USABancShares, Inc., et al.; Formations of; Acquisitions by; and 
Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

    The companies listed in this notice have applied for the Board's 
approval under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 
1842) and Sec.  225.14 of the Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.14) to 
become a bank holding company or to acquire a bank or bank holding 
company. The factors that are considered in acting on the applications 
are set forth in section 3(c) of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)).

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    Each application is available for immediate inspection at the 
Federal Reserve Bank indicated. Once the application has been accepted 
for processing, it will also be available for inspection at the offices 
of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views 
in writing to the Reserve Bank or to the offices of the Board of 
Governors. Any comment on an application that requests a hearing must 
include a statement of why a written presentation would not suffice in 
lieu of a hearing, identifying specifically any questions of fact that 
are in dispute and summarizing the evidence that would be presented at 
a hearing.
    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these 
applications must be received not later than August 4, 1995.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior 
Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105:
    1. USABancShares, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of voting shares of 
Peoples Thrift Savings Bank, Norristown, Pennsylvania.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (James A. Bluemle, Vice 
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690:
    1. Barlow Banking Corporation, Iowa Falls, Iowa; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 59.67 percent of voting shares of Iowa 
Falls State Bank, Iowa Falls, Iowa.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice 
President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198:
    1. FirstBank Holding Company of Colorado Employee Stock Ownership 
Plan, and its subsidiary FirstBank Holding Company of Colorado, both of 
Lakewood, Colorado; to acquire 100 percent of voting shares of 
FirstBank of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado, a de novo 
bank.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (James M. Lyon, Vice 
President) 250 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480:
    1. Kandiyohi Bancshares, Inc., Kandiyohi, Minnesota; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Cosmos Bancorporation, Inc., Cosmos, 
Minnesota, and thereby indirectly acquire First State Bank of Cosmos, 
Cosmos, Minnesota.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 6, 1995.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 95-17020 Filed 7-11-95; 8:45 am]
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