[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39394-39395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18933]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Firstbank of Illinois Co., 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)).
    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 

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must be received not later than August 25, 1995.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (James A. Bluemle, Vice 
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690:
    1. Firstbank of Illinois Co., Springfield, Illinois; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Confluence Bancshares Corp., St. 
Peters, Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire Duchesne Bank, St. 
Peters, Missouri.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166:
    1. First Banks, Inc., Clayton, Missouri; to acquire at least 50 
percent of the voting shares of First Commercial Bancorp, Inc., 
Sacramento, California, and thereby indirectly acquire First Commercial 
Bank, Sacramento, California.  Comments regarding this application must 
be received not later than August 11, 1995.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice 
President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198:
    1. Rice Insurance Agency, Inc., Strasburg, Colorado; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Collegiate Peaks Bancorporation, Buena 
Vista, Colorado and thereby indirectly acquire Collegiate Peaks Bank, 
Buena Vista, Colorado.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Kenneth R. Binning, 
Director, Bank Holding Company) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105:
    1. First Saving Bank of Washington Bancorp, Inc., Walla Walla, 
Washington; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent 
of the voting shares of First Savings Bank of Washington, Walla Walla, 
Washington, in connection with the conversion of First Savings Bank of 
Washington Bancorp, Walla Walla, Washington, from a mutual bank holding 
company to a stock holding company.
    E. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Kenneth R. Binning, 
Director, Bank Holding Company) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105, or Federal Reserve Bank of New York (William L. 
Rutledge, Senior Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 
10045:
    1. Wells Fargo and Company, San Francisco, California (Wells 
Fargo); and HSBC Holdings PLC, London, United Kingdom, HSBC Holdings 
BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Marine Midland Banks, Inc., 
Buffalo, New York, to acquire Wells Fargo HSBC Trade Bank, N.A., San 
Francisco, California (TradeBank). Wells Fargo will control 80 percent 
of the voting shares of TradeBank and HSBC will control 20 percent of 
the voting shares of TradeBank.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 27, 1995.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 95-18933 Filed 8-1-95; 8:45 am]
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