[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40087-40088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19584]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding 
Companies

    The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for 
approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 
1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other 
applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company 
and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the 
power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the 
banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, 
including the companies listed below.
    The applications listed below, as well as other related filings 
required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the 
Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available 
for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested 
persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated 
in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the 
acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether 
the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards 
in section 4 of the BHC Act. Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking 
activities will be conducted throughout the United States.
    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these 
applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the 
offices of the Board of Governors not later than August 18, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior 
Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:

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    1. The Chase Manhattan Corporation and Chase Holding Delaware Inc., 
New York, New York; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Chase Trust Company, National Association, Los Angeles, California a de 
novo bank.
    2. First Financial Caribbean Corporation, San Juan, Puerto Rico; to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting 
shares of Doral Bank, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Doral Bank is the proposed 
commercial bank successor to Doral Savings Bank, FSB.
    In connection with this application, Applicant has also applied to 
acquire Doral Mortgage Corporation, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, and thereby 
engage in making, acquiring, or servicing mortgages loans, pursuant to 
Sec.  225.28(b)(1) of the Board's Regulation Y.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. Big Lake Financial Corporation, Okeechobee, Florida; to merge 
with CNB Financial Corporation, Clewiston, Florida, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Clewiston National Bank, Clewiston, Florida.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 21, 1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-19584 Filed 7-24-97; 8:45 am]
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