[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21836]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Notice of Proposals To Engage in Permissible Nonbanking 
Activities or To Acquire Companies That Are Engaged in Permissible 
Nonbanking Activities

    The companies listed in this notice have given notice under section 
4 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1843) (BHC Act) and 
Regulation Y, (12 CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to acquire or 
control voting securities or assets of a company that engages either 
directly or through a subsidiary or other company, in a nonbanking 
activity that is listed in Sec.  225.28 of Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.28) 
or that the Board has determined by Order to be closely related to 
banking and permissible for bank holding companies. Unless otherwise 
noted, these activities will be conducted throughout the United States.
    Each notice is available for inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 
indicated. The notice also will be available for inspection at the 
offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their 
views in writing on the question whether the proposal complies with the 
standards of section 4 of the BHC Act.
    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding the applications must be 
received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of 
Governors not later than September 3, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III, Assistant 
Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. Barnett Banks, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida; BB&T Corporation, 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Central Fidelity Banks, Inc., Richmond, 
Virginia; Crestar Financial Corporation, Richmond, Virginia; First 
American Corporation, Nashville, Tennessee; First Citizens BancShares, 
Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina; First Union Corporation, Charlotte, 
North Carolina; First Virginia Banks, Inc., Falls Church, Virginia; 
Jefferson Bankshares, Inc., Charlottesville, Virginia; NationsBank 
Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina; Riggs National Corporation, 
Washington, D.C.; Signet Banking Corporation, Richmond, Virginia; 
SunTrust Banks, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; Synovus Financial Corporation, 
Columbus, Georgia; and Wachovia Corporation, Winston-Salem, North 
Carolina; to acquire, through HONOR Technologies, Inc., Maitland, 
Florida, Monetary Transfer System, L.L.C., St. Louis, Missouri, and 
thereby engage directly and indirectly in certain data processing and 
electronic funds transfer services, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(14) of 
the Board's Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 13, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-21836 Filed 8-18-97; 8:45 am]
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