[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 72315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34725]


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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, including the 
companies listed below, 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 January 19, 1999.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Manager 
of Analytical Support, Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street, 
San Francisco, California 94105-1579:
    1. Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco, California; Norwest 
Mortgage, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa; and Norwest Ventures, LLC, Des 
Moines, Iowa; to engage de novo through their subsidiary, MidAmerican 
Home Services Mortgage, LLC, West Des Moines, Iowa, in residential 
mortgage lending, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 28, 
1998.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-34725 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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