[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 118 (Monday, June 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33081-33082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15694]


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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 July 6, 1999.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior 
Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. The Fuji Bank, Limited, Tokyo, Japan; to acquire through its 
subsidiary, Heller Financial Inc., Chicago, Illinois, up to 100 percent 
of the voting shares of HealthCare Financial Partners, Inc., Chevy 
Chase, Maryland, and thereby engage in extending credit and servicing

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loans, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y, and activities 
related to extending credit, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(2) of 
Regulation Y.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. Arvest Bank Group, Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas, and its wholly 
owned subsidiary, Ameribank Corporation, Shawnee, Oklahoma, and its 
wholly owned subsidiary, United Oklahoma Bancshares, Inc., Del City, 
Oklahoma; to convert its existing state-chartered bank subsidiary, 
United Bank, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, into a savings association and 
thereby engage in the operation of a savings association, pursuant to 
Sec.  225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y. Comments regarding this 
application must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the 
offices of the Board of Governors not later than July 16, 1999.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen, 
Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, P.O. Box 291, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291:
    1. Farmers State Corporation, Mankato, Minnesota; to acquire 
Southwest State Agency, Springfield, Minnesota, and thereby engage in 
general insurance agency activities in a place with a population not 
exceeding 5,000, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(11)(iii) of Regulation Y. 
The proposed activity will be conducted under the name United Prairie 
Agency, Springfield, Minnesota.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 15, 1999.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-15694 Filed 6-18-99; 8:45 am]
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