[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45548-45549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21589]


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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

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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, 1999.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III, Assistant 
Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina; to 
acquire up to 11.67 percent of the voting shares of 724 Solutions, 
Inc., Toronto, Canada, and thereby engage in the development, 
manufacture, and distribution of software designed to provide 
electronic banking, brokerage, and other services to consumers, 
pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(14)(i) of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 16, 
1999.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-21589 Filed 8-19-99; 8:45 am]
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