[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 45548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21590]


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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 (12 U.S.C. 1843). 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 September 17, 1999.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior 
Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. Popular Inc., and Popular International Bank, Inc., both of Hato 
Rey, Puerto Rico, and Popular North America, Inc., Mt. Laurel, New 
Jersey have applied to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Banco Popular, National Association, Orlando, Florida.
    In connection with this application, Banco Popular, National 
Association, Orlando, Florida; has applied to establish Popular 
Insurance, Inc., Culebra, Puerto Rico, as an agreement Corporation, 
pursuant to Sec.  25A of the Federal Reserve Act, and a wholly owned 
subsidiary of Banco Popular, National Association, Orlando, Florida.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 16, 
1999.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-21590 Filed 8-19-99; 8:45 am]
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