[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42171-42172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15951]


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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

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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. 
Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained 
from the National Information Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.
    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 August 6, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Jay Bernstein, Bank 
Supervision Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., Bilbao, Spain, BBVA 
International Investment Corporation, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, Grupo 
Financiero BBVA Bancomer, S.A. de C.V., Mexico City, Mexico, BBVA 
Bancomer, S.A., Mexico City, Mexico, and BBVA Bancomer Financial 
Holdings, Inc., Houston, Texas; to become bank holding companies by 
acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Valley Bank, Moreno 
Valley, California.
    In connection with this application, Applicants also have applied 
to engage de novo in the following activities that have been previously 
approved by Board order: (i) domestic and international money 
transmission (Popular, Inc., 84 Fed. Res. Bull. 481 (1998)(Popular) and 
Norwest Corp., 81 Fed. Res. Bull. 974 (1995) and 81 Fed. Res. Bull. 
1139 (1995)), (ii) check cashing (Popular and Midland Bank, PLC, 76 
Fed. Res. Bull. 860, 863 (1990)), and (iii) bill payments, (Popular and 
BancOne Corp., 80 Fed. Res. Bull. 139 (1994)), and to engage in (iv) 
issuing and selling money orders, traveler's checks, and prepaid 
telephone cards, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(13), and (v) buying and 
selling foreign exchange, pursuant to sections 225.28(b)(7)(v) and 
225.28(b)(8)(A) of Regulation Y.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Sue Costello, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. Capital City Bank Group, Inc., Tallahassee, Florida; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of Farmers & Merchants Bank, Dublin, 
Georgia.
    2. First National Bankers Bankshares, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana; 
to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Alabama Bankers Bank, 
Birmingham, Alabama (in organization).
    3. BancTenn Corp., Kingsport, Tennessee; to acquire up to 20 
percent of the voting shares of Paragon Commercial Corporation, 
Raleigh, North Carolina, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares 
of Paragon Commercial Bank, Raleigh, North Carolina.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
    1. German American Bancorp, Jasper, Indiana; to acquire 9.9 percent 
of the voting shares of American Community Bancorp, Inc., Evansville, 
Indiana, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Bank of 
Evansville, N.A., Evansville, Indiana.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. JSA Family Limited Partnership, Jane Austin Chapman Limited 
Partnership, and Austin BanCorp, Inc., all of Jacksonville, Texas; to 
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of First National Bank, 
Bullard, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 8, 2004.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 04-15951 Filed 7-13-04; 8:45 am]
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