[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67145-67146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25387]


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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

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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. 
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 December 9, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Sue Costello, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. Great Financial Corporation, Miami Lakes, Florida; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Great Florida Bank, Miami, Florida.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. Nicholas, 
Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. Western Transaction Corporation, Duluth, Minnesota; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Western National Bank, Duluth, Minnesota, and Cass Lake Company, Cass 
Lake, Minnesota, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of First 
National Bank of Cass Lake, Cass Lake, Minnesota.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
acquire Premier Credit Corporation, Duluth, Minnesota, and thereby 
engage in operating an industrial loan company and to engage directly 
in general insurance agency activities in a town with a population not 
exceeding 5,000, pursuant to sections 225.28(b)(4)(i) and (b)(11)(iii) 
of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 9, 
2004.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 04-25387 Filed 11-15-04; 8:45 am]
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