[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 70769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20664]


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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. 
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 January 2, 2007.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Andre Anderson, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:
    1. Piedmont Community Bank Group, Inc., Gray, Georgia; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Piedmont Community Bank, Gray, Georgia.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant 
Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. P/R Bancorp; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 
percent of the voting shares of Greensfork Township State Bank, both of 
Spartanburg, Indiana.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 
Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. Montana Business Capital Corporation (to be known as Bancorp of 
Montana Holding Company); to become a bank holding company by acquiring 
100 percent of Bank of Montana, both of Missoula, Montana, a de novo 
bank.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
engage de novo in commercial and residential loan origination 
activities, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y.
    2. Platinum Bancorp, Inc.; to become a bank holding company by 
acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Platinum Bank, both of 
Oakdale, Minnesota.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Oakland Financial Services, Inc., Oakland, Iowa; to merge with 
Otoe County Bancorporation, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Otoe 
County Bank and Trust Company, both of Nebraska City, Nebraska.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 1, 
2006.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6-20664 Filed 12-05-06; 8:45 am]
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