[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 154 (Friday, August 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 45050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15592]


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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 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. 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 the applications must be 
received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of 
Governors not later than September 4, 2007.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Burl Thornton, Assistant Vice 
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. FBOP Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois; to acquire up to 10 
percent of the voting shares of BankFinancial Corporation, Burr Ridge, 
Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire BankFinancial F.S.B., Olympia 
Fields, Illinois, and thereby engage in operating a savings 
association, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y.
    2. FBOP Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois; to acquire up to 10 
percent of the voting shares of CFS Bancorp, Inc., and thereby 
indirectly acquire Citizens Financial Bank, both of Munster, Indiana, 
and thereby engage in operating a savings association, pursuant to 
section 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y.
    3. FBOP Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois; to acquire up to 10 
percent of the voting shares of Provident Financial Holdings, Inc., and 
thereby indirectly acquire Provident Savings Bank, F.S.B., both of 
Riverside, California, and thereby engage in operating a savings 
association, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y.
    4. FBOP Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois; to acquire up to 10 
percent of the voting shares of PFF Bancorp, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, 
California, and thereby indirectly acquire PFF Bank and Trust, Pomona, 
California, and thereby engage in operating a savings association, 
pursuant to section 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 6, 
2007.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7-15592 Filed 8-9-07; 8:45 am]
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