[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 151 (Thursday, August 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 46988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19313]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Notice of Proposals to Engage in or To Acquire Companies 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.
    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding the notices must be 
received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of 
Governors not later than August 31, 2015.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Dennis Denney, Assistant 
Vice President), 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Equity Bancshares, Inc., Wichita, Kansas; to acquire First 
Independence Corporation, and indirectly acquire First Federal Savings 
and Loan Association of Independence, both in Independence, Kansas, and 
thereby engage in the operation of a savings association, pursuant to 
section 225.28(b)(4)(ii).

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 3, 
2015.
Michael J. Lewandowski,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2015-19313 Filed 8-5-15; 8:45 am]
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