[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 55 (Thursday, March 21, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10516-10517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05401]


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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

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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 applications will also 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.
    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 April 18, 2019.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Ivan Hurwitz, Vice President) 
33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001. Comments can also be 
sent electronically to [email protected]:
    1. Pioneer Bancorp, MHC and Pioneer Bancorp, Inc., both of Albany, 
New York; to become bank holding companies by acquiring 100 percent of 
the voting shares of Pioneer Bank, Albany, New York, upon its 
conversion to a stock savings bank.
    In connection to this application, Applicant also has applied to 
engage in extending credit and servicing loans, pursuant to section 
225.25(b)(1) of Regulation Y.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Colette A. Fried, Assistant 
Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. Minier Financial, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan with 401 
(k) of Provisions, Minier, Illinois; to acquire an additional 6.37 
percent, for a total of 51 percent of the voting shares of Minier 
Financial, Inc., Minier, Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire 
shares of First Farmers State Bank, Minier, Illinois.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 18, 
2019.
Yao-Chin Chao,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2019-05401 Filed 3-20-19; 8:45 am]
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