[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 198 (Friday, October 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 54904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22322]


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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 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), and interested persons 
may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in 
section 4. Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be 
conducted throughout the United States.
    Comments regarding each of these applications must be received at 
the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors, 
Ann E. Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th and Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington DC 20551-0001, not later than November 12, 2019.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Dennis Denney, Assistant 
Vice President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Community Bancshares of America, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri; to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring Northeast Kansas Bancshares, 
Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Kendall State Bank, both of Valley 
Falls, Kansas. In connection with this application, Community 
Bancshares of America, Inc., has applied to engage in general insurance 
activities through the acquisition of Northeast Kansas Bancshares, 
Inc., pursuant to section 4 of the Bank Holding Company Act and 12 CFR 
225.28(b)(11)(iii)(A).
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Mark A. Rauzi, Vice 
President), 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291:
    1. Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc., Helena, Montana; to merge with 
Western Holding Company of Wolf Point and thereby indirectly acquire 
Western Bank of Wolf Point, both of Wolf Point, Montana. In connection 
with this application, Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. has applied to 
acquire Western Financial Services, Wolf Point, Montana, and thereby 
engage in the activity of facilitating deferred payment contracts for 
certain agricultural products pursuant to section 4 of the Bank Holding 
Company Act and 12 CFR 225.28(b)(8)(ii)(B)(3).

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 8, 
2019.
Yao-Chin Chao,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2019-22322 Filed 10-10-19; 8:45 am]
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