[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 68452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26973]


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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, if any, 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)).
    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 Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20551-0001, not later than January 9, 2020.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Ivan Hurwitz, Senior Vice 
President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001. Comments 
can also be sent electronically to [email protected]:
    1. First Bancorp, San Juan, Puerto Rico; to acquire Santander 
BanCorp and thereby indirectly acquire Banco Santander Puerto Rico, 
both of San Juan, Puerto Rico. In addition, FirstBank Puerto Rico, San 
Juan, Puerto Rico, to become a bank holding company for a moment in 
time by acquiring Santander BanCorp and thereby indirectly acquiring 
Banco Santander Puerto Rico.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 10, 
2019.
Yao-Chin Chao,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2019-26973 Filed 12-13-19; 8:45 am]
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