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Notice of Formations & Mergers of, & Acquisitions by, BHCs; Change in Bank Control

Week ending 7/24/98

  • Section I - Applications Subject to Newspaper Notice Only
  • Section II - Applications Subject to Both Newspaper and Federal Register Notice
  • Section III - Applications Subject to Federal Register Only
  • Section IV - Applications Not Subject to Federal Register Notice or Newspaper Notice
  • Section V - Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

    • Section I
    Applications Subject to Newspaper Notice Only

    None

    Section II
    Applications Subject to Both Newspaper and Federal Register Notice

    Type Application Ending date of comment period
    3(a)(5)

    Zions Bancorporation, Salt Lake City, Utah, to merge with The Commerce Bancorporation, and thereby indirectly acquire its subsidiary, The Commerce Bank of Washington, N.A., both of Seattle, Washington. *

    Newspaper 8/03/98
    Fed Reg 8/17/98

    3(a)(5) First Hawaiian, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii, to merge with BancWest Corporation, Walnut Creek, California, and to change its name to BancWest Corporation, Honolulu, Hawaii. * Newspaper 8/17/98
    Fed Reg 8/21/98
    3(a)(3) Banque Nationale de Paris, Paris, France, to acquire 45 percent of First Hawaiian, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii, upon the merger with BancWest Corporation, Walnut Creek, California. * Newspaper 8/17/98
    Fed Reg 8/21/98

    Section III
    Applications Subject to Federal Register Only

    None

    Section IV
    Applications Not Subject to Federal Register Notice or Newspaper Notice

    Type Application Ending date of comment period
    4(c)(8) Twelve-day prior notice from Greater Bany Bancorp, Palo Alto, California, to engage in lending and factoring activities through the acquisition of Pacific Business Funding Corporation, Cupertino, California.  
    COM American Pacific Bank, Portland, Oregon, requests a relief of commitments made in connection with the approval of the Change in Bank Control Notice by Fai Chan, Causway Bay, Hong Kong, to acquire up to 51.41 percent Ameican Pacific Bank.

    Section V
    Publicly available CRA evaluations

    The Community Reinvestment Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It was enacted by the Congress in 1977 (12 U.S.C. 2901) and is implemented by Regulation BB (12 CFR 228). The regulation was revised in May 1995.

    The CRA requires that each depository institution's record in helping meet the credit needs of its entire community be evaluated periodically. That record is taken into account in considering an institution's application for deposit facilities.

    A copy of an institution's CRA evaluation may be obtained directly from the institution or Reserve Bank.

    The federal bank regulators use the following four performance levels to rate an institution's performance under CRA:

    Outstanding
    Satisfactory
    Needs to improve
    Substantial noncompliance

    The following state member banks have been examined and their CRA public evaluations are now available:

    None

    The above listing has been prepared as a courtesy by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and is not intended to replace formal notices required by statute or regulation; the Reserve Bank assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions.

    *Subject to CRA.