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

Week ending 12/12/97

  • 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

    * Subject to the provisions of the Community Reinvestment Act.

    Section II
    Applications Subject to Both Newspaper and Federal Register Notice

    Type Application Ending date of comment period
    CIC Langer Family Partnership, Port Orchard, Washington, to retain 76.17 percent of Olympic Bancorp, Inc., Port Orchard, Washington. * Newspaper N/Avail able
    Fed Reg 1/02/98
    3(a)(1) New Century Financial Corporation, Spokane, Washington, to become a bank holding company by acquiring New Century Bank (In Organization), Spokane, Washington. * Newspaper 1/09/98
    Fed Reg N/Available

    * Subject to the provisions of the Community Reinvestment Act.

    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
    S/R Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco, California, to purchase up to $735 million of its common stock between January 1, 1998, and June 30, 1998. None

    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:

    RSSD number Institution/ Location Examination
    date    		 CRA
    public date    		 CRA
    rating

    Exam type
    Large bank Small bank
    2364564 Vallley Bank of Arizona
    3550 N. Central Avenue
    Phoenix, AZ 85012
    (602) 840-5550    		 8/11/97 12/08/97 Satisfactory

    		X
    660767 American Pacific State Bank
    15260 Ventura Boulevard
    Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-3347
    (818) 382-1500    		 8/04/97 12/08/97 Satisfactory X

    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