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

Week ending 11/04/2000

  • 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 VI - CRA Examinations Scheduled

  • Section I - Applications Subject to Newspaper Notice Only

    Type Application Ending date of comment period
    None    


    Section II - Applications Subject to Both Newspaper and Federal Register Notice

    Type Application Ending date of comment period
    3(a)(1) UFJ Holdings, Inc., Osaka, Japan, to become a bank holding company by acquiring The Sanwa Bank, Limited, Osaka, Japan and The Tokai Bank, Limited, Nagoya, Japan. * Newspaper - 11/27/2000
    Fed Reg - 11/24/2000
    * Subject to the provisions of the Community Reinvestment Act
    Fed Reg - Federal Register Comment Period Ending Date
    Newspaper - Newspaper Comment Period Ending Date
    N/Avail - Not Available (Not yet available; Not available at this time)


    Section III - Applications Subject to Federal Register Only

    Type Application Ending date of comment period
    none    
    Fed Reg - Federal Register Comment Period Ending Date


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

    Type Application Ending date of comment period
    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:

    O = Outstanding
    S = Satisfactory
    NI = Needs to improve
    SN = Substantial noncompliance

    The following state member banks have been examined and their CRA public evEÎù