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Notice of Formations & Mergers of, & Acquisitions by, BHCs

Week ending 6/16/2001

  • 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



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


    Type


    Application

    Ending date of
    comment period

    3(a)(1)

    Regents Bancshares, Inc., Vancouver, Washington, to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of Regents Bank, N.A., La Jolla, California.*

    Newspaper – 07/14/2001

    Fed Reg – 07/13/2001

    3(a)(1)

    Trafalgar Holdings, LLC, Vancouver, Washington, to become a bank holding company by acquiring 60 percent of Regents Bancshares, Inc., Vancouver, Washington.*

    Newspaper – 07/14/2001

    Fed Reg – 07/13/2001

    3(a)(1)

    YNB Financial Services Corp., Yakima, Washington, to become a bank holding company by acquiring Yakima National Bank, Yakima, Washington. *

    Newspaper – Not Avail

    Fed Reg – 07/13/2001

    CIC

    Joseph Willy Edmonds, Seattle, Washington, to acquire 11.8 percent of NWI Financial Corporation, Seattle, Washington.*

    Newspaper – 06/25/2001

    Fed Reg – 07/03/01

    CIC

    Tererence Ray Sullivan, Carol Ann Sullivan, Patrick Sean Sullivan of Elko, Nevada, Terrance Leroy Sullivan, Deborah Ann Hall, Darren Eugene Hall, of Twin Falls, Idaho, Terrance Ryan Sullivan, Las Vegas, Nevada, Gary Phillip Sullivan, Staten Island, New York, Ralph William Farley and Iris Gertrude Farley, Laguna Woods, California, acting in concert to acquire up to 25 percent of Great Basin Financial Corporation, Elko, Nevada.*

    Newspaper – Not Avail

    Fed Reg – Not Avail

    * 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


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

    Type

    Application

    3(a)(5)(C)

    Clark County Bancorporation, Vancouver, Washington, to become a bank holding company by acquiring Bank of Clark County, Vancouver, Washington.

     

    4(c)(8)

    Intermountain Community Bancorp, Sandpoint, Idaho, to engage in making, acquiring, brokering or servicing loans or other extensions of credit for the company’s account or for the account of others.

     

    COM

    First Coastal Bancshares, El Segundo, California, requests relief of a debt commitment in the amount of $1 million made in connection with the approval of the 3(a)(1) application to acquire First Coastal Bank, N.A., El Segundo, California.

     


    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 evaluations are now available:

    RSSD
    number


    Institution/Location

    Examination
    date

    CRA
    public date

    CRA
    rating

    Exam type

    LrgBk

    SmBk

    697763

    Westamerica Bank
    4550 Mangels Boulevard
    Fairfield, California 94858
    (800) 848-1088

    04/10/2000

    6/12/2001

    S

       

    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.

    none


    Section VI - CRA Examinations Scheduled 1st Quarter of 2001

    Institution

    Location

    none

    *Subject to CRA.