Federal Reserve Release

Federal Reserve Release

H.2

Actions of the Board, Its Staff, and the Federal Reserve Banks; Applications and Reports Received

No. 51 Week Ending December 17, 2011

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551

H.2 Board Actions

December 11, 2011 to December 17, 2011

Testimony and Statements

European Economic Situation -- statement by Steven B. Kamin, director, division of International Finance, before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the economic situation in Europe and recent actions taken by the Federal Reserve in response to this situation.

- Published, December 16, 2011

Foreclosure Review Process -- statement by Scott G. Alvarez, general counsel, on the Federal Reserve's progress in implementing the foreclosure review process and related enforcement actions, submitted for the record to a subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs for a hearing on helping homeowners harmed by foreclosures.

- Published, December 13, 2011

Bank Holding Companies

Banco do Brasil, S.A., Brasilia, Brazil, and Caixa de Previdencia dos Funcionarios do Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro -- to acquire EuroBank, Coral Gables, Florida.

- Approved, December 15, 2011

Currency

Federal Reserve Notes -- new currency budget for 2012. - Approved, December 12, 2011

Forms

Forms -- initial Board review to extend without revision the Recordkeeping Requirements of Regulation H and Regulation K Associated with Bank Secrecy Act Compliance Programs.

- Proposed, December 14, 2011

(A/C) = Addition or Correction

Board - Page 1 of 2

H.2 Board Actions

December 11, 2011 to December 17, 2011

Forms

Forms -- final Board review to implement (1) two government-administered, general-use prepaid card surveys: Issuer survey (FR 3063a) and Government survey (FR 3063b), and (2) two interchange transaction fees surveys: Debit card issuer survey (FR 3064a) and Payment card network survey (FR 3064b).

- Approved, December 14, 2011

Enforcement

Alliance Financial Services, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota -- written agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. - Announced, December 13, 2011

Bank of Nova Scotia, Toronto, Canada -- issuance of a consent order of prohibition against Tyrone Green, a former precious metals trader at the New York, New York, agency of the bank. - Announced, December 12, 2011

Patriot Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas, and Patriot Holdings Nevada, Inc., Reno, Nevada -- written agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and the Banking Commissioner of the Texas Department of Banking. - Announced, December 13, 2011

(A/C) = Addition or Correction

Board - Page 2 of 2

H.2 Actions under delegated authority

BS&R Banking Supervision and Regulation C&CA Consumer and Community Affairs FOMC Federal Open Market Committee

December 11, 2011 to December 17, 2011

RBOPS Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems IF International Finance

OSD Office of Staff Director

Bank Branches, Domestic

Chicago

American Trust & Savings Bank, Dubuque, Iowa -- to establish a branch at 1422 9th Street, SE, Dyersville.

- Approved, December 16, 2011

St. Louis

Southern Bank, Poplar Bluff, Missouri -- to establish a branch at 2080 Three Rivers Boulevard, Poplar Bluff.

- Approved, December 16, 2011

Bank Holding Companies

Atlanta Bankia, S.A., Valencia, Spain -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Caja Madrid Cibeles, S.A., Madrid; CM Florida Holdings, Inc., Coral Gables, Florida; and City National Bank of Florida, Miami. - Approved, December 16, 2011

Cleveland

F.N.B. Corporation, Hermitage, Pennsylvania -- to acquire Parkvale Financial Corporation, Monroeville, and thereby acquire Parkvale Savings Bank.

- Approved, December 12, 2011

St. Louis

Financial Services Holding Corporation, Henderson, Kentucky -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire The Bank of Henderson, Inc., Henderson.

- Approved, December 14, 2011

(A/C) = Addition or Correction

Delegated - 1 of 6

H.2 Actions under delegated authority

December 11, 2011 to December 17, 2011

Bank Holding Companies

Chicago

First Financial Corporation, Terre Haute, Indiana -- waiver of application to acquire Freestar Bank, National Association, Pontiac, Illinois, from its parent company, PNB Holding Co., in connection with the merger of Freestar with and into First Financial's subsidiary bank, First Financial Bank, National Association, Terre Haute, Indiana.

- Granted, December 15, 2011

Atlanta

Independent Bancshares, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Red Bay, Alabama -to acquire additional shares of Independent Bancshares, Inc., Red Bay, and its subsidiary bank, Community Spirit Bank, along with Spirit Bancshares, Inc., Belmont, Mississippi, and Spirit Bank.

- Approved, December 12, 2011

St. Louis

Prime Banc Corp., Dieterich, Illinois -- to acquire Red Bud Bancorp, Inc., Red Bud, and thereby acquire First State Bank of Red Bud.

- Approved, December 16, 2011

Secretary

S&T Bancorp, Inc., Indiana, Pennsylvania -- to merge with Mainline Bancorp, Inc., Ebensburg, and thereby acquire Mainline National Bank, Portage.

- Approved, December 12, 2011

(A/C) = Addition or Correction

Delegated - 2 of 6

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