[Federal Register: August 23, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 162)] [Notices] [Page 45969] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr23au99-75] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than September 16, 1999. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community Affairs Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204: 1. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, both of Edinburgh, Scotland, and Citizens Financial Group, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of UST Corp., USTrust and United States Trust Company, all of Boston, Massachusetts. In connection with this application Applicants have also applied to acquire Cambridge Trade Finance Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts, and thereby engage in short term financing of international transactions involving import and export of goods, pursuant to Sec. 225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 17, 1999. Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 99-21726 Filed 8-20-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-F