Corporate Applications:
January 1998
Vol. 11, No. 1
IN THIS ISSUE:
PLEASE NOTE: Interpretive Letters and No Objection Letters reflect the views of the Comptroller's legal staff.
Corporate Decisions and Decisions (CRA) are from the office of Bank Organization and Structure. The list of CRA
Ratings is from the Communications Division. For copies of the evaluation, you should contact the bank directly or the
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Attn: Public Reference Room, Mailstop 1-5, Washington, D.C. 20219.
Members of the news media are encouraged to cite the letter number when reporting or summarizing documents from
this package. This helps to process single requests in a more timely manner.
Interpretive Letters
| Letter No. | Topic |
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| 809
| Letter provides guidance about data collection requirements and performance standards
for small wholesale institutions under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
regulations. (11/20/97)
| | 810
| Financial institutions may receive favorable CRA credit for investing in a middle
income housing down-payment assistance program if the investment is a "qualified
investment" under the CRA regulation. (12/12/97)
| | 811
| A national bank can acquire and retain a printing company to sell printing services to
other financial institutions as a correspondent service. (12/18/97)
| | 812
| Letter opines that a national bank may offer, as agent, crop insurance in connection with
loans to its farmer customers. (12/29/97)
| | 813
| National bank may acquire and hold a non-controlling minority interest in a LLC which
will engage in the business of merchant credit and debit card processing. (10/14/97)
| | 814
| Operating subsidiary which closed loans and disbursed loan proceeds on behalf of
parent was not a branch where it would provide similar services for any unrelated
financial institution or other lender. (11/03/97)
| | 815
| Letter permits a nationally-chartered trust company to retain a 15% interest in an
Indiana state-chartered trust company. (12/02/97)
| | 816
| 12 U.S.C. 60(b) does not require a national bank to carry forward negative amounts that
result from dividend in excess of a current earnings. (12/22/97) |
Corporate Decisions
| Letter No. | Topic |
|---|
| 98-01
| Final authorization for Mission Community Bank, N.A., San Luis Obispo, California,
to open for business and establish two community development corporations; (Control
Number 96WE01007), (12/17/97).
| | 98-02
| Authorization for the first national community development bank to open for
business, Neighborhood National Bank, San Diego, California; (Control Number
94WE01004), (09/18/97).
| | 98-03
| Application from First National Bank of West Point, West Point, Georgia, to purchase
certain of the assets and assume certain of the liabilities of First State Bank of
Uniontown, Uniontown, Alabama; (Control Number 97SE020047), (10/24/97).
| | 98-04
| Application by Mr. Stewart J. Armstrong to charter a national bank with the title
"CrediCard National Bank," San Antonio, Texas; (Control Number 97SW010007), (11/21/97). |
Approvals with conditions enforceable under 12 U.S.C. 1818
| Letter No. | Topic |
|---|
| 266
| Application by United Credit Card, Inc. to charter a national CEBA credit card bank
with the title "United Credit Card Bank, National Association," Baton Rouge,
Louisiana. (Control Number 96SW010014), 11/03/97
| | 267
| Application by Zions First National Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah, to establish an
operating subsidiary that will act as a certification authority and repository for
certificates used to verify digital signatures. (Control Number 97WO080006), 01/12/98 |
Final Enforcement Actions
No enforcement actions were available at press time. Due to the lateness of December's issue,
enforcement actions that would have been published in January were published in the
December issue along with those that were available in December.
COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT (CRA) Performance Evaluations
Enclosed is a list of CRA performance evaluations that became public during the period of
December 15 through January 14.
INTERPRETATIONS AND ACTIONS is published monthly by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Subscriptions are available at
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Suggestions, comments or questions may be sent to Jacqueline J. England, Communications Division, Comptroller of the Currency,
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