Corporate Applications:
December 1998
Vol. 11, No. 12
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 |
846
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Letter concludes that disbursal of loan proceeds by escrow agent affiliate of
lender at nonbranch office of the lender does not cause that office to be
considered a branch. 06/29/98
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847
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A national bank may acquire a parcel of vacant real estate and lease such
property to a school district pursuant to 12 CFR 7.1000(d), where the school
district intends to construct a public school facility on the property.
10/28/98
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848
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Bank executive retirement plan may provide for installment payments to
executive's beneficiary in event of executive's death, and bank may use life
insurance to fund this obligation. 11/23/98
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849
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Letter opines that certain "Funds Transfer Agent Agreements" (FTAAs) would
receive consideration as qualified investments during a during a bank's CRA
evaluation as long as the FTAAs promote economic development by providing
financial services that enable small-business marketers to grow, thus
necessitating, for example, the hiring of additional employees, including low-
and moderate-income individuals. (11/25/98) |
Corporate Decisions
Letter No. | Topic |
98-49
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Application by First National Bank of Clovis, Clovis, New Mexico, to elect the
corporate governance provisions of New Mexico law and complete a reverse stock
split in accordance with those provisions. (Control Number 98WE12169), 11/02/98
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98-50
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Application to merge NationsBank of Tennessee, N.A., Nashville, Tennessee, into
and under the charter and title of NationsBank, N.A., Charlotte, North
Carolina. (Control Number 98ML020022), 11/04/98
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98-51
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Application by Community National Bank, Hudson, Massachusetts, to establish an
operating subsidiary to provide employee benefit and compensation advice, and
some incidental human resources consulting and career counseling, to small
business customers. (Control Number 98NE080031), 11/30/98 |
Approvals with conditions enforceable under 12 U.S.C. 1818
Letter No. | Topic |
292
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Application by State Stores, Inc. to charter a national CEBA credit card bank
with the title of "Granite National Bank," Bowling Green, Ohio. (Control Number
98CE010032 and 98CE120037), 03/20/98
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293
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Application by Mount Prospect National Bank, Mount Prospect, Illinois, to
establish an operating subsidiary to make a noncontrolling investment in
Northwest Suburban Mortgage, L.L.C. (Control Number 98CE080031), 11/24/98
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294
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Application by Belk Inc. to charter a national CEBA credit card bank with the
title "Belk National Bank," Norcross, Georgia. (Control Number 98SE010022),
11/25/98 |
Final Enforcement Actions
Enclosed is a copy of the OCC's news release number
98-124
, announcing the availability of enforcement actions. Copies of the final
actions are available by writing to the OCC, Public
Reference Room, Mailstop 1-5, Washington, D.C. 20219. When ordering, specify
the appropriate enforcement action number.
COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT (CRA) Performance Evaluations
Enclosed is a list of CRA performance evaluations that became public during the
period of November 15 through December 14
.
INTERPRETATIONS AND ACTIONS is published monthly by the Office of the
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sent to Jacqueline J. England, Communications Division, Comptroller of the
Currency, Washington, DC 20219.
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