Corporate Applications:
September 1996
Vol. 9, No. 9
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. Copies of documents not available electronically should be requested by
email or by postal mail from the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, Attn: Communications, Washington, D.C. 20219.
Please 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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| 737
| Huntington National Bank's acquisition of minority interest in a limited liability
company providing stored value systems. (08/19/96)
| | 738
| National bank's participation in a guaranty issued by an agent for a syndication of
lenders with respect to their borrower's letter of credit reimbursement obligations to
another bank or financial institution is permissible under I.R. 7.1016. (08/14/96)
| | 739
| Letter authorizes bank to engage in their proposed insurance activities, to the extent
permissible under 12 U.S.C. 92. (08/15/96)
| | 740
| Letter advises the Bank as follows: 1) The question of whether "salary" as used in
12 C.F.R. 2.4 includes an officer's base salary, bonuses, director's fees and/or any
other compensation paid by the Bank must be determined by the Bank's
management; 2) the question of whether the payment bonuses for credit life sales
under 12 C.F.R. 2.4 is based on salary received by the recipient in a calendar year,
a fiscal year, or any 12-month period must be determined by the Bank's
management; and 3) pursuant to 12 C.F.R. 2.4, if the Bank's CEO is a loan officer
and the CEO participates in the bonus plan under which payments based on credit
life insurance sales are made, the CEO must be included in averaging the salaries of
loan officers that participate in the Bank's bonus or incentive plan. (08/19/96)
| | 741
| National bank may acquire majority interest in company which operates call center
facility which operates programs by which potential customers for new or used
automobiles may access databases containing information on the used and new car
inventories of numerous automobile dealerships in its metropolitan area. (08/19/96)
| | 742
| Letter to Apollo Trust Company confirming that a national bank subsidiary may
provide home banking services via a direct and Internet connection to the bank's
home banking system and, incidental to that service, may also provide Internet
access to customers and non-bank customers in the bank's service area. (08/19/96) |
Corporate Decisions
| Letter No. | Topic |
|---|
| 96-46
| Applications to merge Mellon Bank (MD), Rockville, Maryland, and Mellon PSFS
(NJ), N.A., Voorhees Township, New Jersey, with and into Mellon Bank, N.A.,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; (Control Numbers 96NE020009 & 96NE020007), (08/20/96).
| | 96-47
| Application to merge PNC Bank, National Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
with Midlantic Bank, National Association, Newark, New Jersey, under the charter
of the latter and with the title PNC Bank, National Association; (Control Number
96NE020022), (08/20/96).
| | 96-48
| Applications of Union Planters Bank, N.A., West Memphis, Arkansas, to change
the location of its main office to Memphis, Tennessee and establish a new branch at
the former location of its main office and then merge with and into Union Planters
National Bank, Memphis, Tennessee; (Control Numbers 96SE070020, 96SE050010, &
96SE020030), (08/28/96).
| | 96-49
| Application to merge Wells Fargo Bank of Arizona, N.A., Phoenix, Arizona, with
and into Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, California; (Control Number
96ML020017), (08/31/96). |
Approvals with conditions enforceable under 12 U.S.C. 1818
| Letter No. | Topic |
|---|
|
213
| Letter of intent and applications of AMCORE Trust Company, Rockford, Illinois,
to convert to a national trust bank, acquire two operating subsidiaries, and reduce its
equity capital by $1,500,000 at the time of conversion. (Control Numbers 96CE01031 &
96CE12203), 08/21/96
| | 214
| Application to establish a new national bank, limited to trust powers, with the title
of Boston EquiServe Trust Company, National Association. (Control Number
96NE010013), 08/26/96 |
Final Enforcement Actions
Enclosed is a copy of the OCC's news release number 96-101, announcing the availability of
enforcement actions. Copies of the final actions are available by writing to the
Communications Division, OCC, 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
July 15 through August 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,
Washington, DC 20219.
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