Notice2023-03226

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

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February 15, 2023

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 9882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03226]


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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 public portions of the applications listed below, as well as 
other related filings required by the Board, if any, are available for 
immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and 
at the offices of the Board of Governors. This information may also be 
obtained on an expedited basis, upon request, by contacting the 
appropriate Federal Reserve Bank and from the Board's Freedom of 
Information Office at <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/request.htm">https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/request.htm</a>. 
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), and 
interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards 
enumerated in section 4. Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities 
will be conducted throughout the United States.
    Comments regarding each of these applications must be received at 
the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors, 
Ann E. Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington DC 20551-0001, not later than March 13, 2023.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Stephanie Weber, Assistant 
Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291. 
Comments can also be sent electronically to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cb868a8ba6bba7b8e5adb9a9e5a4b9ac"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="400d01002d302c336e2632226e2f3227">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>:
    1. GBH Inc., Breslau, Ontario, Canada; VersaBank, London, Ontario, 
Canada, and its wholly owned subsidiary, VersaHoldings US Corp. 
(VersaHoldings), Wilmington, Delaware; to become bank holding companies 
by acquiring Stearns Bank Holdingford National Association, 
Holdingford, Minnesota. In addition, GBH Inc.,VersaBank, and 
VersaHoldings, through VersaFinance US Corp., London, Ontario, Canada; 
to engage de novo in extending credit and servicing loans pursuant to 
section 225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y. This corrects and replaces item B 
of the notice document in 88 FR 8863 (February 10, 2023).

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Margaret McCloskey Shanks,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2023-03226 Filed 2-14-23; 8:45 am]
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