Notice2026-05415
Notice of Proposals To Engage in or To Acquire Companies Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities
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March 19, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 53 (Thursday, March 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 13308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05415]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Notice of Proposals To Engage in or To Acquire Companies Engaged
in Permissible Nonbanking Activities
The companies listed in this notice have given notice under section
4 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1843) (BHC Act) and
Regulation Y, (12 CFR part 225) to engage de novo, or to acquire or
control voting securities or assets of a company, including the
companies listed below, that engages either directly or through a
subsidiary or other company, in a nonbanking activity that is listed in
Sec. 225.28 of Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has
determined by Order to be closely related to banking and permissible
for bank holding companies. Unless otherwise noted, these activities
will be conducted throughout the United States.
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 question
whether the proposal complies with the standards of section 4 of the
BHC Act.
Comments received are subject to public disclosure. In general,
comments received will be made available without change and will not be
modified to remove personal or business information including
confidential, contact, or other identifying information. Comments
should not include any information such as confidential information
that would not be appropriate for public disclosure.
Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding the applications must be
received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of
Governors, Benjamin W. McDonough, Secretary of the Board, 20th Street
and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20551-0001, not later than
April 20, 2026.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (William Spaniel, Senior
Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-
1521. Comments can also be sent electronically to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c083afadada5aeb4b3eea1b0b0aca9a3a1b4a9afaeb380b0a8a9aceea6b2a2eeafb2a7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a496567676f647e79246b7a7a6663696b7e636564794a7a626366246c78682465786d">[email protected]</span></a>:
1. Columbia Financial, Inc., Fair Lawn, New Jersey; to acquire
Northfield Bancorp, Inc., Woodbridge, New Jersey, and thereby
indirectly acquire Northfield Bank, Staten Island, New York, and
thereby engage in operating a savings association pursuant to section
225.28(b)(4)(ii) of the Board's Regulation Y.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2026-05415 Filed 3-18-26; 8:45 am]
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