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

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 26, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55096-55097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-17412]


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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 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.
    Comments regarding each of these 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 
September 25, 2026.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Mark Nagle, Assistant Vice 
President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291. 
Comments can also be sent electronically to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#135e52537e637f603d7561713d7c6174"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c717d7c514c504f125a4e5e12534e5b">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>:
    1. Versa Bancorp, Minneapolis, Minnesota; to become a bank holding 
company by acquiring VersaHoldings US Corp, London, Ontario, Canada 
(``VersaHoldings''), and thereby indirectly acquiring VersaBank USA

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National Association, Holdingford, Minnesota (``VersaBank USA'').
    In addition, Versa Bancorp, through the acquisition of VersaFinance 
US Corp., London, Ontario, Canada, to engage in extending credit and 
servicing loans and data processing pursuant to sections 225.28(b)(1) 
and 225.28(b)(14) of the Board's Regulation Y, respectively.
    In addition, GBH Inc., Breslau, Ontario, Canada; to acquire 24.34 
percent of the voting shares of Versa Bancorp, and thereby indirectly 
retain voting shares of VersaHoldings and VersaBank USA.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2026-17412 Filed 8-25-26; 8:45 am]
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