Notice2026-19195
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
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Published
September 18, 2026
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Federal Reserve System
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 180 (Friday, September 18, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 59134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19195]
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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)).
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
October 19, 2026.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Prabal Chakrabarti, Executive
Vice President) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2204.
Comments can also be sent electronically to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#01434e522f5253422f4071716d68626075686e6f722f426e6c6c646f757241636e722f6773632f6e7366"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="01434e522f5253422f4071716d68626075686e6f722f426e6c6c646f757241636e722f6773632f6e7366">[email protected]</span></a>:
1. Hometown Financial Group, Inc., Easthampton, Massachusetts
(``Applicant''); a newly-formed Maryland corporation, to become a bank
holding company by acquiring TruNorth Bank, Easthampton, Massachusetts
(``Bank''), in connection with the conversion of Hometown Financial
Group, MHC (the ``MHC''), Easthampton, Massachusetts, from mutual form
to stock form (the ``Conversion''). As part of the Conversion, the MHC
would merge with its subsidiary, Hometown Financial Group, Inc., a
Massachusetts corporation and the mid-tier holding company of Bank. As
a result of the Conversion, the Applicant would become the stock
holding company of Bank and the MHC and Hometown Financial Group, Inc.
would both cease to exist. In addition, Bank to acquire Primary Bank,
Bedford, New Hampshire.
B. 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#f4b9b5b499849887da928696da9b8693"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d5989495b8a5b9a6fbb3a7b7fbbaa7b2">[email protected]</span></a>:
1. Bank Forward Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Fargo,
North Dakota; to acquire additional voting shares, up to 45.15 percent,
of Security State Bank Holding Company, and thereby indirectly acquire
additional voting shares of Bank Forward, both of Fargo, North Dakota.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2026-19195 Filed 9-17-26; 8:45 am]
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