Mergers & Acquisitions, Applications & Memberships
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Regulations
Primary regulations for M&A:
- 12 CFR 208 – Membership of State Banking Institutions in the Federal Reserve System (Regulation H)
- 12 CFR 211 – International Banking Operations (Regulation K)
- 12 CFR 212 – Management Official Interlocks (Regulation L)
- 12 CFR 223 – Transactions between Member Banks and Their Affiliates (Regulation W)
- 12 CFR 225 – Bank Holding Companies and Change in Bank Control (Regulation Y)
- 12 CFR 238 – Savings and Loan Holding Companies (Regulation LL)
- 12 CFR 239 – Mutual Holding Companies (Regulation MM)
- Regulations – All regulations - Banks and Banking, Federal Reserve System
Guidance
- Becoming a member bank of the Federal Reserve System: Questions & answers
- Filing other applications by member banks and bank holding companies
- Comments on mergers and acquisitions
- Information on public meetings
Resources
- Electronic applications (FedEZFile™)
- FedEZFile Fluent™
- Mergers and acquisitions forms
- Newspaper publication sample formats
- Eleventh District banking markets, determinations, and contacts
- Eleventh District geographic banking market designations
- CASSIDI–banking market tool
- H.2 release–Actions of the Board and its staff and the Federal Reserve banks; mergers and acquisitions and reports received
- H.2A mergers and acquisitions received - Notice of formations and mergers of, and acquisitions by, bank holding companies; changes in control (Filings subject to public comment)