NYSBD Weekly Bulletin 3/14/08

Weekly Bulletin
March 14, 2008

SECTION I

This section records the receipt of applications and notices to the Banking Department. Applications and notices received by the Foreign and Wholesale Banks, Community and Regional Banks and Licensed Financial Services Divisions are listed in order of date of receipt; applications and notices received by the Mortgage Banking Division are listed at the end of Section I by type of application or notice. THE WEEKLY BULLETIN CONSTITUTES THE ONLY WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF THESE SUBMISSIONS THAT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE BANKING DEPARTMENT. Any comment on, or objection to, any item contained in this Weekly Bulletin should be presented to the Banking Department within 10 calendar days of the date of this bulletin, unless a different time period is specified in the item. More specifically, such comments or objections, including any that concern CRA-related applications, should be either (a) delivered by mail or in person to The Secretary of the New York State Banking Board, One State Street, New York, New York 10004-1417 before the stated deadline or (b) transmitted by e-mail to BBSecretary@banking.state.ny.us. To view only those current and pending Section I applications and notices which are CRA-related, please click here.

SECTION II

This section records actions taken by the Superintendent of Banks and/or the Banking Board, and other information concerning the activities of the Banking Department. Actions relating to institutions supervised by the Foreign and Wholesale Banks, Community and Regional Banks and Licensed Financial Services Divisions are listed in order of date of action; actions relating to institutions supervised by the Mortgage Banking Division are listed at the end of Section II by type of action taken.

SECTION III

This section provides notification of the filing by federally-chartered institutions of applications for new branches to be located in New York received from Mr. Toney Bland, Deputy Comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 340 Madison Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10017 and Mr. Brian Steffey, Office of Thrift Supervision, Harborside Financial Center Plaza Five, Suite 1600, Jersey City, NJ 07311. Any comment or objection in relation to any application in Section III should be communicated immediately to the supervisor of the institution involved, with a copy furnished to this office. This section is provided as a courtesy to New York State-regulated banking institutions; additional information relating to federally-chartered institutions is available in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s Weekly Bulletin or its Web site: http://www.occ.treas.govand via the Office of Thrift Supervision’s Web site at: http://www.ots.treas.gov.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Each item in the Weekly Bulletin is identified by a two-letter code indicating the type of institution and a three-letter code indicating the Banking Department Division which has supervisory responsibility for the institution. The following is a list of the codes and their meanings:

Institution Codes
BK = Bank TR = Trust Company PB = Private Banker SD = Safe Deposit Company HC = Holding Company SB = Savings Bank MK = Merchant Bank SL = Savings and Loan Association CU = Credit Union IC = Investment Company FA = Foreign Agency	FB = Foreign Branch FR = Foreign Representative Office PR = Premium Finance Agency SF = Sales Finance Agency LL = Licensed Lender TM = Transmitter of Money BP = Budget Planner CC = Check Casher MB = Mortgage Banker BR = Mortgage Broker MS = Miscellaneous

Division Codes

FWB = Foreign and Wholesale Banks Division
CRB = Community and Regional Banks Division
LFS = Licensed Financial Services Division
MBD = Mortgage Banking Division
CSD = Consumer Services Division

March 11, 2008
SPECIAL BULLETIN ALERT
We have been informed that two websites:

commerzebankschweiz.com, and commerzebankschweiz-de.com

using very similar names as the German bank Commerzbank are holding themselves out to be Commerzbank (Schweiz) AG, a Swiss subsidiary of Commerzbank. These websites are not connected to either Commerzbank, nor its subsidiary Commerzbank (Schweiz) and any transactions with them should be viewed with extreme caution. Any information on this matter should be brought to the attention of:

Mr. Ashley Cole
Assistant VP
Commerzbank, New York Branch
2 World Financial Center
New York, NY 10281
212 266-7543

Mr. John Dinin
New York State Banking Dept.
Criminal Investigations Bureau
One State Street Plaza
New York, NY 10004
212 709-3540

SECTION I

March 7, 2008 (CC- LFS)
QUEENS CHECK CASHING CORP.
170-15 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432

An application was received for a license to engage in business as a licensed casher of checks at 182-09 Jamaica Avenue, Hollis, NY 11423.

The publication of receipt of the application does not indicate that the application is deemed complete. The application is deemed complete and filed when all required and requested information has been provided to the Department by the applicant.

Any public response is to be given within ten business days.

March 7, 2008 (MS-CRB)
NARA BANK
3731 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010

Application dated February 26, 2008 for permission to open and occupy a branch office at 55 Northern Boulevard (Suite 210), Great Neck, Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, NY 11021, received.

The comment period on this item will expire on March 24, 2008.

March 7, 2008 (MS-CRB)
NARA BANK
3731 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010

Application dated March 6, 2008 for permission to change the location of branch office from 78-14 Roosevelt Avenue, Jackson Heights, Borough of Queens, City of New York 11372 to 50-01 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Borough of Queens, City of New York 11377, received.

March 7, 2008 (TR-CRB)
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
One M&T Plaza, Buffalo, NY 14203

Notice of intention to close branch office at 1435 Upper Front Street, Town of Chenango, Broome County, NY 13901, received.

The comment period on this notice will expire April 14, 2008.

March 10, 2008 (FR-FWB)
AAREAL BANK AG
Paulinenstrasse 15 65189, Wiesbaden, Germany

Notice to voluntarily surrender representative office license at 250 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10177, received.

March 10, 2008 (SF-LFS)
AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE CORPORATION
20800 Madrona Avenue, Torrance, California 90503

Applications received for additional licenses to engage in business as a sales finance company at the following locations:

1220 Old Alpharetta Road, Suite 350, Alpharetta City, Georgia 30005
600 Kelly Way, Holyoke, Massachusetts 01040

The publication of receipt of these applications do not indicate that the applications are deemed complete. An application is deemed complete and filed when all required and requested information has been provided to the Department by the applicant.

March 10, 2008 (TR-CRB)
AMALGAMATED BANK
275 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001

Notice of intention to establish an electronic facility (automated teller machine) at Culinary Union Local 226, 1630 South Commerce Street, Las Vegas, Clark County, NV 89102, received.

The comment period on this notice will expire April 14, 2008.

March 11, 2008 (LL-LFS)
TNI FINANCES, INC.
3 Grace Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11021

Application for a license to engage in business as a licensed lender company was received.

The publication of receipt of this application does not indicate that the application is deemed complete. An application is deemed complete and filed when all required and requested information has been provided to the Department by the applicant.

March 12, 2008 (BK-CRB)
REDWOOD BANK
1000 Coffeen Street, Watertown, NY 13601

Application for the Superintendent’s approval of the “Restated Organization Certificate of Redwood Bank under Banking Law Section 8007,” providing, among other things, for a change of name to “WSB Municipal Bank” and a reduction in powers, received.

March 14, 2008 (TR-FWB)
WINTHROP TRUST COMPANY
11 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010

Notice, pursuant to Section 605.4 of the Banking Law, of the intention to voluntarily liquidate Winthrop Trust Company, received.

Application to engage in the business of a Mortgage Broker under Article 12-D of the New York State Banking Law received for examination:

March 10, 2008 (BR-MBD)
Applicant(s)
Adam Ryan Resseger
Charles Sydney Resseger
As: Oxford Lending Group, LLC d/b/a Oxford of New York
1 East Campus View Boulevard, Columbus, OH 43235

March 11, 2008 (BR-MBD)
Applicant(s)
Peter Ryan Reynolds
As: Capital Property Funding Corp.
1123 Beekman Road, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533

March 12, 2008 (BR-MBD)
Applicant(s)
Robert Alexander Brady, Jr.
Robert Alexander Brady, Sr.
As: Manhasset Bay Mortgage Company, LLC
31 South Bayles Avenue, Port Washington, NY 11050 3708

Application to engage in the business of a Mortgage Broker under Article 12-D of the New York State Banking Law received for examination amended to read as follows:

March 10, 2008 (BR-MBD)
From: Applicant(s)
Edward J. Savarese, Jr.
As: E-Z Home Funding, LLC
1249A Melville Road, Farmingdale, NY 11735

To: E-Z Home Funding, LLC
1 George Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11206

Application to establish a Mortgage Broker's Branch received for examination:

March 10, 2008 (BR-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Allstate Home Equities Corp.
49 West Sunrise Highway, Lower Level, Freeport, NY 11520

Application to establish a Mortgage Banker's Branch received for examination:

March 10, 2008 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Meridian Residential Capital LLC D/B/A First Meridian Mortgage
Additional DBA(S): Trump Financial
550 W. Old Country Road, Suite 100, Hicksville, NY 11801

Applications received for authorization as a Mortgage Loan Originator under Article 12-E of the New York State Banking Law. Each Individual listed may engage in mortgage loan origination activities on a temporary basis until such time as the Superintendent approves or denies his/her application or the application is withdrawn.

January 14 2008	David John Cogliano	Islip	NY
January 23 2008	Tempest Ogg Reres	Levittown	NY
February 01 2008	Elisa Zitoli	Babylon	NY
February 06 2008	Joan P Schuh	Tonawanda	NY
February 06 2008	Donna Marie Basile	Hamburg	NY
February 11 2008	Sondra Hope Wagner	New York	NY
February 19 2008	Mijung Lee	Fair Lawn	NJ
February 19 2008	Denise A Nolan	Jericho	NY
February 19 2008	Kelly Ann Craig	Setauket	NY
February 19 2008	Edward James Nash Jr.	Manlius	NY
February 19 2008	Alexander Q Do	Leonia	NJ
February 20 2008	Scott A Schrager	Hewlett	NY
February 20 2008	Louis J Bottari	Winchester	MA
February 20 2008	Audia Anntoinett Roberts	Freeport	NY
February 21 2008	Lin Shen	Forest Hills	NY
February 25 2008	Barbera Ellen Herrera	Germantown	NY
February 25 2008	Lawrence Alan Tesch	Dix Hills	NY
February 25 2008	Sohail Rahim	Riverhead	NY
February 25 2008	Maria Luisa Masliah	East Hampton	NY
February 25 2008	Gyll L Sbrocchi	Melville	NY
February 25 2008	Thomas Christensen	White Plains	NY
February 25 2008	David Nicholas Ianniello	Katonah	NY
February 26 2008	Katherine Grace Collins	East Northport	NY
February 26 2008	Henry J Paul	Larchmont	NY
February 26 2008	Kim Maria Ramlochan	Manhasset Hills	NY
February 26 2008	Daniel Joseph Luffman	Merrick	NY
February 26 2008	Felix Alberto Cuebas	Brentwood	NY
February 26 2008	Eric Anthony Martini	Deer Park	NY
February 27 2008	David Eduardo Ruiz	Central Islip	NY
February 27 2008	Deborah J O'Uhuru	Bronx	NY
February 27 2008	Daniel Robert Romagnolo Jr.	East Meadow	NY
February 27 2008	Salomon Frid	Lakewood	NJ
March 06 2008	Beisi Gu	Rego Park	NY
March 06 2008	Georgie Cascio	Staten Island	NY
March 06 2008	Richard Luca Desimone Jr.	Eastchester	NY
March 10 2008	Marc H Oringer	Brooklyn	NY
March 10 2008	Aaron Anthony Curtis	Oyster Bay	NY
March 10 2008	Sonal Nangia	Hicksville	NY
March 10 2008	Matthew Thomas Digiovanna	Mastic	NY
March 10 2008	Benjamin William Lazo	Franklin Square	NY
March 10 2008	Richard Christopher Mensah	Laurelton	NY
March 10 2008	Marty Marrero	Floral Park	NY
March 10 2008	Matthew Scott Kissin	Merrick	NY
March 10 2008	Kenneth Robert Laudante	Sinai	NY
March 10 2008	William Andrew Mansi	Holbrook	NY
March 10 2008	Dominic Esposito	East Northport	NY
March 10 2008	Michael Scott Chiffone	Smithtown	NY
March 10 2008	Claude Gaston Romualdo Barcos	Mineola	NY
March 11 2008	Lorraine Sue Angelo	Saratoga Springs	NY
March 11 2008	Loc Trinh	Rego Park	NY
March 11 2008	Antonio Paul Ciccullo	East Rockaway	NY
March 11 2008	Steve Hagop Merinian	Elmont	NY
March 11 2008	Noah Zach Brown	Hampton Bays	NY
March 11 2008	Shannon Beyer	Sag Harbor	NY
March 11 2008	Ann Connor	West Babylon	NY
March 11 2008	Kimberly E Fitzgerald	Manorville	NY
March 11 2008	Donald Barry Grotsky	Plainview	NY
March 11 2008	James Leroy Bronson	Wallkill	NY
March 11 2008	Maria E Hernandez	Hicksville	NY
March 11 2008	Victor George Colasacco	Oceanside	NY
March 11 2008	Barbara Kogan	Commack	NY
March 11 2008	Hsing Jao Jao	New York	NY
March 11 2008	Sean Raymond Earley	Westbury	NY
March 12 2008	Ronald Anthony Contrelli	Miller Place	NY
March 12 2008	Thomas Jordan	Centereach	NY
March 12 2008	William Henry Johnson	Wading River	NY
March 12 2008	David A Godlstein	Bethlehem	PA
March 12 2008	Matthew Vincent Brass	Eastpatchogue	NY
March 12 2008	Yuanwei Gao	College Point	NY
March 12 2008	Adetokunbo Olanrewatu Olushoga	Lebanon	PA
March 12 2008	Rondell Garcia	Ronkonkoma	NY
March 12 2008	Leonard Dale Weiss	North Merrick	NY
March 12 2008	Mathew Carl Klein	West Islip	NY
March 12 2008	Ricardo Caicedo	East Meadow	NY
March 12 2008	Justin Alan Lippiner	New York	NY
March 12 2008	Charles Joseph Porter Jr.	Bronx	NY
March 12 2008	Louis John Lofano	Massapequa Park	NY
March 12 2008	Carol Irene Zeifman	Melville	NY
March 12 2008	Matthew Sean' Jackson	Valley Stream	NY
March 13 2008	Luciano Junior Bongiovi	Glendale	NY
March 13 2008	Anne Marie Esposito	Babylon	NY
March 13 2008	Robert Craig Fidelman	Dix Hills	NY

SECTION II

February 7, 2008 (IC-FWB)
AMERICAN EXPRESS BANKING CORPORATION
200 Vesey Street, New York NY 10285

Application, pursuant to Section 508(3)(b) of the Banking Law, to engage in the business of receiving deposits outside the State of New York, approved by the Banking Board.