NYSBD Weekly Bulletin 3/21/08

Weekly Bulletin
March 21, 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

SECTION I

March 10, 2008 (FB-FWB)
BANCA DI ROMA, S.P.A.
Viale Umberto Tupini 180, 00144, Rome, Italy

Application, pursuant to Section 203.2 of the Banking Law, to change the corporate name of Banca di Roma, S.p.A. to UniCredit Banca di Roma, S.p.A., received.

March 14, 2008 (SB-CRB)
PIONEER SAVINGS BANK
21 Second Street, Troy, NY 12180

Application dated March 12, 2008 for permission to change the location of branch office from Latham Circle Mall, 800 Loudon Road, Latham, Town of Colonie, Albany County, NY 12110 to 531 Troy Schenectady Road, Latham, Town of Colonie, Albany County, NY 12110, received.

March 14, 2008 (BK-CRB)
BANK LEUMI USA
579 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10017

Notice of intention to close branch office at 48 South Service Road (Suite 200), Melville, Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, NY 11747, received.

The comment period on this notice will expire April 21, 2008.

March 17, 2008 (TR-CRB)
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
One M&T Plaza, Buffalo, NY 14203

Application dated March 13, 2008 for permission to change the location of branch office from 41 West 42nd Street, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York 10036 to 11 West 42nd Street, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York 10036, received.

March 18, 2008 (MS-CRB)
NARA BANK
3731 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010

Bulletin item dated March 7, 2008, which appeared in the Weekly Bulletin dated March 14, 2008, advising of the receipt of an application 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, is amended to read as follows:

Application dated March 14, 2008 for permission to open and occupy a branch office at 485-495 Great Neck Road, Great Neck, Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, NY 11021, received.

The comment period on this notice will expire on March 31, 2008.

March 19, 2008 (CC-LFS)
ACTION CHECK CASHING CORP.
81-36 Baxter Avenue, Elmhurst, NY 11373-1382

An application was received for a license to engage in business as a licensed casher of checks at 2430 Creston Avenue, Bronx, NY 10468 in connection with the purchase of assets of In Check Financial Services Corp.

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.