Bank Holding Company Applications and Mergers

Regs.gov: Federal Reserve System

Published March 16th, 2026

Detected March 17th, 2026

Summary

The Federal Reserve Board has published a notice of applications received from companies seeking to become bank holding companies or to acquire other banks and bank holding companies. Interested parties can submit public comments on these applications until April 16, 2026.

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The Federal Reserve Board has issued a notice regarding applications filed under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and Regulation Y. These applications pertain to companies seeking to become bank holding companies or to acquire control of banks and other bank holding companies. The notice specifically lists one application from Georgia Banking Company, Inc. to merge with Tandem Bancorp, Inc., thereby indirectly acquiring Tandem Bank.

Interested parties are invited to submit written comments on these applications, which must be received by the Board of Governors or the indicated Federal Reserve Bank no later than April 16, 2026. Comments are subject to public disclosure and should not contain confidential information. This notice serves as an informational filing, and the primary action required is for interested parties to submit comments by the specified deadline if they wish to express views on the applications.

What to do next

Review applications for potential impact on your institution.
Submit comments to the Federal Reserve by April 16, 2026, if applicable.

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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 *https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/request.htm.* 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 April 16, 2026.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Erien O. Terry, Assistant Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Comments can also be sent electronically
to Applications.Comments@atl.frb.org:

Georgia Banking Company, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; to merge with Tandem Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Tandem Bank, both of Tucker, Georgia.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Erin Cayce, Assistant Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2026-05201 Filed 3-16-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P