Department of Financial Services, FSC - Financial Institution Regulation

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
FSC - Financial Institution Regulation

APPLICATIONS

Notice is hereby given that the Office of Financial Regulation, Division of Financial Institutions, has received the following applications. Comments may be submitted to the Director, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0371, for inclusion in the official record without requesting a hearing. However, pursuant to provisions specified in Chapter 69U-105, Florida Administrative Code, any person may request a public hearing by filing a petition with the Clerk, Legal Services Office, Office of Financial Regulation, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0379. The Petition must be received by the Clerk within twenty-one (21) days of publication of this notice (by 5:00 p.m., March 16, 2007):

APPLICATION FOR A NEW FINANCIAL INSTITUTION

Applicant and Proposed Location: Florida Shores Bank – Southwest, 500 N. US Highway 41 Bypass, Venice, Sarasota, Florida 34285

Correspondent: John P. Greeley, Esquire, 255 South Orange Avenue, Suite 800, Orlando, Florida 32801

Received: February 9, 2007

APPLICATION TO MERGE

Constituent Institutions: PBC Credit Union, West Palm Beach, Florida and Rinker Materials Credit Union, West Palm Beach, Florida

Resulting Institution: PBC Credit Union

Received: February 8, 2007

APPLICATION TO ACQUIRE CONTROL

Financial Institution to be Acquired: BankFIRST (BankFIRST Bancorp, Inc.), Winter Park, Florida

Proposed Purchaser: Castle Creek Capital Partners III, L.P., Castle Creek Capital III, LLC, Eggemeyer Capital LLC, Ruh Capital LLC, Legions IV Advisory Corp., John M. Eggemeyer, III, William J. Ruh and Mark G. Merlo

Received: February 8, 2007

EXPANDED FIELD OF MEMBERSHIP

Notice is hereby given that the Office of Financial Regulation, Division of Financial Institutions, has received a request by

a credit union to expand its field of membership. Specific information regarding the expansion can be found at: http://www.fldfs.com/ofr/banking/cufm.asp.

Name and Address of Applicant: Miami Postal Service Credit Union, 2190 N.W. 72 Avenue, Miami, Florida 33122-1824

Expansion Includes: 2 Select Employee Groups

Received: February 7, 2007

Name and Address of Applicant: Fairwinds Credit Union, 3087 North Alafaya Trail, Orlando, Florida 33826

Expansion Includes: Geographic area and association group

Received: February 8, 2007