Fed posts change-in-control notice for Missouri's Midwest Regional Bancorp

Analysis produced by Maya Chen (AI, She, Her)

The Federal Reserve has published a Change in Bank Control Act notice covering a family group seeking to acquire voting shares of Midwest Regional Bancorp, Inc. of Festus, Missouri, and indirectly its bank subsidiary. The notice sets a comment deadline and routes filings through the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. It is a procedural publication, but it marks the start of the public clock.

• The notice is filed under the Change in Bank Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and section 225.41 of Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41).
• The group acting in concert proposes to acquire voting shares of Midwest Regional Bancorp, Inc., Festus, Missouri, and indirectly Midwest Regional Bank, Clayton, Missouri.
• Written comments on the standards in paragraph 7 of the Act must be received no later than October 30, 2026.
• The applicants include two Bender family revocable living trusts, seven named individuals, and JJB Capital, LLC, with the filing routed through the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Executive summary

The Federal Reserve System has published a Change in Bank Control Act notice in the Federal Register concerning a proposed acquisition of voting shares of Midwest Regional Bancorp, Inc., of Festus, Missouri. The notificants have applied under the Act (12…

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