WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has issued a rule called: Business Combinations Under the Bank Merger Act; Rescission.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on May 15 by Stuart E. Feldstein, Acting Principal Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Summary: The OCC is adopting an interim final rule to restore the streamlined application and expedited review to its procedures for reviewing applications under the Bank Merger Act and rescinding a policy statement that summarized the OCC's review of proposed bank merger transactions under the Bank Merger Act.

For more information, contact Valerie Song, Assistant Director, Christopher Crawford, Special Counsel, Elizabeth Small, ...