Weekly Bulletin
August 10 , 2012
SECTION I
This section records the receipt of applications and notices to the Banking Division of the Department of Financial Services. Applications and notices received by Foreign and Wholesale Banks, Community and Regional Banks and Licensed Financial Services are listed in order of date of receipt; applications and notices received by Mortgage Banking 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 DEPARTMENT.
Any comment on, or objection to, any item contained in this Weekly Bulletin should be presented to the 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 Office of the General Counsel, New York State Department of Financial Services, One State Street, New York, New York 10004-1417 before the stated deadline or (b) transmitted by e-mail to Comments@dfs.ny.gov.This Weekly Bulletin may also be viewed online at the Department’s Web site at: http://www.dfs.ny.gov
SECTION II
Section II records actions taken by the Superintendent of Financial Services, and other information concerning the activities of the Banking Division of the Department of Financial Services. Actions relating to institutions supervised by Foreign and Wholesale Banks, Community and Regional Banks and Licensed Financial Services are listed in order of date of action; actions relating to institutions supervised by Mortgage Banking are listed at the end of Section II by type of action taken.
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 unit of the Department which has supervisory responsibility for the institution. The following is a list of the codes and their meanings:
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REGULATORY UNIT CODES
CRB |
Community and Regional Banks |
CSD |
Consumer Services |
FWB |
Foreign and Wholesale Banks |
LFS |
Licensed Financial Services |
MBD |
Mortgage Banking |
SECTION l
August 3, 2012 (BK-CRB)
CHECKSPRING BANK
69 East 167th Street, Bronx NY 10452
Application for the Superintendent’s approval of the “Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Checkspring Bank under Section 8005 of the Banking Law,” providing for the change of name of the bank to “Spring Bank,” received.
August 8, 2012 (FR-FWB)
NONGHYUP BANK
#120, Tongil-Ro, Jung-Gu, Seoul, 100-707 Korea
Application, pursuant to Section 201 of the Banking Law, to establish and maintain a branch in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, received.
August 8, 2012 (FR-FWB)
EUROHYPO AG
Helfmann-Park 5, 65760 Eschborn Germany
Application, pursuant to Section 203.2 of the Banking Law, to change the name of the branch office, located at 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 from Eurohypo AG New York to Hypothekenbank Frankfurt AG New York, received.
August 8, 2012 (SB-CRB)
EMIGRANT BANK
5 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 10017
EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK-MANHATTAN
250 W. 23rd Street, New York, New York 10011
EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK-BROOKLYN/QUEENS
1954 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11234
EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK-BRONX/WESTCHESTER
2526 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York 10458
EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK-LONG ISLAND
1000 Merchant Concourse, Westbury, New York 11590
Applications, pursuant to Section 601 of the Banking Law, for Emigrant Savings Bank-Manhattan, Emigrant Savings Bank-Brooklyn/Queens, Emigrant Savings Bank-Bronx/Westchester, Emigrant Savings Bank-Long Island, to merge with and into Emigrant Bank, under the name Emigrant Bank, received.
The comment period will expire on August 6, 2012.
Article 12-E Applications received. Individuals listed may not engage in mortgage loan origination activities prior to the approval of their application for licensing. They must also complete all required education, testing and bonding requirements by the dates set forth in Part 420 of the Superintendent’s Regulations which may be found on the Department’s website.
Date of Application |
NMLS ID |
Name of Applicant |
City & State of Residence |
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April 30, 2012 |
258440 |
John C Felice |
Oradell |
NJ |
May 1, 2012 |
67709 |
Geoffrey Bench |
Cohoes |
NY |
May 10, 2012 |
863095 |
Douglas Finley Brady |
Columbia |
MO |
May 11, 2012 |
418788 |
Scott G Larkin |
Cornwall |
NY |
May 17, 2012 |
42821 |
Muriel R Holland |
Atlanta |
GA |
May 18, 2012 |
409941 |
Dennis Roger Forte |
Mahopac |
NY |
May 23, 2012 |
186350 |
Khosrow D Ghazi |
Mastic |
NY |
May 31, 2012 |
64492 |
Jeffrey Mark Schenk |
Maple Shade |
NJ |
May 31, 2012 |
137902 |
Karuga Githu John |
Pennsville |
NJ |
May 31, 2012 |
907297 |
David Marion Tindall |
Jacksonville |
FL |
June 1, 2012 |
907292 |
David McDaniel Knox |
Jacksonville Beach |
FL |
June 4, 2012 |
418795 |
Ryan Barry Philip |
Belleville |
NJ |
June 8, 2012 |
64273 |
Mohendra Seenarine |
New Rochelle |
NY |
June 8, 2012 |
8129 |
Victoria Brower Palella |
Charlotte |
NC |
June 13, 2012 |
85420 |
Daniel DiMaina |
East Rockaway |
NY |
June 15, 2012 |
64581 |
Ryan Andrew Sawyer |
Clifton Park |
NY |
June 18, 2012 |
774887 |
Adam Patrick Connell |
Dexter |
MI |
June 20, 2012 |
928423 |
David J Dorn |
New York |
NY |
June 24, 2012 |
901943 |
Zachary Todd Bennett |
Ann Arbor |
MI |
June 25, 2012 |
345538 |
H Christopher Palmer |
Endwell |
NY |
June 26, 2012 |
339170 |
Daniel Richard Krueger |
Huntington Beach |
CA |
June 28, 2012 |
271028 |
April Marzilli |
Rocky Hill |
CT |
July 2, 2012 |
893654 |
Maria Kay Pedretti |
Jacksonville |
FL |
July 9, 2012 |
143490 |
Adrian Marbury Grove |
Irving |
TX |
July 9, 2012 |
913563 |
Zachary Ross Lederer |
West Bloomfield |
MI |
July 9, 2012 |
621901 |
Gregory James Pope |
Little Elm |
TX |
July 10, 2012 |
913702 |
Ryan John Stewart |
Clinton Township |
MI |
July 16, 2012 |
913822 |
Jon-Michael Elliot Majkut |
Elyria |
OH |
July 16, 2012 |
350168 |
Derek Cordeiro Dantas |
Glenside |
PA |
July 16, 2012 |
913871 |
Christopher George Woods |
Vermilion |
OH |
July 16, 2012 |
362472 |
Debra Lyn Hogan |
New Port Richey |
FL |
July 18, 2012 |
913802 |
Brent Robert Bartlett |
Cleveland |
OH |
July 19, 2012 |
197997 |
Jacob Nathanial Karesky |
Gilbert |
AZ |
July 19, 2012 |
913750 |
Trina Alicia Grant |
Inkster |
MI |
July 19, 2012 |
913818 |
Jeralynn Mary Labant |
Mentor |
OH |
July 19, 2012 |
847903 |
Joon Il Cho |
Scottsdale |
AZ |
July 20, 2012 |
919288 |
Jeffrey Anthony Marianetti |
Ontario |
NY |
July 20, 2012 |
922273 |
Carl James Viviano |
Roseville |
CA |
July 20, 2012 |
899351 |
Kim Leslie Stetson |
Sacramento |
CA |
July 20, 2012 |
847905 |
Liliana Maria Esquer-Yanez |
Phoenix |
AZ |
July 20, 2012 |
861726 |
Jordan Lee Schlachter |
Tempe |
AZ |
July 20, 2012 |
27440 |
Thomas Arena |
Garden City |
NY |
July 23, 2012 |
28650 |
James Hagen |
Bayshore |
NY |
July 24, 2012 |
838731 |
Sarah Danielle Elliott |
Scottsdale |
AZ |
July 24, 2012 |
847918 |
Brandon Lee Rappaport |
Phoenix |
AZ |
July 24, 2012 |
422374 |
Nathan Stephen Judd |
Tempe |
AZ |
July 25, 2012 |
813650 |
Anthony Carlton Barton |
Phoenix |
AZ |
July 25, 2012 |
86600 |
Leslie Dawn Wilson |
Hewitt |
NJ |
July 26, 2012 |
922578 |
Matthew Thomas Hinton |
Philadelphia |
PA |
July 26, 2012 |
921673 |
Matthew Louis Hvisdock |
Robbinsville |
NJ |
July 26, 2012 |
913872 |
Taysir Yamin |
Westlake |
OH |
July 26, 2012 |
162376 |
Michael Domico |
Sacramento |
CA |
July 26, 2012 |
922268 |
Shannon Marie Nava |
Placerville |
CA |
SECTION II
July 31, 2012 (CC-LFS)
NY COMMUNITY FINANCIAL, LLC D/B/A THE CHECK CASHING PLACE
560 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 07632-3119
In connection with the above license issuance, the original check casher license for the above location was surrendered.
August 2, 2012 (BK-CRB)
ALMA BANK
28-31 31st Street, Astoria, NY 11102
Authorization issued to open and occupy a branch office at 1589 Palisade Avenue, Fort Lee, Bergen County, NJ 07024, on or after August 3, 2012.
August 2, 2012 (SB-CRB)
NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
136-65 Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354
As provided in Section 28-c of the Banking Law, the Superintendent of Financial Services has found that the proposed closing of branch office in Pathmark Supermarket, 42-02 Northern Boulevard, Long Island City, Borough of Queens, City of New York 11101 will not result in a significant reduction of banking services in the community to be affected.
August 3, 2012 (MI-CRB)
EAST WEST BANK
135 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101
Authorizations granting permission to open and occupy branch offices at the following two locations, surrendered for cancellation:
- 27 East Broadway, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York 10002; and
- 131 Bowery, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York 10002.
Offices discontinued as of July 13, 2012 and July 20, 2012, respectively.
August 3, 2012 (TR-CRB)
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
One M&T Plaza, Buffalo, NY 14203
Authorization granting permission to open and occupy a branch office at 527 Maple Avenue East, Vienna, Fairfax County, VA 22180, surrendered for cancellation.
Office discontinued as of July 27, 2012.
August 3, 2012 (SB-CRB)
NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
136-65 Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354
Authorization granting permission to open and occupy a branch office in Stop & Shop Supermarket, 8101 Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury, Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, NY 11797, surrendered for cancellation.
Office discontinued as of July 27, 2012.
August 6, 2012 (SB-CRB)
ELMIRA SAVINGS BANK
333 East Water Street, Elmira, NY 14901
Authorization issued to open and occupy a branch office at 2081 Lake Road, Elmira Heights, Town of Horseheads, Chemung County, NY 14903, on or after August 7, 2012.
August 7, 2012 (MI-CRB)
CUSTOMERS BANK
99 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, PA 19460
Authorization issued to open and occupy a branch office at The Osborn Retirement Community, 101 Theall Road, Rye, Westchester County, NY 10580, on or after August 8, 2012.
August 7, 2012 (BK-CRB)
THE BERKSHIRE BANK
4 East 39th Street, New York, NY 10016
As provided in Section 28-c of the Banking Law, the Superintendent of Financial Services has found that the proposed closing of branch office at 50 South Church Street, Goshen, Orange County, NY 10924 will not result in a significant reduction of banking services in the community to be affected.
August 9, 2012 (BK-CRB)
GOTHAM BANK OF NEW YORK
1412 Broadway, New York, NY 10018
PROVIDENT INTERIM, FSB
400 Rella Boulevard, Montebello, NY 10901
Application, pursuant to Section 601 of the Banking Law, for approval of the merger of Provident Interim, FSB with and into Gotham Bank of New York, under the name Gotham Bank of New York, approved.
August 9, 2012 (MI-CRB)
PROVIDENT NEW YORK BANCORP
400 Rella Boulevard, Montebello, NY 10901
PROVIDENT BANK
400 Rella Boulevard, Montebello, NY 10901
Application, pursuant to Section 143-b of the Banking Law, to acquire control of Gotham Bank of New York, New York, NY, approved.
Certificate issued to engage in the business as a Mortgage Broker Branch under Article 12-D of the New York State Banking Law:
August 08, 2012 (BR-MBD)
Full Service Branch
American Advisors Group, Inc.
3800 West Chapman Avenue, Suite 700, Orange, CA 92868
License issued to engage in the business as a Mortgage Banker Branch under Article 12-D of the New York State Banking Law:
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Reliance First Capital, LLC
501 Holiday Drive, Building 4, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15220
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Real Estate Mortgage Network, Inc. D/B/A Menlo Park Funding
340 Trinity Place, Suite 105, Malverne, NY 11565
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Meridian Residential Capital LLC D/B/A First Meridian Mortgage
Additional DBA(S): Trump Financial
150 East 52nd Street, Suite 19003, New York, NY 10022
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Homestead Funding Corp.
935 New Loudon Road, Suite 3, Latham, NY 12110
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC D/B/A Benchmark Lending
36 West Main Street, Suite 201, Freehold, NJ 07728
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
US Mortgage Corporation
1325 Paterson Plank Road, Suite A, Secaucus, NJ 07094
License to engage in the business of a Mortgage Banker Branch surrendered:
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Guaranteed Home Mortgage Company Inc.
1052 Mc Lean Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704
Effective Date: August 03, 2012
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Guaranteed Home Mortgage Company Inc.
215 Dock Street, Union Beach, NJ 07735
Effective Date: August 03, 2012
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Guaranteed Home Mortgage Company Inc.
62 North Main Street, Suite 202, Florida, NY 10921
Effective Date: August 03, 2012
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Guaranteed Home Mortgage Company Inc.
110-20 Jamaica Avenue, Suite 2-E, Richmond Hill, NY 11418
Effective Date: August 03, 2012
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Guaranteed Home Mortgage Company Inc.
5762 South Bay Road, Cicero, NY 13039
Effective Date: August 03, 2012
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Guaranteed Home Mortgage Company Inc.
105 Stevens Avenue, Suite 407, Mount Vernon, NY 10550
Effective Date: August 03, 2012
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Guaranteed Home Mortgage Company Inc.
52 North Plank Road, First Floor, Newburgh, NY 12550
Effective Date: August 03, 2012
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Guaranteed Home Mortgage Company Inc.
20 Hamilton Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877
Effective Date: August 03, 2012
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Guaranteed Home Mortgage Company Inc.
226 Merrick Road, Oceanside, NY 11572
Effective Date: August 03, 2012
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Guaranteed Home Mortgage Company Inc.
109-07 Jamaica Avenue, Richmond Hill, NY 11418
Effective Date: August 03, 2012
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Guaranteed Home Mortgage Company Inc.
700 Park Avenue, Manalapan, NJ 07726
Effective Date: August 03, 2012
The following have been reinstated to the role of registered mortgage brokers. New mortgage brokerage residential property business may now be resumed:
August 02, 2012 (BR-MBD)
Stephanie Thompson D/B/A Narragansett Group
18 Halstead Avenue, Harrison, NY 10528
August 02, 2012 (BR-MBD)
Dalco Financial Services Inc.
120 Stevens Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10550 2605
August 03, 2012 (BR-MBD)
MoneyLine New York, LLC
311 Alexander Street - Suite 214, Rochester, NY 14604
August 03, 2012 (BR-MBD)
Abound Financial Group, Inc.
751-759 Allerton Avenue, Suite 201, Bronx, NY 10467 8818
August 06, 2012 (BR-MBD)
Mohammad Kazim Ali
1253 East 105th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11236
August 07, 2012 (BR-MBD)
Global Reach Realty Corp.
82-11 37th Avenue, Suite 608, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
August 07, 2012 (BR-MBD)
First Merchants, Inc.
179 Berkeley Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217
August 08, 2012 (BR-MBD)
Mortgage Links Inc.
2043 Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10314 3900
August 08, 2012 (BR-MBD)
Frontline Funding Group, Inc.
88-21 192nd Street, Hollis, NY 11423 2033
Mortgage Banker Branch License Address Changes:
August 08, 2012 (MB-MBD)
Equity Home Capital LLC In Lieu of True Name Equity Loans, LLC
From: 932 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 100, St. James, NY 11780
To: 468 Wild Avenue, 2nd Floor, Staten Island, NY 10314
Applications for licensing as a Mortgage Loan Originator under Article 12-E of the New York Banking Law, WITHDRAWN. The individuals listed may not engage in mortgage loan origination activity in New York State or on New York State residential property:
Date Application Withdrawn |
NMLS ID |
Name of Applicant |
City & State of Residence |
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August 2, 2012 |
891316 |
Eric Scott Pelland |
Commerce Twp |
MI |
August 2, 2012 |
891323 |
Celeste Cheree Sears |
Oak Park |
MI |
August 2, 2012 |
891524 |
Eric Timothy Lee |
Troy |
MI |
August 2, 2012 |
780984 |
Susan Marie Salter |
Hurst |
TX |
August 2, 2012 |
829160 |
Shawn Steven Grady |
Long Beach |
CA |
August 2, 2012 |
861718 |
Andrew Jackson Hefner |
Phoenix |
AZ |
August 2, 2012 |
202291 |
Robert Steven Canatsey |
Huntington Beach |
CA |
August 2, 2012 |
872142 |
Silva Salim Sokana |
Sterling Heights |
MI |
August 2, 2012 |
491908 |
Abraham Avi Kohen |
Los Angeles |
CA |
August 2, 2012 |
819131 |
Cynthia Synan |
Miller Place |
NY |
August 2, 2012 |
871685 |
Ryan Michael York |
Clinton Township |
MI |
August 2, 2012 |
881074 |
Curtis Eugene Stone Jr. |
Howell |
MI |
August 2, 2012 |
891332 |
Joseph Salvatore Vitale |
Shelby Twp. |
MI |
August 6, 2012 |
3774 |
Angelo Feroce |
Woodstock |
CT |
August 6, 2012 |
77045 |
Nicholas George Apostolakis |
Cleveland |
OH |
Approvals issued to engage in the business of mortgage loan origination under Article 12-E of the New York State Banking Law.
Date of Approval |
NMLS ID |
Name of Applicant |
City & State of Residence |
Sponsoring Entity |
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July 20, 2012 |
64273 |
Mohendra Seenarine |
New Rochelle |
NY |
MGN FUNDING CORP |
August 2, 2012 |
349325 |
Neil O'Neil |
Ellicott City |
MD |
New Day Financial, LLC |
August 2, 2012 |
6703 |
Christopher Warner Childress |
Keego Harbor |
MI |
Quicken Loans Inc. |
August 2, 2012 |
380576 |
Vicki Lynne Orritt |
Phoenix |
AZ |
Quicken Loans Inc. |


