# 2025-15650: Banks Bulking Up? Fed Seeks Comments on Mergers by September

2025-15650, Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, is a Federal Register notice from Federal Reserve System published 2025-08-18, effective Comments regarding each of these applications must be received ... not later than September 17, 2025. (as of 2026-06-08).

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- As of: 2026-06-08
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15650
- Title: Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Federal Reserve System
- Citation: 90 FR 40072
- Published: 2025-08-18
- Effective: Comments regarding each of these applications must be received ... not later than September 17, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Banks Bulking Up? Fed Seeks Comments on Mergers by September

## Summary

Some companies want to become bank holding companies or buy other banks, and they’ve asked the Federal Reserve for approval. If you’re interested, you can check out their applications and share your thoughts by September 17, 2025. These moves could shake up who controls certain banks, so keep an eye on the changes and deadlines!

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-15650 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/18/2025-15650/formations-of-acquisitions-by-and-mergers-of-bank-holding-companies)
- [2025-15650 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-18/pdf/2025-15650.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15650 (as of 2026-06-08).