# Business Combinations Under the Bank Merger Act
> **OCC** · Final rule. · Published 2024-09-25 · Effective 2025-01-01 · 89 FR 78207
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-21560
- **Category:** banking-occ
- **Sub-agency:** OCC
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 78207
- **CFR reference:** 12 CFR 5
- **Publication date:** 2024-09-25
- **Effective date:** 2025-01-01
- **Treasury docket:** Docket ID OCC-2023-0017
## Abstract

The OCC is adopting a final rule to amend its procedures for reviewing applications under the Bank Merger Act and adding, as an appendix, a policy statement that summarizes the principles the OCC uses when it reviews proposed bank merger transactions under the Bank Merger Act.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/25/2024-21560/business-combinations-under-the-bank-merger-act)
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