First Bank deal gets go-ahead from Fed.

MINNEAPOLIS - First Bank System Inc. said it had received Federal Reserve Board approval for its Colorado subsidiary, Central Bancorp., to acquire Western Capital Investment Corp.

Western Capital owns Bank Western, a federal savings bank with $2.5 billion in assets. Both Central and Western Capital are based in Denver.

The transaction is expected to close before yearend.

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