| Re: | T Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed December 12, 2011 and Documents Incorporated by Reference File No. 333-177766 |
| 1. | Revise the disclosures regarding the limited public offering to indicate the latest date that it can be extended. |
| 2. | Address here, or in another part of the Summary, the continuing impact on future growth resulting from the regulatory restrictions prohibiting a loan to deposit ratio in excess of 85% and the prohibition of paying more than 75 basis points over the national average for deposits. |
| 3. | Revise the third and fifth bullets to disclose if any additional charges or recoveries are expected related to consumer restitution issues and income accrual issues with the collective investment funds. |
| 4. | Revise to disclose if officers, directors, or their affiliates will be able to participate in any limited public offering and, if so, have they indicated an intention to purchase. |
| 5. | Please revise the first risk factor as follows: |
| • | revise the caption to state that you are not in compliance with the April 2010 Agreement with the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency and identify the risk that the Comptroller of the Currency will take further action against you; | ||
| • | identify those provisions with which you are not in compliance and discuss the extent of your non-compliance; |
| • | disclose the reasons that the Comptroller requested that you enter into the April 2010 Agreement including its finding that you violated the Federal Trade Commission Act by engaging in unfair practices regarding to consumer deposits and engaged in unsafe and unsound banking practices relating to asset quality, liquidity management and earnings; | ||
| • | disclose that in 2010 you also entered in to a consent order with the Comptroller of the Currency for a civil money penalty; and | ||
| • | disclose that the 2010 Agreement with the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency replaced a 2008 Consent Cease and Desist Order issued by the U.S. Comptroller. |
| 6. | Please consider adding a risk factor addressing the risks relating to the decline in both loans and deposits including the twenty-two percent drop in loans from 2009 to 2010 and the eleven percent drop in deposits from 2009 to 2010. |
| 7. | Please revise the second risk factor on page 22 relating to dividends to disclose the restrictions on your ability to pay dividends under your April 2010 Agreement with the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency. |
| 8. | Revise to update for recently filed reports. In addition, update the Prospectus where appropriate. |
| • | should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; | ||
| • | the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and | ||
| • | the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
| Sincerely, |
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| /s/ Patrick Howard | ||||
| Patrick Howard | ||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||