Section 5-13B-89 – Representative Office of Foreign Banks – Necessity of Licensure.
Section 5-13B-89 Representative office of foreign banks – Necessity of licensure. (a) No foreign bank shall establish or maintain an Alabama representative office unless such foreign bank is licensed by the superintendent to maintain such an Alabama representative office. (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be deemed to prohibit a foreign bank which maintains a […]
Section 5-13B-105 – Confidentiality of Examination Reports.
Section 5-13B-105 Confidentiality of examination reports. (a) All reports of examinations and investigations, correspondence, and memoranda concerning or arising out of such examinations and investigations, including any duly authenticated copy or copies thereof in the possession of any foreign bank, shall not be subject to subpoena and shall not be made public unless, in the […]
Section 5-13B-40 – Purpose.
Section 5-13B-40 Purpose. (a) This article is intended generally to provide for state regulation of the participation by foreign banks in the financial markets of this state. (b) Consistent with the federal International Banking Act, the Bank Holding Company Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and the Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act, this article […]
Section 5-13B-90 – Representative Office – Application.
Section 5-13B-90 Representative office – Application. (a) The application for a license to establish and maintain an Alabama representative office shall be in writing under oath and shall be in such form and contain such information as the superintendent may require by regulation or order. The application shall be accompanied by a reasonable fee as […]
Section 5-13B-106 – Books, Accounts, and Records.
Section 5-13B-106 Books, accounts, and records. Each foreign bank which is licensed to establish and maintain an Alabama state branch, Alabama state agency, or Alabama representative office shall maintain or make available at any such office appropriate books, accounts, and records reflecting (1) all transactions effected by or on behalf of such office and (2) […]
Section 5-13B-41 – Definitions.
Section 5-13B-41 Definitions. For purposes of this article: (a) The term “bank” means any bank as defined in: Section 2(c) of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. §1841(c)); Section 3(a)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. §1813(a)(1)), other than a branch of a foreign bank; or, as the context may require, in […]
Section 5-13B-91 – Representative Office – Factors for Approval of Application.
Section 5-13B-91 Representative office – Factors for approval of application. (a) A foreign bank making an application for a license to establish and maintain an Alabama representative office shall deliver to the superintendent two, or more as the superintendent may require by regulation, duplicate originals of the foreign bank’s application. (b) The superintendent shall issue […]
Section 5-13B-107 – Separate Assets.
Section 5-13B-107 Separate assets. (a) Each foreign bank which is licensed to establish and maintain an Alabama state branch or Alabama state agency in this state shall keep the assets of its business in this state separate and apart from the assets of its business outside this state. (b) The creditors of a foreign bank […]
Section 5-13B-42 – General Regulation Authority.
Section 5-13B-42 General regulation authority. The superintendent, with the concurrence of a majority of the members of the State Banking Board, is authorized and empowered to issue such rules, regulations, and orders as the superintendent may deem necessary in order to perform his or her duties and functions under this article and to administer and […]
Section 5-13B-92 – Representative Office – Permissible Activities.
Section 5-13B-92 Representative office – Permissible activities. (a) A foreign bank which is licensed to establish and maintain an Alabama representative office may, subject to such regulations as the superintendent may prescribe, engage in the following activities: (1) Solicitation for loans and in connection therewith the assembly of credit information, making of property inspections and […]