655.034 – Injunctions.
655.034 Injunctions.— (1) If the office determines that a violation of the financial institutions codes or a violation of a formal enforcement action has occurred or is threatened or impending, the circuit court has jurisdiction to hear a complaint filed by the office and, upon proper showing, to issue an injunction restraining such violation or granting other […]
655.035 – Military Lending.
655.035 Military lending.—Pursuant to s. 655.032, the office may conduct an investigation that it deems necessary to determine whether a financial institution, a subsidiary, a service corporation, an affiliate, or other person is engaging in or has engaged in conduct that is a violation of any provision of the Military Lending Act, 10 U.S.C. s. 987, […]
655.037 – Removal of a Financial Institution-Affiliated Party by the Office.
655.037 Removal of a financial institution-affiliated party by the office.— (1) The office may issue and serve upon any financial institution-affiliated party and upon the financial institution, subsidiary, or service corporation involved, a complaint stating charges if the office has reason to believe that the financial institution-affiliated party is engaging or has engaged in conduct that is: […]
655.0385 – Disapproval of Directors and Executive Officers.
655.0385 Disapproval of directors and executive officers.— (1) Each state financial institution shall notify the office of the proposed appointment of any individual to the board of directors or the appointment or employment of any individual as an executive officer or equivalent position at least 60 days before such appointment or employment becomes effective, if the state […]
655.03855 – Provisional Directors and Executive Officers.
655.03855 Provisional directors and executive officers.— (1) If a state financial institution has an insufficient number of directors to meet the minimum requirements of s. 657.021 or s. 658.33 for 30 days or longer, there are an insufficient number of executive officers, or the qualifications of the executive officers are insufficient to operate the financial institution in […]
655.0386 – Transactions With Financial Institution-Affiliated Parties.
655.0386 Transactions with financial institution-affiliated parties.— (1) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.—A financial institution-affiliated party may not engage or participate, directly or indirectly, in any business or transaction conducted on behalf of or involving the state financial institution, subsidiary, or service corporation which would result in a conflict of the party’s own personal interests with those of the state […]
655.0391 – Retention of Supervision by Office.
655.0391 Retention of supervision by office.—A state financial institution may not cause to be performed, by contract or otherwise, any financial-institution services for itself, whether at or away from its main or branch office or on or off its premises, unless assurances satisfactory to the office are furnished to the office by both the state financial […]
655.015 – Construction; Standards to Be Observed by Commission and Office.
655.015 Construction; standards to be observed by commission and office.— (1) The financial institutions codes shall be liberally construed and applied to promote their purposes and policies. (2) The purposes and policies as stated in s. 655.001 constitute standards to be observed by the commission and office in the exercise of their discretionary powers under the financial institutions […]
655.001 – Purpose; Application.
655.001 Purpose; application.—The purposes of the financial institutions codes are to: (1) Provide general regulatory powers to be exercised by the Financial Services Commission and the Office of Financial Regulation in relation to the regulation of financial institutions. The financial institutions codes apply to all state-authorized or state-chartered financial institutions and to the enforcement of all laws […]
655.005 – Definitions.
655.005 Definitions.— (1) As used in the financial institutions codes, unless the context otherwise requires, the term: (a) “Affiliate” means a holding company of a financial institution established pursuant to state or federal law, a subsidiary or service corporation of such holding company, or a subsidiary or service corporation of a financial institution. (b) “Appropriate federal regulatory agency” means […]