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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 9 - Banking » Chapter 9 - Foreign Banks

§ 101. Establishment in the United States Virgin Islands

Filing of charter or articles of incorporation and statement (a) Upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter, any banking corporation organized under the laws of any other territory or state or of any foreign country, which operates a bank and does business at the place of its incorporation, may do business and establish offices […]

§ 102. Investigation by Banking Board; permit required

(a) No foreign bank may open any branch, or change the location of any branch, in the United States Virgin Islands without a permit so to do from the Banking Board. An application to the Banking Board for such permit shall state the benefit to the public expected to result from the granting of the […]

§ 103. Assets to be retained in United States Virgin Islands

Every foreign bank which is engaged in banking operations in the United States Virgin Islands shall be under obligation to retain therein either as loans, bonds of the Government of the United States or of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands or obligations of the political subdivisions thereof, real property situate in the […]

§ 104. Commencement of business

(a) When the permit of the Banking Board is received by the foreign bank, as provided in section 102 of this title, it shall proceed to comply with all applicable provisions of law so as to place it in readiness to commence business upon issuance to it of the license provided by section 43 of […]

§ 105. Applicability of chapter to foreign banks; penalties

No foreign bank shall transact business in the United States Virgin Islands except upon compliance with the applicable provisions of this chapter. Violations of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed $1,000 for each day that the violation continues. Any person who shall make a false oath in any case […]