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Home » US Law » 2022 Georgia Code » Title 7 - Banking and Finance » Chapter 1 - Financial Institutions » Article 5 - International Banking Corporations and Bank Agencies

§ 7-1-710. Definitions

As used in this article, the term: “International bank agency” means the international banking corporation with respect to all business or activities conducted in this state or through an office located in this state. “International banking corporation” means a banking corporation organized and licensed under the laws of some foreign country or a political subdivision […]

§ 7-1-711. Application of This Chapter

International bank agencies shall be subject to all the provisions of Articles 1 and 2 of this chapter, except where it may appear, from the context or otherwise, that such provisions are clearly applicable only to banks or trust companies organized under the laws of this state or the United States. An international bank agency […]

§ 7-1-712. Application of Article 15 of Chapter 2 of Title 14

Notwithstanding the definition of the term “foreign corporation” appearing in paragraph (13) of Code Section 14-2-140, all of the provisions of Article 15 of Chapter 2 of Title 14, relating to foreign corporations, shall apply to all international bank agencies doing business in this state, except that references therein to the Secretary of State should […]

§ 7-1-713. Requirements for Carrying on Banking Business

No international banking corporation shall transact a banking business or maintain in this state any office for carrying on such business or any part thereof unless such corporation shall have: Been authorized by its articles to carry on such business and shall have complied with the laws of the country under which it is chartered; […]

§ 7-1-714. Actions Against International Banking Corporations

An action against an international banking corporation doing business in this state may be maintained by a resident of this state for any cause of action. For purposes of this subsection, the term “resident of this state” shall include any corporation formed under the laws of this state. An action against an international banking corporation […]

§ 7-1-715. Application for License

Every international banking corporation, before being licensed by the department to transact a banking business in this state or before maintaining in this state any office to carry on such business or any part thereof, shall subscribe and acknowledge and submit to the department at its office a separate application which shall state: The name […]

§ 7-1-716. Effect, Renewal, and Revocation of Licenses; Permissible Activities

When the department shall have issued a license to any such international banking corporation, it may engage in the business authorized by this article at the office specified in such license until the license expires or until such license is surrendered or revoked. The department may establish the license period by regulation. No such license […]

§ 7-1-717. Securities, and Other Evidence of Indebtedness to Be Held in This State

Each international banking corporation shall hold, at its office in this state, currency, bonds, notes, debentures, drafts, bills of exchange, or other evidence of indebtedness or other obligations payable in the United States or in United States funds or, with the prior approval of the department, in funds freely convertible into United States funds in […]

§ 7-1-719. Reports

Every international banking corporation doing business in this state shall, at such times and in such form as the department shall prescribe, make written reports in the English language to the department under the oath of one of its officers, managers, or agents transacting business in this state, showing the amount of its assets and […]

§ 7-1-720. Dissolution

When an international banking corporation licensed to maintain an international bank agency in this state is dissolved or its authority or existence is otherwise terminated or canceled in the jurisdiction of its incorporation, a certificate of the official responsible for records of banking corporations of the jurisdiction of incorporation of such international banking corporation attesting […]

§ 7-1-721. International Representative Offices

An international bank agency which does not transact a banking business or any part thereof in or through an office in this state but maintains an office in this state for other purposes shall be deemed to have an “international representative office.” Each international representative office located in this state shall register with the Department […]