(a) An international bank, an interstate state bank, or an interstate national bank whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation may acquire a branch bank as the result of a merger or consolidation of the international bank, interstate state bank, or interstate national bank with, or the purchase of all or substantially all of the assets of, a state bank, a national bank with its principal office in this state, or a branch of the state bank or national bank, unless the state bank or national bank is a recently formed bank.

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 06.05.550

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • bank: means a person doing a banking business, including persons subject to the law of this or another jurisdiction. See Alaska Statutes 06.05.990
  • branch bank: includes an office, agency, or other place of business located in the state and at which deposits are received, checks are paid, or money is lent, but does not include the principal office of a bank or a remote service unit. See Alaska Statutes 06.05.990
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • department: means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. See Alaska Statutes 06.05.990
  • international bank: means a corporation, partnership, or association that is organized and operates under the laws of a country other than the United States and that is authorized by its license or charter to carry on a banking business. See Alaska Statutes 06.05.990
  • interstate national bank: means a national bank whose principal office, as designated in its articles of incorporation, is not located in this state. See Alaska Statutes 06.05.990
  • interstate state bank: means a person organized under the laws of another state and holding a charter, license, or certificate of authority from another state to engage in a banking business. See Alaska Statutes 06.05.990
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • national bank: means a bank chartered by the United States. See Alaska Statutes 06.05.990
  • recently formed bank: means a state bank or national bank that conducts a banking business in the state and that commenced the banking business in the state on or after July 1, 1982, and that has not been in existence and continuously operating in the state for a period of three years or more. See Alaska Statutes 06.05.990
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state bank: means a bank organized under this chapter. See Alaska Statutes 06.05.990
(b) An international bank may establish a new branch bank in this state or acquire a recently formed bank if the department approves the establishment or acquisition before the establishment or acquisition occurs. An interstate state bank or interstate national bank may not establish a branch bank in this state unless the establishment occurs through an acquisition under (a) of this section of a bank located in the state. An interstate state bank or interstate national bank may not establish a new branch bank in this state.
(c) An interstate state bank, interstate national bank, or international bank that opens, occupies, or maintains a branch bank in the state has the same powers under the laws of the state as a state or national bank of the same type.