Every financial institution failing to make and transmit to the commissioner any of the reports required by law or any rule and regulation or order thereunder in the form prescribed by the commissioner of banking, or failing to publish or distribute the reports, as so required, shall forthwith be notified by the commissioner of banking and, if such failure continues for ten days after receipt of such notice, such delinquent institution shall be subject to a penalty of $100 for each day thereafter that such failure continues, such penalty to be recovered by the commissioner of banking and paid into the State Treasury to the account of the General Fund.