(1)    No person shall, as a service or for a fee or other consideration, engage in the business as a seller of checks without first securing a license from the division to do so.

   (2)   The licensee shall be liable on checks duly issued for it by each authorized agent and shall furnish each such agent not exempt under s. 217.04 with an authorization in the form approved by the division in lieu of a license from the division, to be displayed in the agent’s place of business indicating that it is an authorized agent of the licensee. An agent so authorized by a licensee shall not be required to secure a license.