12 CFR 25.62 – Definitions
For purposes of this subpart, the following definitions apply:
Terms Used In 12 CFR 25.62
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- 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
(a) Bank means, unless the context indicates otherwise:
(1) A national bank; and
(2) A foreign bank as that term is defined in 12 U.S.C. § 3101(7) and 12 CFR 28.11(i).
(b) Covered interstate branch means:
(1) Any branch of a national bank, and any Federal branch of a foreign bank, that:
(i) Is established or acquired outside the bank’s home State pursuant to the interstate branching authority granted by the Interstate Act or by any amendment made by the Interstate Act to any other provision of law; or
(ii) Could not have been established or acquired outside of the bank’s home State but for the establishment or acquisition of a branch described in paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section; and
(2) Any bank or branch of a bank controlled by an out-of-State bank holding company.
(c) Federal branch means Federal branch as that term is defined in 12 U.S.C. § 3101(6) and 12 CFR 28.11(h).
(d) Home State means:
(1) With respect to a State bank, the State that chartered the bank;
(2) With respect to a national bank, the State in which the main office of the bank is located;
(3) With respect to a bank holding company, the State in which the total deposits of all banking subsidiaries of such company are the largest on the later of:
(i) July 1, 1966; or
(ii) The date on which the company becomes a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act;
(4) With respect to a foreign bank:
(i) For purposes of determining whether a U.S. branch of a foreign bank is a covered interstate branch, the home State of the foreign bank as determined in accordance with 12 U.S.C. § 3103(c) and 12 CFR 28.11(n); and
(ii) For purposes of determining whether a branch of a U.S. bank controlled by a foreign bank is a covered interstate branch, the State in which the total deposits of all banking subsidiaries of such foreign bank are the largest on the later of:
(A) July 1, 1966; or
(B) The date on which the foreign bank becomes a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act.
(e) Host State means a State in which a covered interstate branch is established or acquired.
(f) Host state loan-to-deposit ratio generally means, with respect to a particular host state, the ratio of total loans in the host state relative to total deposits from the host state for all banks (including institutions covered under the definition of “bank” in 12 U.S.C. § 1813(a)(1)) that have that state as their home state, as determined and updated periodically by the appropriate Federal banking agencies and made available to the public.
(g) Out-of-State bank holding company means, with respect to any State, a bank holding company whose home State is another State.
(h) State means state as that term is defined in 12 U.S.C. § 1813(a)(3).
(i) Statewide loan-to-deposit ratio means, with respect to a bank, the ratio of the bank’s loans to its deposits in a state in which the bank has one or more covered interstate branches, as determined by the OCC.