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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:5A-206

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • 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.
  • deposits: means money or its equivalent received or held by a person in the usual course of business and for which it has given or is obligated to give credit, either conditionally or unconditionally, to a demand, checking, savings, time, passbook, negotiable order of withdrawal, thrift, or share account, or which is evidenced by its passbook, certificate of deposit, thrift certificate, investment certificate, certificate of indebtedness, or other similar instrument, or a check, draft, or share draft drawn against a deposit account and certified by a person, on which the person is primarily liable. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • international banking corporation: means a corporation which has authority to operate as an international banking corporation under this part and has been required to use the term "international banking corporation" or such other term approved by the commissioner and containing the word "international" "foreign" "overseas" or some similar word as part of its name. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:5A-200

An international banking corporation may only accept deposits subject to the provisions of this article. Whenever an international banking corporation receives deposits in the United States, as may be authorized by this section, it shall carry reserves in such amounts as the commissioner may prescribe, but in no event less than ten per cent of its total deposits in the United States.