South Carolina Code 34-3-620. Relationship with Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation generally
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 34-3-620
- bank: as used in this title must be construed to include all institutions doing any kind of banking business whose deposits are eligible for insurance by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, excluding a savings bank, and "building and loan association" as used in this title must be construed to include a mutual or stock savings association, savings and loan association, or savings bank and all other institutions doing any kind of building and loan business whose deposits are eligible for insurance by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. See South Carolina Code 34-1-10
- banking institution: as used in this article shall be construed to mean any bank, trust company, bank and trust company, stock savings bank, mutual savings bank or cash depository which is now or may hereafter be organized under the laws of this State. See South Carolina Code 34-3-610
- 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.
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A government corporation that insures the deposits of all national and state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. Source: OCC
Any banking institution organized under the laws of this State may, on the authority of its board of directors and upon approval of the State Board of Bank Control, enter into such contracts, incur such obligations and generally do and perform any and all such acts and things whatsoever as may be necessary or appropriate in order to take advantage of any and all memberships, loans, subscriptions, contracts, grants, rights or privileges which may at any time be available or inure to banking institutions or to their depositors, creditors, stockholders, conservators, receivers or liquidators by virtue of those provisions of Section 8 of the Federal "Banking Act of 1933" (Section 12B of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended) which establish the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and provide for the insurance of deposits or of any other provisions of that or of any other act or resolution of Congress to aid, regulate or safeguard banking institutions and their depositors including any amendments of such provisions or any substitutions therefor. And any such banking institution may also, upon approval of the State Board of Bank Control subscribe for and acquire any stock, debentures, bonds or other types of securities of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and comply with the lawful regulations and requirements from time to time issued or made by such corporation.