(a) The commissioner of financial institutions shall adopt regulations, for the protection of depositors, that state banks, or any class of state banks determined by the commissioner to be appropriate, are required to apply to and receive approval of the commissioner before engaging in one (1) or more of the activities permitted in § 45-2-1802, and may be required to conduct certain of the activities, other than those activities that may be conducted directly by a national bank, only through a subsidiary.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-2-1803

  • Bank: means any person, as hereinafter defined, doing a banking business subject to the laws of this or any other jurisdiction and, for the purposes of supervision, examination and liquidation, includes industrial investment companies and industrial banks authorized by chapter 5 of this title. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
  • 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
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Any offices of the subsidiary shall not be considered branches of the bank for purposes of § 45-2-614.
(c) In addition, the commissioner of commerce and insurance may adopt regulations, if the commissioner determines that the action is necessary for the protection of investors and in the public interest, to require the underwriting, market making or dealing in securities (other than securities which may be underwritten or dealt in by national banks or in which national banks may make a market) activities of state banks be conducted through a subsidiary.
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