(a) (1) No foreign (other nation) bank which is licensed to maintain an agency or branch office shall close such office unless the commissioner shall have first approved such closing.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not be deemed to prohibit a foreign (other nation) bank which is licensed to maintain an agency or branch office from closing such office in accordance with Article 4 (commencing with Section 1825).

Terms Used In California Financial Code 1813

  • Agency: means a depositary agency or a nondepositary agency. See California Financial Code 1750
  • Branch office: means a limited branch office, a retail branch office, or a wholesale branch office. See California Financial Code 1750
  • License: means a license issued under this chapter, authorizing a foreign bank to maintain an office. See California Financial Code 1750
  • licensed: means to be issued or to hold a license. See California Financial Code 1750
  • Office: when used with respect to a foreign (other nation) bank, means any agency, branch office, or representative office of the bank. See California Financial Code 1750
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.

(b) If the commissioner finds the following with respect to an application by a foreign (other nation) bank for approval to close an agency or branch office, the commissioner shall approve such application:

(1) That it will not be unsafe or unsound for the bank to close the office; and

(2) That the closing of the office will not be substantially detrimental to the public convenience and advantage or that the closing of the office is necessary in the interests of the safety and soundness of the bank.

If the commissioner finds otherwise, the commissioner shall deny the application.

(c) Whenever an application by a foreign (other nation) bank for approval to close an agency or branch office has been approved and all conditions precedent to such closing have been fulfilled, such bank may close such office and shall promptly thereafter surrender to the commissioner the license which authorized it to maintain the office.

(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)

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