Any bank may, with the consent of the commissioner, upon such conditions and under such regulations as the commissioner may prescribe, invest in the stock of one or more corporations organized under the laws of any state of the United States (other than a corporation organized under the laws of this state for the purposes of transacting business under the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 1850) and principally engaged in international or foreign banking, or banking in a dependency or insular possession of the United States either directly or through the agency, ownership, or control of local institutions in foreign countries, or in dependencies or insular possessions of the United States; provided, however, that the stock at the time of the acquisition would constitute a permissible investment for a national bank; and provided, further, that the aggregate amount of stock held in all corporations engaged in business of the kind described in this chapter shall not exceed 10 percent of the subscribing bank’s shareholders’ equity. Nothing in this section shall be construed in any way to limit the powers conferred by Section 1864.

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

Terms Used In California Financial Code 1905

  • 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.
  • 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
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