(a) One or more banks, Connecticut credit unions or federal credit unions may establish, and use on a transaction fee basis, automated teller machines that are not satellite devices within this state, and use on a transaction fee basis automated teller machines that are not satellite devices located within this state or established outside this state. One or more banks, Connecticut credit unions or federal credit unions may establish satellite devices within this state and one or more banks, Connecticut credit unions or federal credit unions may use on a transaction fee basis satellite devices located within this state or established outside this state. Any bank, Connecticut credit union or federal credit union may establish and use point of sale terminals. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the establishment or use of a point of sale terminal located within this state by a commercial establishment located within this state.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 36a-155

  • Bank: means a Connecticut bank or a federal bank. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • banks: shall include all incorporated banks. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Commissioner: means the Banking Commissioner and, with respect to any function of the commissioner, includes any person authorized or designated by the commissioner to carry out that function. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Connecticut credit union: means a cooperative, nonprofit financial institution that (A) is organized under chapter 667 and the membership of which is limited as provided in §. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Demand deposit: means a deposit that is payable on demand, a deposit issued with an original maturity or required notice period of less than seven days or a deposit representing funds for which the bank does not reserve the right to require at least seven days' written notice of the intended withdrawal, but does not include any time deposit. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Deposit: means funds deposited with a depository. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Federal credit union: means any institution chartered or organized as a federal credit union pursuant to the laws of the United States having its principal office in this state. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Financial institution: means any Connecticut bank, Connecticut credit union, or other person whose activities in this state are subject to the supervision of the commissioner, but does not include a person whose activities are subject to the supervision of the commissioner solely pursuant to chapter 672a, 672b or 672c or any combination thereof. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Out-of-state: includes any state other than Connecticut and any foreign country. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Out-of-state credit union: means any credit union other than a Connecticut credit union or a federal credit union. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Person: means an individual, company, including a company described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subdivision (11) of this section, or any other legal entity, including a federal, state or municipal government or agency or any political subdivision thereof. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Point of sale terminal: means a device located in a commercial establishment at which sales transactions can be charged directly to the buyer's deposit, loan or credit account, but at which deposit transactions cannot be conducted. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2

(b) The commissioner may adopt such regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of sections 36a-155 to 36a-159, inclusive, and § 36a-170. Such regulations may include, but shall not be limited to: (1) Requirements for the filing of information with the commissioner by any financial institution, network or processor in connection with (A) the establishment or use of automated teller machines, point of sale terminals or similar retail electronic banking facilities in this state, (B) the provision of virtual banking services in this state, and (C) the provision of network or processing services in this state; (2) provisions concerning services that may be provided at automated teller machines, point of sale terminals or similar retail electronic banking facilities located in this state, including services that may be offered on a proprietary basis; and (3) provisions concerning the safety of persons using automated teller machines or similar retail electronic banking facilities. As used in this subsection, “financial institution” means any bank, Connecticut credit union, federal credit union, out-of-state bank or out-of-state credit union authorized under Connecticut or federal law to accept deposits within this state, or any other person having a place of business in this state who holds an account belonging to a consumer and who agrees with the consumer to provide electronic fund transfer services subject to the provisions of 12 C.F.R. part 205, as from time to time amended, at automated teller machines, point of sale terminals or similar retail electronic banking facilities in this state; “account” means a demand deposit, savings deposit, share, member or other consumer asset account, held either directly or indirectly, and established primarily for personal, family or household purposes, including a line of credit extended to a consumer, but not including an occasional or incidental credit balance in a credit plan; “consumer” means a natural person residing in this state; “network” means one or more financial institutions or other persons that own and operate one or more network systems or facilities, or provide communications or processing services to one or more automated teller machines, point of sale terminals or similar retail electronic banking facilities located in this state; and “processor” means one or more persons that provide communications, processing, clearing, settlement or related services to one or more financial institutions in connection with the operation of one or more automated teller machines, point of sale terminals or similar retail electronic banking facilities located in this state.