1. Upon compliance with the requirements of this chapter, one or more state banks, one or more out-of-state banks, one or more national banks, one or more federal savings associations, one or more corporations, or any combination of these entities, with the approval of the superintendent, may merge into a state bank pursuant to a plan of merger.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 524.1401

  • Bank: means a corporation organized under this chapter, a national bank, a federal savings association, or an out-of-state bank. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • Federal savings association: means a corporation organized under 12 U. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • National bank: means a corporation organized under 12 U. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • 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
  • Out-of-state bank: means a corporation, other than a credit union, industrial bank, or trust company, that is authorized by the laws of another state to solicit, receive, or accept money or its equivalent for deposit or to otherwise engage in the business of banking. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • State bank: means any bank incorporated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter after January 1, 1970, and any "state bank" incorporated pursuant to the laws of this state and doing business as such on January 1, 1970, or a bank organized as a mutual corporation under this chapter. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • Superintendent: means the superintendent of banking of this state. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • Transaction: means a sale, trade, exchange, transfer, payment, or conversion of a digital asset or any other property or any other action or set of actions occurring between two or more persons relating to the conduct of business, commercial, or governmental affairs. See Iowa Code 554E.1
  • United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. Upon compliance with the requirements of this chapter, one or more state banks may merge into a national bank, federal savings association, or out-of-state bank. The authority of a state bank to merge into a national bank or federal savings association is subject to the condition that at the time of the transaction the laws of the United States shall authorize a national bank or federal savings association located in this state, without approval by the comptroller of the currency of the United States, to merge into a state bank under limitations no more restrictive than those contained in this chapter with respect to the merger of a state bank into a national bank or federal savings association. The authority of a state bank to merge into an out-of-state bank is subject to the condition that at the time of the transaction the laws of the home state of the resulting bank shall authorize a bank organized under the laws of such home state, without approval by the home state’s bank regulatory authority, to merge into a state bank under limitations no more restrictive than those contained in this chapter with respect to the merger of a state bank into an out-of-state bank.
 3. As used in this section, the term “merger” or “merge” means any plan by which the assets and liabilities of an entity are combined with those of one or more other entities, including transactions in which one of the corporate entities survives and transactions in which a new corporate entity is created.
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