Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:9A-435

  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
54. A foreign bank or commercial lending company which makes a loan or extends credit from an office in this State, or books a loan or extension of credit in this State, shall comply with any applicable interest rate limitations imposed by the laws of this State or the United States which would be applicable to that loan if made by a commercial bank organized under the Banking Act. When transacting business in this State, an office of a foreign bank shall comply with all other laws and regulations of the State governing the business in which the office is engaged, unless the commissioner, for good cause shown, exempts the office by regulation or order from compliance.

L.1996,c.17,s.54.