Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-2-701

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Deposit: means a deposit of money, bonds or other things of value, creating a debtor-creditor relationship. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A government corporation that insures the deposits of all national and state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. Source: OCC
  • Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. Source: OCC
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

Banks shall be invested with the right and power to receive money on deposit, allowing therefor to the depositor, if the corporation chooses so to contract, interest at a rate not in excess of the maximum rate of interest authorized by the laws of the United States or by regulations issued under authority of these laws to be paid on deposits by member banks of the federal reserve system or by nonmember banks whose deposits are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation, whichever is lower.