Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-8-103

  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC

Secured negotiable obligations of the small business investment companies and negotiable obligations endorsed with recourse by the companies when adequately secured shall be eligible for purchase by insurance companies, investment companies and industrial development corporations, by the board of trustees administering any employee or profit-sharing trust, by the board of trustees of eleemosynary institutions and corporations, and by trustees and other fiduciaries. The same degree of care shall be exercised in making purchases of the obligations by fiduciaries as is required in making investments under § 35-3-117.