United States — Tennessee
TCA § 45-5-102 — Chapter definitions
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This section defines terms used in the chapter, including commissioner, control, registrant, industrial bank, and residential mortgage loan.
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United States — Tennessee
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This section defines terms used in the chapter, including commissioner, control, registrant, industrial bank, and residential mortgage loan.
United States — Tennessee
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If an association accepts demand deposit accounts or offers checking accounts or negotiable orders of withdrawal, the referenced Uniform Commercial Code provisions apply to it, and “banks” in those provisions means “associations.”
United States — Tennessee
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A resulting bank is treated as the same entity as the merging or converting bank, and it may use an old bank name when it finds that more convenient.
United States — Tennessee
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The commissioner may charter and authorize a new state bank if specific applicants apply and the commissioner finds the bank will protect depositors; the new bank may also buy assets or deposits of a closed bank.
United States — Tennessee
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Out-of-state-owned industrial banks must be divested, liquidated, dissolved, or recertified by the stated deadlines, and new industrial banks or conversions are barred unless § 45-5-609 is satisfied.
United States — Tennessee
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This section lets a bank include specified charter language and restricts disclosure of shareholder information, proxy solicitation, and related shareholder-record rules.
United States — Tennessee
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A national bank in this state may apply to convert into a state bank, and the commissioner may grant a state charter if specified conditions are met.
United States — Tennessee
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Banks and trust companies handling fiduciary property must keep it separate from the bank’s own assets, keep records showing the fiduciary relationship, and certify holdings on demand; they may also use specified safekeeping and deposit arrangements under stated conditions.
United States — Tennessee
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The commissioner must inspect supervised banks regularly and has broad power to examine banks, trust companies, related agencies, and subsidiaries.
United States — Tennessee
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The commissioner may examine certain out-of-state bank branches, require periodic reports, make agreements and contracts with other supervisory agencies, join joint examinations or enforcement actions, and assess supervisory and examination fees.
United States — Tennessee
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The board of each merging state bank must approve a merger agreement by majority vote, and then the agreement must be submitted to the commissioner for approval.
United States — Tennessee
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Banks may charge an exchange fee for handling cash items, but the fee is capped at 0.1% with a 10-cent minimum and several exceptions.
United States — Tennessee
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Banks and trust companies acting as fiduciaries or custodians for fiduciaries may deposit certain securities with a Federal Reserve Bank, and related recordkeeping and certification duties apply.
United States — Tennessee
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A department employee must not tell a bank’s officers, agents, or employees when the bank will be visited for examination, whether or not the department first notified the bank.
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State banks may invest only in listed categories, and some investments require advance notice to the commissioner.
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Bank holding companies and out-of-state banks generally may not acquire control of, merge with, or consolidate with a Tennessee bank that has been operating less than three years, subject to listed exceptions.
United States — Tennessee
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A bank or bank holding company may not acquire a bank in Tennessee if the deal would leave it controlling 30% or more of Tennessee insured depository institution deposits.
United States — Tennessee
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The commissioner must investigate a charter application, decide it within the stated time window, and may approve it only after specified conditions are satisfied.
United States — Tennessee
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A lending bank or trust company must disclose loan terms and conditions when making an installment loan with interest charged under the referenced section.
United States — Tennessee
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Certain bank affiliates and bank officers, directors, or employees must not accept commissions, gratuities, rewards, or similar benefits for arranging bank loans or related paper transactions without proper authority.